A little bit about us …
Established in 1870 (we go way back!)
First graduating class: 1878
Locations:
Largest campus in Columbus
Ohio residents may attend regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark, or Ohio State's Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster
Our BELOVED school mascot: Brutus Buckeye
School colors: Scarlet and Gray
Not to brag, but here's how we rank
1st among Ohio publics and 15th among all publics (U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2025)
11th in research expenditures among all U.S. universities and 7th among publics (National Science Foundation)
Top 15 best undergraduate teaching among public universities (U.S. News and World Report)
"Best of the Best" Veteran-Friendly Schools (U.S. Veterans Magazine)
7th for online undergraduate programs (U.S. News and World Report)
12th Smartest Public Colleges in America (Business Insider)
First Year Experience (FYE), Learning Communities and Undergraduate Research programs named among the nation’s exemplary programs leading to student success (U.S. News and World Report)
We're an academic powerhouse
A land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university
A top producer of Fulbright students
6th top producer of Peace Corp volunteers
18:1 student-to-faculty ratio
More than 12,000 courses
18 colleges and schools
More than 200 academic centers and institutes, where research, policy-making, knowledge creation and student engagement happen daily across many disciplines
22 graduate and professional programs in the top 10 (U.S. News and World Report)
Nearly 80% of first-year classes have 50 or fewer students
Big-time opportunities around every corner
Top 20 best public schools for internships (Princeton Review)
7th in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten for number of students studying abroad (Open Doors Report)
350 study abroad programs offered in 70 countries on 6 continents
36 career fairs a year
Over 600 students from all majors participate annually in Ohio State undergraduate research forums
Our unbeatable value
#1 best value college in Ohio (Niche)
Best value public colleges (Princeton Review)
1st among U.S. flagship universities for efforts to control in-state tuition over the past decade (Chronicle of Higher Education)
About half the undergraduate degree recipients who began at Ohio State as freshmen graduated with no debt at all
Top 5 for improving both overall graduation rates and the graduation rates of underrepresented minority students (The Education Trust)
Over half a million alumni around the globe: your new network!
- Ohio State alumni are far more likely than graduates of their peer groups to strongly agree that the university was the perfect school for them and that they can’t imagine a world without it (Gallup)
One of the BEST places to live and study
Ohio State is among the schools with the "happiest freshmen" (CBS MoneyWatch)
Best of the Best Colleges and Universities for LGBTQ+ students in the United States (Campus Pride)
A+ for campus food — the best in the Big Ten (Niche)
3rd Most Amazing Student Union (Best College Reviews)
Columbus is ranked the 4th best city in the U.S. for new college grads (Zumper)
All of Ohio State's campuses have been tobacco free since 2014
Unlocking a sustainable future
Maintains a STARS gold rating for sustainability (The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System)
Consistently at the top of the Big Ten in use of green power (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Named among the top tier of national and international colleges and universities for sustainability (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)
Recognized nationally as a bicycle-friendly campus (League of American Bicyclists)
