Quick facts - The Ohio State University

About the university

Main campus in Columbus
Ohio residents may attend regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark, or Ohio State's Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster

1st among Ohio publics and No. 16 among all publics (U.S. News and World Report, "America's Best Colleges")
6th in industry-sponsored research among all U.S. universities and No. 7 in research expenditures among public institutions (National Science Foundation)
#12 among public universities for innovation, a ranking that identifies universities with leading approaches to curriculum, campus life, technology and facilities (U.S. News & World Report)
Top 20 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)

A land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university
A top 10 producer of Fulbright scholars and 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

12th for most sought-after graduates (The Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters)
7th in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten for number of students studying abroad (Open Doors Report)
More than 200 study abroad programs offered in 50 countries on all 7 continents
Each year, two graduating seniors are recipients of the President’s Prize, the highest recognition the university bestows on exceptional students committed to social change. Each scholar receives a $50,000 living stipend and $50,000 in startup funding for a project with the potential to make a meaningful impact in the community.
36 career fairs a year
Over 600 students from all majors participate in the annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

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)
All of Ohio State's campuses have been tobacco free since 2014

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)

Top 20 Best Public College Values; top 25 for in-state (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance)
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 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)

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