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Ohio State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Columbus, OH
Population 1,700,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 44,617
Men / Women 50% / 50%
White 59%
Asian 11%
Black 9%
International 8%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 25%
Business & Economics 24%
Humanities & Social Sciences 23%
Engineering, Computing & Math 20%
Arts 4%
Education 3%
Professional 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,641
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $42,423
Est. In-State Cost $17,646
Est. Out-of-State Cost $54,878
10-Year ROI $187,000
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%
4-Year Graduation Rate 72%
6-Year Graduation Rate 88%
Transfer-Out Rate 7%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,305 (17th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 227 (15th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 53%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $300M #17
Life & Natural Sciences $1,136M #17
Humanities & Social Sciences $30M #56
Graduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 1,096 #3
Engineering, Computing & Math 197 #20
Humanities & Social Sciences 422 #37

Honors College

Name University Honors & Scholars
Students 4,157 (9%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required
Submitted Test Scores 48%
SAT Range 1,310 – 1,480
ACT Range 28 – 32

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Arts and Sciences 3,962 42% / 58% 7% $70,111
Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 +10 45% / 55% 5%
Computational and Applied Mathematics 43 +1 56% / 44% 19%
Computer and Information Science 138 +2 79% / 21% 28% $119,507
Data Analytics 30 +3 70% / 30% 0%
Mathematics 127 +6 65% / 35% 54% $82,577
Optics
Physics 35 +13 91% / 9% 20% $121,280
Statistics 48 +4 60% / 40% 29%
Atmospheric Sciences 15 73% / 27% 7%
Biochemistry 114 +5 60% / 40% 2% $77,066
Biology 489 +1 36% / 64% 2% $72,996
Biomedical Sciences 21 57% / 43% 0% $72,996
Chemistry 44 +2 59% / 41% 7% $107,693
Earth Sciences 24 58% / 42% 0% $54,873
Entomology 3 0% / 100% 0% $52,397
Evolution and Ecology 85 +1 27% / 73% 1% $52,397
Microbiology 50 +2 42% / 58% 4% $71,029
Molecular Genetics 56 +6 30% / 70% 0% $68,215
Neuroscience 274 36% / 64% 1% $68,830
Planetary Science 1 100% / 0% 0%
Plant Pathology 3 33% / 67% 0%
Actuarial Science 3 67% / 33% 0%
Economics 184 +17 76% / 24% 29% $79,186
African American and African Studies 7 +6 14% / 86% 0% $56,134
Anthropology 41 +2 15% / 85% 2% $48,500
Arabic 5 40% / 60% 20%
Chinese 6 +3 33% / 67% 0% $48,870
Classics 6 +1 17% / 83% 0%
Criminology 162 +13 39% / 61% 1% $62,461
Diversity and Identity Studies Collaborative 1 0% / 100% 0%
English 130 +14 35% / 65% 2% $49,696
French 10 +6 50% / 50% 0% $64,134
French and Francophone Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Geographic Information Science 1 100% / 0% 0% $67,875
Geography
German 4 +3 75% / 25% 0%
History
History 100 +13 62% / 38% 1% $74,086
Humanities 14 +1 21% / 79% 14% $51,646
Interdisciplinary Studies 7 86% / 14% 0% $49,423
International Studies 106 +17 40% / 60% 7% $71,448
Islamic Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Italian 5 +2 40% / 60% 0% $64,134
Japanese 17 +2 53% / 47% 0% $48,870
Jewish Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Korean 11 +5 45% / 55% 0% $48,870
Linguistics 24 +4 29% / 71% 8% $58,045
Medical Anthropology 25 +2 8% / 92% 0% $48,500
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Modern Greek 1 +1 100% / 0% 0%
Philosophy 20 +1 60% / 40% 5% $52,011
Physical Anthropology 1 0% / 100% 0% $48,500
Political Science 278 +25 48% / 52% 1% $72,727
Portuguese
Psychology 683 +39 22% / 78% 4%
Religious Studies 2 100% / 0% 0%
Romance Studies 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $64,134
Russian 4 +9 25% / 75% 0%
Social Sciences 33 +9 48% / 52% 0%
Sociology 52 +9 33% / 67% 4% $57,000
Spanish 41 +15 39% / 61% 0% $64,134
Sustainability 35 43% / 57% 3%
Translation and Interpreting 2 0% / 100% 0% $58,045
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies 12 +4 17% / 83% 0% $56,134
Art 54 +3 35% / 65% 6% $38,902
Arts Management 14 21% / 79% 0% $38,902
Dance 40 2% / 98% 5% $43,489
Film Studies 35 +3 49% / 51% 9% $41,809
History of Art 9 44% / 56% 0% $38,902
Industrial Design 19 37% / 63% 0% $75,452
Interior Design 18 11% / 89% 6% $75,452
Jazz Studies 3 100% / 0% 0% $52,009
Moving-Image Production 20 40% / 60% 0% $41,809
Music 19 +2 63% / 37% 11% $52,009
Music Education 24 62% / 38% 0% $53,593
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Performance 7 43% / 57% 14% $52,009
Music Theory and Composition
Theatre 20 +1 35% / 65% 5% $41,347
Visual Communication Design 16 12% / 88% 0% $75,452
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Dentistry 37 8% / 92% 3% $68,959
Dental Hygiene 37 8% / 92% 3% $68,959
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education and Human Ecology 895 37% / 63% 2% $56,809
Athletic Training 26 19% / 81% 4% $74,523
Human Nutrition 47 26% / 74% 2% $64,224
Physical Education 115 51% / 49% 2% $53,593
Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership 18 22% / 78% 0% $53,593
Consumer and Family Financial Services 62 82% / 18% 2% $71,212
Hospitality Management (Food Service) 3 67% / 33% 0% $64,224
Sport Industry 149 73% / 27% 5% $59,634
Human Development and Family Science 118 +3 24% / 76% 1% $57,420
Early Childhood Education 29 21% / 79% 7% $48,777
Exercise Science Education 19 32% / 68% 0% $59,634
Integrated Language Arts/English Education 31 26% / 74% 0% $53,593
Integrated Social Studies Education 2 0% / 100% 0% $53,593
Middle Childhood Education 53 32% / 68% 0% $48,777
Special Education 21 19% / 81% 0% $53,763
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 8 0% / 100% 12%
Technology Education 4 50% / 50% 25% $53,593
World Language Education 108 6% / 94% 2% $41,942
Art Education 15 7% / 93% 0% $53,593
Fashion and Retail Studies 67 +2 13% / 87% 0% $66,547
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Engineering 1,821 77% / 23% 5% $107,931
Aerospace Engineering 95 84% / 16% 0% $106,080
Biomedical Engineering 98 59% / 41% 2% $94,436
Chemical Engineering 187 65% / 35% 2% $105,901
Civil Engineering 119 74% / 26% 2% $89,254
Computer Science and Engineering 416 84% / 16% 8% $116,035
Electrical and Computer Engineering 244 88% / 12% 9% $118,538
Engineering 18 78% / 22% 0% $107,353
Engineering Physics 18 89% / 11% 6% $108,696
Environmental Engineering 45 53% / 47% 0% $91,404
Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering 43 53% / 47% 2% $78,883
Industrial and Systems Engineering 114 64% / 36% 3% $114,502
Materials Science and Engineering 30 47% / 53% 7% $100,130
Mechanical Engineering 297 83% / 17% 6% $113,641
Aviation 32 69% / 31% 3% $86,488
Aviation Management 65 82% / 18% 2% $86,488
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences 501 39% / 61% 1% $60,766
Animal Sciences 133 14% / 86% 1% $55,198
Environmental Science 127 35% / 65% 3% $58,584
Environmental and Natural Resources 44 36% / 64% 0% $48,590
Food Science and Technology 21 48% / 52% 5% $76,820
Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife 23 35% / 65% 0% $58,584
Livestock Management
Plant Pathology 32 59% / 41% 0% $56,585
Sustainable Plant Systems 2 0% / 100% 0% $44,892
Agribusiness and Applied Economics 34 +1 56% / 44% 0% $61,788
Community Leadership 5 20% / 80% 0%
Food Business Management 8 25% / 75% 12% $65,170
Environmental Policy and Decision Making 24 38% / 62% 0% $48,590
Agriscience Education 48 96% / 4% 0% $95,230
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Nursing 243 14% / 86% 0% $117,637
Dietetics
Nursing 243 14% / 86% 0% $117,637
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Pharmacy 673 23% / 77% 1% $83,695
Health Sciences 7 0% / 100% 0%
Health Sciences (Allied Health) 484 23% / 77% 0% $76,096
Pharmaceutical Sciences 126 28% / 72% 3% $116,965
Pharmacy 43 14% / 86% 0% $74,523
Pharmacy Administration 13 23% / 77% 15% $74,523
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Public Health 106 21% / 79% 0% $78,477
Environmental Public Health 31 42% / 58% 0% $78,477
Public Health 75 12% / 88% 0% $78,477
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Social Work 154 12% / 88% 0% $56,120
Social Work 154 12% / 88% 0% $56,120
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Fisher College of Business 2,396 63% / 37% 7% $101,152
Information Systems 118 +3 74% / 26% 5% $99,943
Accounting 316 +7 65% / 35% 7% $103,661
Business 1 0% / 100% 0% $70,670
Business Administration 12 +4 58% / 42% 0% $127,037
Economics (Business) 73 +33 78% / 22% 14% $90,098
Finance 893 +29 77% / 23% 7% $106,628
Hospitality Management 46 35% / 65% 4% $61,316
Human Resources 47 28% / 72% 6% $99,238
Insurance and Risk Management 7 +2 86% / 14% 0%
International Business 51 +3 43% / 57% 6% $98,776
Leadership 2 100% / 0% 0% $127,037
Logistics Management 81 +12 70% / 30% 10% $127,037
Marketing 537 +9 39% / 61% 5% $87,033
Operations Management 121 +7 60% / 40% 4% $127,037
Professional Sales 43 +2 67% / 33% 16% $89,540
Real Estate and Urban Analysis 48 +28 69% / 31% 0% $97,677
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
John Glenn College of Public Affairs 82 39% / 61% 0% $75,511
Public Management, Leadership and Policy 59 +7 36% / 64% 0% $75,511
Public Policy Analysis 23 +7 48% / 52% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Knowlton School of Architecture 99 49% / 51% 3% $70,400
Architecture 75 44% / 56% 4%
City and Regional Planning 24 +1 67% / 33% 0% $70,400
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Communication 500 40% / 60% 8% $68,391
Communication 433 +16 40% / 60% 9% $68,586
Journalism 52 44% / 56% 2% $69,374
Strategic Communication 15 13% / 87% 0% $59,360
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 151 8% / 92% 0% $73,208
Medical Laboratory Science 19 16% / 84% 0% $77,878
Speech and Hearing Science 106 1% / 99% 0% $63,904
Health Information Management and Systems 26 31% / 69% 0% $107,728

Rankings

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Rugged & Bookish

My Tribe

Little Meca Most Muslim
Growing Presence

Engineering, Computing & Math

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
10k-Student Server Crashers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Force
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers
Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Farm to Lab
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
High-Vis Vests & Factory Floor Grunts
Playing House Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
State-Funded CPU Factories
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Dangerously Grounded
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough Engineering Physics
Simultaneously Engineers & Physicists Until a Recruiter Observes Them
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Alloy Stars
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Fission Faithful

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Petri Dish Elite
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Mega-Lab Multiverse
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Scan Squad
Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Plaque Attackers
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Sedimentary Scholars
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Greenhouse Gang
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Green Scholars
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Lab Coat Foodies
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Care Coordinators
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Slide Sleuths
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Code Blue Ready
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
Hearing Heroes
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Field & Forest
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Public Health Pros
Jocks R'US Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
ESPN Scholars
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
GAAP Gatekeepers
Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Suits with Boots
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Mega-Macro State Factories
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Fortune 500 Feeders
The Spreadsheet Doctors Healthcare Administration
VP of Patient Throughput
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Talent Whisperers
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
The "Do You Know Who I Am?" Elite

Humanities & Social Sciences

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
State-Funded Media Monoliths
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Ink & Quill
Mappy Few, the Cartography Crew Geography & Cartography
Bermuda Triangulators
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Diplomat Track
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Group Chat Theorists
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Polyglot Powerhouses

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Sandbox Specialists
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Teacher's Pet
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
ESL Squad
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
History Buffs
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Inclusive Classroom Crew
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Specialty Stars
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Building Blocks
Eight Hours of Scales Music
Pit Orchestra Pros