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Ohio State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Columbus, OH
Population 1,700,000
Website https://www.osu.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 44,617
Men / Women 50% / 50%
White 59%
Asian 11%
Black 9%
International 8%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%
From State 64%
From Region 4%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 24%
Humanities & Social Sciences 23%
Life & Natural Sciences 13%
Engineering 11%
Health Sciences 10%
Computer Science 6%
Arts 4%
Education 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 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 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,305 (17%)
Days Without Precipitation 227 (15%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 49%
Yield (Unbound) 21%
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 #55
Graduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 1,096 #3
Engineering, Computing & Math 197 #20
Humanities & Social Sciences 422 #36

Honors College

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

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 67%
SAT Range 1320 – 1430
SAT Math Range 650 – 740
SAT RW Range 640 – 720
ACT Range 27 – 32

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 3,962 42% / 58% 7% $62,512 94%
Computer and Information Science 138 +2 79% / 21% 28% $109,946 98 95%
Data Analytics 30 +3 70% / 30% 0% $78,944 83 —
Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 +10 45% / 55% 5% $74,770 78 —
Atmospheric Sciences 15 — 73% / 27% 7% $60,397 50 —
Chemistry 44 +2 59% / 41% 7% $73,644 77 87%
Computational and Applied Mathematics 43 +1 56% / 44% 19% $118,085 99 100%
Earth Sciences 24 — 58% / 42% 0% $50,483 22 95%
Mathematics 127 +6 65% / 35% 54% $75,971 80 94%
Optics — — — — $73,307 76 —
Physics 35 +13 91% / 9% 20% $80,357 84 95%
Planetary Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $60,096 50 —
Statistics 48 +4 60% / 40% 29% $99,759 96 —
Biochemistry 114 +5 60% / 40% 2% $70,901 73 98%
Biology 489 +1 36% / 64% 2% $67,156 66 93%
Biomedical Sciences 21 — 57% / 43% 0% $67,156 66 93%
Entomology 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,205 16 97%
Evolution and Ecology 85 +1 27% / 73% 1% $48,205 16 97%
Microbiology 50 +2 42% / 58% 4% $65,347 62 95%
Molecular Genetics 56 +6 30% / 70% 0% $62,758 57 95%
Neuroscience 274 — 36% / 64% 1% $63,324 58 93%
Plant Pathology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $51,601 25 —
Actuarial Science 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $118,085 99 100%
Economics 184 +17 76% / 24% 29% $72,851 76 96%
African American and African Studies 7 +6 14% / 86% 0% $51,643 25 88%
Anthropology 41 +2 15% / 85% 2% $44,620 10 92%
Arabic 5 — 40% / 60% 20% $56,537 39 —
Chinese 6 +3 33% / 67% 0% $44,960 10 78%
Classics 6 +1 17% / 83% 0% $53,611 31 —
Criminology 162 +13 39% / 61% 1% $57,464 42 96%
Diversity and Identity Studies Collaborative 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,173 16 —
English 130 +14 35% / 65% 2% $45,720 12 91%
French 10 +6 50% / 50% 0% $59,003 46 94%
French and Francophone Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $50,995 23 —
Geographic Information Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,445 56 94%
Geography — +1 — — $61,576 53 —
German 4 +3 75% / 25% 0% $56,482 39 —
History 100 +13 62% / 38% 1% $47,823 16 94%
History — — — — $49,893 20 —
Humanities 14 +1 21% / 79% 14% $49,273 19 91%
Interdisciplinary Studies 7 — 86% / 14% 0% $45,469 11 97%
International Studies 106 +17 40% / 60% 7% $65,732 63 92%
Islamic Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,466 19 —
Italian 5 +2 40% / 60% 0% $59,003 46 94%
Japanese 17 +2 53% / 47% 0% $44,960 10 78%
Jewish Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,390 22 —
Korean 11 +5 45% / 55% 0% $44,960 10 78%
Linguistics 24 +4 29% / 71% 8% $53,401 30 86%
Medical Anthropology 25 +2 8% / 92% 0% $44,620 10 92%
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,174 18 —
Modern Greek 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $56,071 38 —
Philosophy 20 +1 60% / 40% 5% $47,850 16 88%
Physical Anthropology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,620 10 92%
Political Science 278 +25 48% / 52% 1% $66,909 65 95%
Portuguese — — — — $56,030 38 —
Psychology 683 +39 22% / 78% 4% $53,549 30 —
Religious Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,136 18 —
Romance Studies 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $59,003 46 94%
Russian 4 +9 25% / 75% 0% $67,314 66 95%
Social Sciences 33 +9 48% / 52% 0% $48,827 18 —
Sociology 52 +9 33% / 67% 4% $52,440 27 93%
Spanish 41 +15 39% / 61% 0% $59,003 46 94%
Sustainability 35 — 43% / 57% 3% $55,400 36 —
Translation and Interpreting 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,401 30 86%
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies 12 +4 17% / 83% 0% $51,643 25 88%
Art 54 +3 35% / 65% 6% $41,781 7 92%
Arts Management 14 — 21% / 79% 0% $41,781 7 92%
Dance 40 — 2% / 98% 5% $40,010 5 96%
Film Studies 35 +3 49% / 51% 9% $38,464 4 91%
History of Art 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $41,781 7 92%
Industrial Design 19 — 37% / 63% 0% $69,416 70 91%
Interior Design 18 — 11% / 89% 6% $69,416 70 91%
Jazz Studies 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,830 4 100%
Moving-Image Production 20 — 40% / 60% 0% $38,464 4 91%
Music 19 +2 63% / 37% 11% $38,830 4 100%
Music Education 24 — 62% / 38% 0% $49,306 19 97%
Music History, Literature, and Theory — — — — $39,178 5 —
Music Performance 7 — 43% / 57% 14% $38,830 4 100%
Music Theory and Composition — — — — $39,215 5 —
Theatre 20 +1 35% / 65% 5% $38,039 4 95%
Visual Communication Design 16 — 12% / 88% 0% $69,416 70 91%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Dentistry 37 8% / 92% 3% $63,442 100%
Dental Hygiene 37 — 8% / 92% 3% $63,442 58 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Human Ecology 895 37% / 63% 2% $52,226 96%
Human Nutrition 47 — 26% / 74% 2% $59,086 47 92%
Athletic Training 26 — 19% / 81% 4% $68,561 69 99%
Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership 18 — 22% / 78% 0% $49,306 19 97%
Consumer and Family Financial Services 62 — 82% / 18% 2% $65,515 63 98%
Hospitality Management (Food Service) 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $59,086 47 92%
Sport Industry 149 — 73% / 27% 5% $54,863 34 98%
Human Development and Family Science 118 +3 24% / 76% 1% $52,826 28 94%
Early Childhood Education 29 — 21% / 79% 7% $44,875 10 96%
Exercise Science Education 19 — 32% / 68% 0% $54,863 34 98%
Integrated Language Arts/English Education 31 — 26% / 74% 0% $49,306 19 97%
Integrated Social Studies Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,306 19 97%
Middle Childhood Education 53 — 32% / 68% 0% $44,875 10 96%
Physical Education 115 — 51% / 49% 2% $49,306 19 97%
Special Education 21 — 19% / 81% 0% $49,462 19 91%
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 8 — 0% / 100% 12% $47,996 16 —
Technology Education 4 — 50% / 50% 25% $49,306 19 97%
World Language Education 108 — 6% / 94% 2% $38,587 4 91%
Art Education 15 — 7% / 93% 0% $49,306 19 97%
Fashion and Retail Studies 67 +2 13% / 87% 0% $61,223 53 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,821 77% / 23% 5% $96,229 96%
Aerospace Engineering 95 — 84% / 16% 0% $88,477 90 92%
Biomedical Engineering 98 — 59% / 41% 2% $86,881 89 95%
Chemical Engineering 187 — 65% / 35% 2% $97,429 95 95%
Civil Engineering 119 — 74% / 26% 2% $82,114 86 96%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 244 — 88% / 12% 9% $101,785 96 94%
Engineering 18 — 78% / 22% 0% $98,765 95 98%
Engineering Physics 18 — 89% / 11% 6% $89,119 91 100%
Environmental Engineering 45 — 53% / 47% 0% $84,092 87 100%
Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering 43 — 53% / 47% 2% $72,572 75 97%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 114 — 64% / 36% 3% $105,342 97 94%
Materials Science and Engineering 30 — 47% / 53% 7% $92,120 92 96%
Mechanical Engineering 297 — 83% / 17% 6% $95,293 94 97%
Computer Science and Engineering 416 — 84% / 16% 8% $106,752 98 97%
Aviation 32 — 69% / 31% 3% $79,569 83 92%
Aviation Management 65 — 82% / 18% 2% $79,569 83 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences 501 39% / 61% 1% $57,698 94%
Animal Sciences 133 — 14% / 86% 1% $50,455 22 94%
Environmental Science 127 — 35% / 65% 3% $58,110 44 91%
Environmental and Natural Resources 44 — 36% / 64% 0% $44,703 10 98%
Food Science and Technology 21 — 48% / 52% 5% $70,674 72 93%
Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife 23 — 35% / 65% 0% $58,110 44 91%
Livestock Management — — — — $48,338 17 —
Plant Pathology 32 — 59% / 41% 0% $53,324 30 100%
Sustainable Plant Systems 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $41,301 6 94%
Agribusiness and Applied Economics 34 +1 56% / 44% 0% $68,055 68 97%
Community Leadership 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $33,670 2 100%
Food Business Management 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $59,956 49 92%
Environmental Policy and Decision Making 24 — 38% / 62% 0% $44,703 10 98%
Agriscience Education 48 — 96% / 4% 0% $87,612 90 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 243 14% / 86% 0% $79,123 96%
Dietetics — — — — $61,366 53 —
Nursing 243 — 14% / 86% 0% $79,123 83 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Pharmacy 673 23% / 77% 1% $71,154 98%
Health Sciences 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $66,550 65 —
Health Sciences (Allied Health) 484 — 23% / 77% 0% $70,008 71 98%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 126 — 28% / 72% 3% $76,968 81 96%
Pharmacy 43 — 14% / 86% 0% $68,561 69 99%
Pharmacy Administration 13 — 23% / 77% 15% $68,561 69 99%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Public Health 106 21% / 79% 0% $67,625 94%
Environmental Public Health 31 — 42% / 58% 0% $67,625 67 94%
Public Health 75 — 12% / 88% 0% $67,625 67 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Work 154 12% / 88% 0% $44,646 94%
Social Work 154 — 12% / 88% 0% $44,646 10 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Fisher College of Business 2,396 63% / 37% 7% $87,469 96%
Information Systems 118 +3 74% / 26% 5% $91,948 92 98%
Accounting 316 +7 65% / 35% 7% $89,592 91 97%
Business 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,016 62 96%
Business Administration 12 +4 58% / 42% 0% $85,390 88 96%
Economics (Business) 73 +33 78% / 22% 14% $82,890 86 95%
Finance 893 +29 77% / 23% 7% $93,666 93 96%
Hospitality Management 46 — 35% / 65% 4% $56,411 39 96%
Human Resources 47 — 28% / 72% 6% $73,508 77 99%
Insurance and Risk Management 7 +2 86% / 14% 0% $96,229 94 —
International Business 51 +3 43% / 57% 6% $90,874 92 90%
Leadership 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $85,390 88 96%
Logistics Management 81 +12 70% / 30% 10% $85,390 88 96%
Marketing 537 +9 39% / 61% 5% $80,070 84 97%
Operations Management 121 +7 60% / 40% 4% $85,390 88 96%
Professional Sales 43 +2 67% / 33% 16% $82,377 86 95%
Real Estate and Urban Analysis 48 +28 69% / 31% 0% $89,863 91 91%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
John Glenn College of Public Affairs 82 39% / 61% 0% $63,746 97%
Public Management, Leadership and Policy 59 +7 36% / 64% 0% $63,423 58 96%
Public Policy Analysis 23 +7 48% / 52% 0% $64,576 61 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Knowlton School of Architecture 99 49% / 51% 3% $62,009 97%
Architecture 75 — 44% / 56% 4% $63,335 58 —
City and Regional Planning 24 +1 67% / 33% 0% $57,866 43 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Communication 500 40% / 60% 8% $62,919 97%
Communication 433 +16 40% / 60% 9% $63,099 57 97%
Journalism 52 — 44% / 56% 2% $63,824 59 98%
Strategic Communication 15 — 13% / 87% 0% $54,611 33 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 151 8% / 92% 0% $65,845 99%
Medical Laboratory Science 19 — 16% / 84% 0% $71,648 74 96%
Speech and Hearing Science 106 — 1% / 99% 0% $60,948 52 99%
Health Information Management and Systems 26 — 31% / 69% 0% $81,572 85 97%

Rankings

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Rugged & Bookish

My Tribe

Little Meca Most Muslim
Growing Presence

Engineering

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
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
Segfault Survivors & Kernel Panickers
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

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Solid Programs
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Mega-Lab Multiverse
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Sedimentary Scholars
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Heavyweight Builders (Applied Physics)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Petri Dish Elite
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
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Field & Forest
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Scan Squad

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Plaque Attackers
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Care Coordinators
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
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Public Health Pros
Walk It Off Rehabilitation
Cleared to Play
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
ESPN Scholars

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
Glengarry Glen Ross Prep Real Estate
Open-House Hustlers
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
The "Do You Know Who I Am?" Elite

Humanities & Social Sciences

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
Nosy for a Living Journalism
Statehouse Press-Corps Factories
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
State-Funded Media Monoliths
Spin Class Professional Communication
State-Flagship Spin Machines
Feelings, But With Error Bars Research & Experimental Psychology
Textbook Authors' Legacy
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
Gym Class Heroes Physical Education
Picked First in Gym
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