Ohio State University-Main Campus

The Ohio State University, or Ohio State, is a coeducational public research university with a main campus in Columbus, Ohio. The school was established in 1870 as a land-grant university entitled the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, in accordance with the Morrill Act signed by President Lincoln in 1862.

This legislation revolutionized the nation's approach to higher education, bringing a college degree within reach of all high school graduates.

In 1879, the university graduated its first woman.

In addition to the main campus, the university has regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark as well as extension offices in each of Ohio's 88 counties. It also encompasses the Agricultural Technical Institute, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, and Stone Laboratory, the nation's oldest freshwater biological field research station, on Lake Erie.

The Ohio State University Medical Center leads the region with 10 specialties named as among the best in America in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report magazine. OSU Medical Center is among only 21 hospitals in the country named to the magazine's elite Honor Roll, which demonstrates a hospital's excellence in at least six specialties.

This is the 17th consecutive year the magazine has named OSU Medical Center one of "America's Best Hospitals".

Ohio State University is divided into the following academic division:

College of Dentistry
College of Education and Human Ecology
College of Engineering
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Optometry
College of Pharmacy
College of Public Health
College of Social Work
College of Veterinary Medicine
Colleges of the Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
John Glenn School of Public Affairs
Max M. Fisher College of Business
Michael E. Moritz College of Law

OSU has more than 800 registered student organizations involving thousands of students. The intercollegiate sports teams, called the "Buckeyes," participate in NCAA's Division I and the Big Ten Conference.

Notable Ohio State alumni include artist Roy Lichtenstein, a founding father of pop art; Jack Nicklaus, the man called "the greatest golfer in history"; Jesse Owens, track star, first American to win four Gold Medals in a single Olympics; Members of O.A.R., band/musical artists; Nancy Currie, astronaut, veteran of four Space Shuttle missions; Patricia Heaton, actor; R. L. Stein, children's author (Goosebumps); and Michael Redd, NBA guard for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Campus Location

190 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
USA
Main Tel: (614) 292-6446
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in medicine and family and social work.
Large number of students.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
High male/female ratio.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	8,721	132
Master	2,576	95
	852	7
	759	80
Postbaccalaureate certificate	4	3
Post-master's certificate	1	1

Students

Student enrollment was 52,568 in 2007-2008 (57,779 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 72% of enrolled students and graduate students are 28%.

About 2% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 98% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 8,679
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 21,918
Room and board	$ 8,352
Books and supplies	$ 1,383
Other	$ 4,140

Financial Aid: Ohio State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Ohio State:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	42,326
2	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	50,170
3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	29,898
4	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	51,725
5	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, MD	36,014
6	Texas A & M University	College Station, TX	46,542
7	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	26,483
8	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	27,020
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University Park, PA	43,252
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,042

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		1,915
Without tenure; working toward tenure		685
Without tenure; tenure not available		617

Housing and Meals

Ohio State provides on-campus housing for 9,038 of its 57,779 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Ten Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 339 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 266 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	60%
Women	64%
All	62%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	540-650
Math	590-680

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (211 awarded)

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural and Food Products Processing
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (119 awarded)

Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (178 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (152 awarded)

Art/Art Studies
Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,561 awarded)

Accounting
Actuarial Science
Business Administration and Management
Business/Managerial Economics
Finance
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
Insurance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management
Operations Management and Supervision

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (187 awarded)

Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (99 awarded)

Environmental Studies
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
Natural Resources Management and Policy
Natural Resources/Conservation
Urban Forestry

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (156 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (61 awarded)

Design and Visual Communications
Industrial Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (86 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (960 awarded)

Agricultural Teacher Education
Art Teacher Education
Education
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
Music Teacher Education
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Special Education and Teaching
Technical Teacher Education
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (998 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (20 awarded)

Surveying Technology/Surveying

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (981 awarded)

Family Resource Management Studies
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
Human Development and Family Studies
Human Nutrition
Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS (54 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation

HOSPITALITY (123 awarded)

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (85 awarded)

Agronomy and Crop Science
Horticultural Science
Ornamental Horticulture
Soil Science and Agronomy
Turf and Turfgrass Management

LAW (219 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (2,317 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
Anthropology
Arabic Language and Literature
Chinese Language and Literature
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hebrew Language and Literature
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature
Korean Language and Literature
Linguistics
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Portuguese Language and Literature
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Russian Language and Literature
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (141 awarded)

Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (588 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (50 awarded)

Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (338 awarded)

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MEDICINE (1,004 awarded)

Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Optometry (OD)
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (83 awarded)

Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (277 awarded)

Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (148 awarded)

Athletic Training/Trainer
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Occupational Therapy/Therapist
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (21 awarded)

Film/Cinema Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (46 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (48 awarded)

Islamic Studies
Jewish/Judaic Studies
Philosophy

SCIENCE (879 awarded)

Anatomy
Animal Genetics
Astronomy
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Atomic/Molecular Physics
Biochemistry
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Botany/Plant Biology
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Chemistry
Ecology
Entomology
Geology/Earth Science
Microbiology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology
Physics
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (185 awarded)

Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (500 awarded)

Physical Therapy/Therapist
Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (38 awarded)

Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology