Ohio State University-Main Campus

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• 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.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 53,715 in 2009-2010 (58,039 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 73% of enrolled students and graduate students are 27%.

Students under 25 years old represent 76% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Ohio State provides on-campus housing for 9,496 of its 58,039 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). 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) .

Graduate School Focus

Ohio State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (280 awarded)

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

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (134 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (173 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 (147 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,656 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 (196 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (78 awarded)

• Environmental Studies
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources/Conservation

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (146 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (62 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (75 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (888 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• 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 (1,042 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 (21 awarded)

• Surveying Technology/Surveying

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1,077 awarded)

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

FINE ARTS (32 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

HOSPITALITY (122 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (66 awarded)

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

LAW (245 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (2,247 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• East Asian Studies
• 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
• Modern Greek Language and Literature
• 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 (128 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (617 awarded)

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

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (44 awarded)

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

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (379 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 (1,009 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 (90 awarded)

• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (322 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (189 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 (25 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (35 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (57 awarded)

• Islamic Studies
• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (925 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Animal Genetics
• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical 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 (172 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (568 awarded)

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (43 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology