Buckeye Pride

O-H-I-O Photo Gallery See Ohio State Marion students sharing their Buckeye pride in Ohio and around the world		Homecoming 2011
Celebrating Alumni		75th Anniversary of "Script Ohio"

The Ohio State University Provides Access to Excellence on Six Campuses

The Ohio State University’s main Columbus campus is one of America’s largest and most comprehensive. More than 56,000 students select from 170 undergraduate majors and more than 250 master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs. As Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities, Ohio State is further recognized by a top-rated academic medical center and a premier cancer hospital and research center.

An additional 8,000 students attend Ohio State’s regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark, and the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster.

• Ohio State’s 2010 enrolled class (Columbus campus) of 6,549 set record highs in average ACT (27.8) and SAT (1235) scores and in the percentage of students graduating in the top 10 percent of their high school classes (54).

• Ohio State has been recognized among the top producers of U.S. Fulbright recipients for 2010–11, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

• Ohio State’s graduation rate is at an all-time high of 78 percent, well above the national average of 57 percent. In addition, 93 percent of first-year students return after their freshman year.

• Since August 2010, Ohio State has been named one of America’s best college values by Forbes Magazine, the Princeton Review, and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.

• A Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters ranked Ohio State 12th in the nation among the country’s most highly sought-after graduates.

• Ohio State is ranked 18th among the nation’s best public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” which links first-year student programs and internships to student success. Ohio State is again the state’s top university.