Located in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University-Main Campus is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 61,443 students in fall 2024, including 46,815 undergraduates and 14,628 graduate students. It is a land-grant institution. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Ohio State University-Main Campus offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 253 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Finance, Experimental Psychology, and Social Work. It awarded 16,558 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
94% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.
Key figures
61,443
Students enrolled
94%
First-year retention
16,558
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
253
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 253
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
94%
First-year retention, part-time students
31%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
11,332
Associate degrees
9
Master's degrees
2,997
Doctoral degrees (research)
931
Professional doctorates
812
Certificates under 1 year
241
Postbaccalaureate certificates
236
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
61,443
Undergraduates, fall 2024
46,815
Graduate students, fall 2024
14,628
Full-time, fall 2024
87%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
66,462
Undergraduates, 2024-25
49,934
Graduate students, 2024-25
16,528
Full-time, 2024-25
83%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
53%
Men
47%
White
58%
Hispanic or Latino
6%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
10%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
10%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs with a fully online option
28
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
7%
Students taking some online courses
71%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Big Ten Conference
President
Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization