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Ohio University-Lancaster Campus

Lancaster, Ohio Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

Located in Lancaster, Ohio, Ohio University-Lancaster Campus is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 2,127 students in fall 2024. It is part of Ohio University.

Ohio University-Lancaster Campus offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 157 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Speech Communication and Rhetoric, and Social Work. It awarded 105 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 10 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,127
Students enrolled
50%
First-year retention
105
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
157
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 157

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 4
Business, Management and Marketing 20
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Communication and Journalism 6
Education 10
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Engineering Technologies 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 7
Psychology 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 7
Communications Technologies 1
English Language and Literature 4
Family and Consumer Sciences 5
History 1
Visual and Performing Arts 20
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 9
Engineering 10
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 6
Health Professions 11
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Physical Sciences 6
Social Sciences 6
Transportation and Materials Moving 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
50%
First-year retention, part-time students
44%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
51
Associate degrees
45
Certificates under 1 year
9

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,127
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,127
Full-time, fall 2024
27%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,981
Full-time, 2024-25
17%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
63%
Men
37%
White
84%
Hispanic or Latino
4%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
10
Programs with a fully online option
13
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
23%
Students taking some online courses
58%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Ohio University
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional
Chief administrator
Martha Kline
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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