At a Glance
38 Departments and Schools
20+ Centers and Institutes
80+ Majors
100+ Minors
50+ Graduate Programs
15+ Certificate Programs
Instruction in 33 languages
Delivers 49% of all credit hours at the Columbus campus
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Our Students
Total undergraduate students: 17,453
Female: 9,862 (57%)
Male: 7,591 (43%)
Underrepresented minorities: 18%
First generation: 25%
Honors & scholars: 19%
In state: 75%
Out of state: 15%
International: 10%
Double majors: 9%
Major + minor: 22%
Total graduate students: 2,285
Female: 1,130 (49%)
Male: 1,155 (51%)
Underrepresented minorities: 16%
In state: 20%
Out of state: 50%
International: 30%
Top 10% of their high school class: 56.1%
Top 25% of their high school class: 90.4%
Average ACT: 28.8
Average SAT: 1308
At the time of graduation, Arts and Sciences undergraduates reported the following:
54.1% reported employment as their primary plan post-graduation
- Of these graduates 48.3% had received a job offer
- Of those graduates who accepted a job offer, 46.9% reported they had completed experiential learning such as internships, job shadows, co-ops, practicums or other academic major-related work at the same employer who hired them
- Average salary for those graduates who accepted a full-time position was $49,488
33.8% reported graduate professional school as their primary plan post-graduation
Art Education Major: Hyatt Hotels
Physics Major: Designer Shoe Warehouse
English Major: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Communication Major: Cardinal Health
Industrial Design Major: Fisher-Price
Evolution & Ecology Major: Northrop Grumman
Linguistics Major: State Farm Insurance
Criminology Major: US Bank
Beinecke Scholars: 7 (of Ohio State’s 7)
Churchill Scholars: 5 (of Ohio State’s 6)
Goldwater Scholars: 17 (since 2006)
Knight-Hennessy Scholars: 1 (of Ohio State’s 2)
Rhodes Scholars: 5 (since 1985)
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Program Rankings
The Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences is a nationally recognized leader in many fields, with U.S. News and World Report providing an overall top-25 ranking for many of our graduate programs:
Chemistry: 25
- Analytical Chemistry: 6
Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence: 24
- Systems: 19
Earth Sciences
- Environmental Sciences: 10
- Geochemistry: 21
- Geology: 15
English
- American Literature After 1865: 13
Mathematics
- Applied Math: 18
Physics: 23
- Condensed Matter Physics: 20
- Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity: 13
- Elementary Particles/Fields/String Theory: 15
Political Science: 17
- American Politics: 11
- International Politics: 12
- Political Methodology: 13
- Comparative Politics: 20
Psychology
- Social Psychology: 7
Sociology: 18
- Social Stratification: 10
- Sociology of Population: 10
Speech and Hearing Science
- Audiology: 10
- Speech-Language Pathology: 16
Statistics: 24
- Biostatistics: 21
In the U.S. News Best Global Universities, the following subjects were ranked in the nation’s top 25:
- Arts and Humanities: 15 (U.S.), 30 (global), 6 (public)
- Physics: 18 (U.S.), 35 (global), 9 (public)
- Space Science: 10 (U.S.), 16 (global), 4 (public)
In the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the following programs were ranked in the nation’s top 25:
- Communication: 1 (U.S.), 2 (global)
- Geography: 10 (U.S.), 45 (global)
- Political Science: 18 (U.S.), 22 (global)
- Physics: 20 (U.S.), 49 (global)
- Psychology: 13 (U.S.), 18 (global)
- Sociology: 5 (U.S.), 7 (global)
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Our Faculty and Staff
Faculty members: 1,331
Female: 569 (43%)
Male: 762 (57%)
Tenure-track faculty: 858
Staff members: 982
Female: 504 (51%)
Male: 478 (49%)
Total awards: 740 for $119,018,552
NSF: $40,657,670 (34%)
NIH: $33,758,309 (28%)
Other federal funding: $37,541,265 (32%)
Industry: $1,910,874 (2%)
Non-profit: $4,835,043 (4%)
State of Ohio: $263,079 (<1%)
Distinguished University Professors: 39
Alumni Awards for Distinguished Teaching: 275
Distinguished Scholar Awards: 162
President and Provost's Awards for Distinguished Faculty Service: 45
Provost's Awards for Teaching by a Lecturer: 20
University Distinguished Lecturers: 21
Guggenheim Fellows: 40
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows: 126
National Academy of Sciences Members: 9
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members: 26
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize Recipients: 2
MacArthur Fellow: 1
NSF Early Career Development Award winners: 64
National Medal of Sciences: 1
National Medal of Arts: 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellow: 1
Department of Energy Early Career Awards: 4
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Our Alumni and Donors
Living alumni: 210,000+
Endowment: $285M
Endowed chairs: 24
Endowed professorships: 25
Fundraising total (FY20): $52.9M
