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Ohio State University-Main Campus

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $4,885 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $30,305.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $60,409 ten years after entering, the 74th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 88% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1870
Enrollment, 2023
65,551
Website
osu.edu
Campus of Ohio State University-Main Campus

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The Ohio State University is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1870, it is the flagship institution of the University System of Ohio. It is designated a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university by the government of Ohio.

From the Wikipedia article “Ohio State University”, revision 1361959557, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $30,305 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $4,885 and $27,359 a year depending on income at Ohio State University-Main Campus.

Statement of cost · Ohio State University-Main Campus

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$30,305
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$4,885
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$17,339
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$13,244

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $4,885; $30–48k: $5,751; $48–75k: $9,807; $75–110k: $20,461; over $110k: $27,359. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$4,885
$30k–$48k$5,751
$48k–$75k$9,807
$75k–$110k$20,461
Over $110k$27,359

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $60,409; the median graduate who borrowed owes $19,976.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$51,438
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$56,186
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
74th percentile among public 4-years
$60,409
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
53rd percentile among public 4-years
$19,976
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$14,500

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $51,438; 8 yrs after entry: $56,186; 10 yrs after entry: $60,409. Median graduate debt: $19,976. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $19,976.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$51,438
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$56,186
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$60,409
Median graduate debt$19,976

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Ohio State University-Main Campus
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree817$93,666$20,500
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree646not reportednot reported
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree486$67,156$23,362
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree478$63,099$23,500
MarketingBachelor's Degree478$80,070$21,198
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree455$106,752$20,247
Social WorkMaster's Degree454$58,613not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesBachelor's Degree436$70,008$21,500
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree297$89,592$23,284
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree283$63,324$22,286
EconomicsBachelor's Degree272$72,851$23,125
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree265$66,909$21,500
Show all 29 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree236$106,983not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree236$85,390$23,250
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree235$79,123$25,163
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree222$148,358not reported
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree218$95,293$20,500
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree217$101,785$22,411
MedicineFirst Professional Degree198$158,548not reported
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree191$56,128not reported
DentistryMaster's Degreenot reported$312,452not reported
Veterinary MedicineMaster's Degreenot reported$168,320not reported
DentistryFirst Professional Degree120$171,323not reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree20not reportednot reported
Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesMaster's Degree12not reportednot reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree123$138,247not reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's Degree115$116,325not reported
Veterinary MedicineFirst Professional Degree169$117,435not reported
PhysicsDoctoral Degree29$142,800not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Ohio State University-Main Campus: 45,638 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 61% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

61%

18th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

45,638

99th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

17th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

88%

finish within 150% of normal time

98th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

26%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$64,714

88th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k21%
  • $30k–$48k13%
  • $48k–$75k15%
  • $75k–$110k19%
  • Over $110k32%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k21%
$30k–$48k13%
$48k–$75k15%
$75k–$110k19%
Over $110k32%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 7,217 people who studied at Ohio State University-Main Campus, most often in science & academia (52%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 52% (3,407 people); medicine 1.7% (107 people); law 2.3% (152 people); politics & gov 5.0% (326 people); business 1.9% (125 people); engineering & tech 2.9% (192 people); writing & journalism 5.2% (338 people); film & stage 1.8% (119 people); music 1.4% (90 people); visual arts 2.2% (144 people); sports 22% (1,406 people); religion 0.2% (11 people); military 1.3% (81 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia3,40752.4%
medicine1071.7%
law1522.3%
politics & gov3265.0%
business1251.9%
engineering & tech1922.9%
writing & journalism3385.2%
film & stage1191.8%
music901.4%
visual arts1442.2%
sports1,40621.6%
religion110.2%
military811.3%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (2,122) · university teacher (698) · American football player (550) · basketball player (550) · politician (288) · mathematician (192) · writer (172) · lawyer (135)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 17% for the 1850s to 27% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 4 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1800snot reported1not reported
1820snot reported2not reported
1830snot reported3not reported
1840snot reported2not reported
1850s1517%
1860s62818%
1870s93819%
1880s154625%
1890s1310211%
1900s2716814%
1910s2521111%
1920s3325312%
1930s4026413%
1940s6528019%
1950s7127820%
1960s6323521%
1970s4519319%
1980s4724716%
1990s5413329%
2000s277427%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 79,439 in 2016-11.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0618,806
2026-0522,132
2026-0424,187
2026-0329,270
2026-0223,967
2026-0129,280
2025-1230,639
2025-1132,509
2025-1029,663
2025-0933,114
2025-0830,756
2025-0721,292
2025-0622,708
2025-0522,247
2025-0425,645
2025-0332,062
2025-0226,911
2025-0168,234
2024-1243,093
2024-1145,700
2024-1039,535
2024-0937,625
2024-0834,027
2024-0744,417
2024-0622,993
2024-0528,074
2024-0429,934
2024-0332,640
2024-0228,975
2024-0139,774
2023-1233,347
2023-1141,626
2023-1040,882
2023-0938,538
2023-0835,269
2023-0728,306
2023-0625,765
2023-0527,811
2023-0429,054
2023-0333,743
2023-0228,780
2023-0145,390
2022-1235,080
2022-1149,013
2022-1047,826
2022-0952,210
2022-0833,555
2022-0728,308
2022-0625,909
2022-0526,024
2022-0430,558
2022-0331,199
2022-0228,340
2022-0134,501
2021-1236,698
2021-1144,826
2021-1033,505
2021-0934,441
2021-0829,110
2021-0728,802
2021-0619,605
2021-0523,306
2021-0426,410
2021-0331,667
2021-0222,212
2021-0135,307
2020-1228,761
2020-1128,047
2020-1025,449
2020-0923,146
2020-0825,159
2020-0721,663
2020-0622,028
2020-0528,452
2020-0431,169
2020-0330,643
2020-0230,134
2020-0136,813
2019-1257,429
2019-1154,338
2019-1049,465
2019-0946,658
2019-0841,354
2019-0730,263
2019-0625,591
2019-0530,448
2019-0432,126
2019-0334,695
2019-0227,431
2019-0140,912
2018-1241,859
2018-1149,596
2018-1047,965
2018-0951,054
2018-0846,992
2018-0734,899
2018-0630,703
2018-0537,644
2018-0436,331
2018-0342,349
2018-0230,059
2018-0134,346
2017-1236,957
2017-1144,628
2017-1045,409
2017-0953,801
2017-0833,487
2017-0731,854
2017-0627,473
2017-0532,076
2017-0434,194
2017-0336,588
2017-0230,294
2017-0144,888
2016-1244,818
2016-1179,439
2016-1045,763
2016-0943,711
2016-0836,222
2016-0727,993
2016-0626,911
2016-0530,724
2016-0433,326
2016-0336,234
2016-0230,550
2016-0134,243
2015-1241,684
2015-1153,941
2015-1046,814
2015-0975,469
2015-0843,173
2015-0728,466

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Paul Flory Chemistry 1974
  • William Alfred Fowler Physics 1983

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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