Ohio State University-Main Campus

Overview

Rankings

• #7 Best Engineering Colleges in Ohio
• #9 Best MBA Programs in Ohio
• #11 Largest Colleges in America
• #12 Best Bachelor's Programs in Ohio
• #14 Best Master's Programs in Ohio
• #15 Best Online MBA Programs by ROI
• #16 Best Online Public University MBA Programs
• #17 Best Communications Colleges in Ohio

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Ohio State University-Main Campus? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University-Main Campus offers a realistic path to admission, with roughly 61% of applicants receiving an offer. Admitted students typically arrive with an average SAT score near 1,387. The graduation rate is roughly 88%.

Acceptance Rate

61%

Retention Rate

94%

SAT Average

1387

ACT Midpoint

29

SAT Range

1310–1480

ACT Range

28–32

Full-Time Faculty

63%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$14,386

Student–Faculty Ratio

17:1

Diversity Index

0.61

First-Gen Students

26%

Applicants

65,189

Admitted

34,370

Inside the Admissions Office

School-reported Common Data Set · 2025-26

The acceptance rate tells you how hard Ohio State University-Main Campus is to get into. Its Common Data Set tells you what happens once you are admitted: how many students say yes, how many arrived without test scores, and whether applying early tilts the odds. 21% of admitted students go on to enroll here, making it a school most admitted students ultimately pass on.

Yield Rate

21%

of admits enroll

Submitted SAT

25%

of enrolled freshmen

Submitted ACT

42%

of enrolled freshmen

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Ohio State University-Main Campus? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Ohio State University-Main Campus is $40,022, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $17,339. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $4,885 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $19,976 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$13,244

Out-of-State

$40,022

Avg Net Price

$17,339

Median Debt

$19,976

Pell Grant Rate

20%

Federal Loan Rate

29%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Ohio State University-Main Campus — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Ohio State University-Main Campus Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Ohio State University-Main Campus earn a median of $60,409, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$51,438

8 Years

$56,186

10 Years

$60,409

Debt-to-Earnings

0.33x

Earning > $25K

72%

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Ohio State University-Main Campus? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Its economic connectedness score is 1.57, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (0.03), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 8% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.57

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.03

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

8.5%

Support Ratio

0.98

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income

$-304,501,051

Top Programs

The fields Ohio State University-Main Campus awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Business & Marketing 20% $72,896 early-career
• Engineering 15% $89,907 early-career
• Health Professions 11% $71,766 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 8% $41,405 early-career
• Social Sciences 7% $50,232 early-career
• Psychology 5% $36,638 early-career
• Communications 5% $48,059 early-career
• Education 4% $43,996 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.