Ohio State University
Public research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Ohio State University (OSU) was founded in 1870 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Three years later, in 1873, the new school opened its doors to a small group of 24 students. In 1878, the first class of just six students graduated.
From these modest beginnings, the school grew rapidly. In recognition of the increasing demand for course offerings of wider scope, the same year that the first degrees were granted (1878) the Ohio state legislature changed the school’s name to its present form.
Over time, OSU opened five regional campuses—in the towns of Newark, Lima, Marion, Mansfield, and Wooster. Counting the Columbus flagship campus and the five satellite campuses all together, OSU’s student body today numbers more than 68,000 individuals—making the school one of the largest in the US.
Among the many distinguished persons who have been associated with OSU, we may mention the following:
- Mathematicians, Grace Marie Bareis, Hans Julius Zassenhaus, David Goss, David A. Huffman, Henry Mann, Georgia Benkart, Vitaly Bergelson & Avner Friedman
- Mathematics educator, Arnold Ross
- Computer scientist, Tamal Dey
- Philosophers, Richard Kraut, Stewart Shapiro, Neil Tennant & Tamar Rudavsky
- Poet, Kathy Fagan
- Children’s author, R.L. Stine
- Actors, Patricia Heaton & Ross Butler
- Comedian, Richard Lewis
- Artist, Roy Lichtenstein
- Astronomer, Sidney Van den Bergh
- Physicists, Wallace Clement Sabine & William A. Fowler (Nobel laureate)
- Nanoscientist, Mauro Ferrari
- Electrical engineers, Benjamin Garver Lamme, William Littell Everitt & John Louis Moll
- Communications and systems control theorist, Hendrik Wade Bode
- Roboticist, Vijay Kumar
- Chemists, Paul Florey (Nobel laureate), Malcolm H. Chisholm, Roy J. Plunkett & Leo Paquette
- Paleoclimatologist, Lonnie Thompson
- Biochemist, Perry A. Frey
- Microbiologist, Thomas D. Brock
- Pathologist, James Bloodworth, Jr.
- Cancer researcher, Judah Folkman
- Psychologists, Julian B. Rotter, Gary Berntson, Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Sidney L. Pressey & Mahzarin Banaji
- Social psychologist, Claude Steele
- Linguist, Charles F. Hockett
- Sociologist, Paul E. Bellair
- Political scientists, Gregory A. Caldeira, Herb Asher, Gene Sharp & Alexander Wendt
- Legal scholar, Peter M. Shane
- Historians, Donald Kagan & Paul Herman Buck
- Economist, Richard H. Steckel
- Journalist, Walt Bogdanich
- Former Ohio Governor, John Kasich
- Current US Representative, Jim Jordan
- Current US Senator, Sherrod Brown
- 19th US President, Rutherford B. Hayes
Admissions
What does this school look for?
Annual Applications
48,077
Acceptance
52%
Graduation Rate
84%
Median SAT Score
1345
Median ACT Score
29
Costs
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$9,852
Fees (in-state)
$874
After Graduation
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$53,600
Employed
91%
Campus Life
What's it like to attend this school?
The People
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
55K
Under-Grads
45K
Graduates
10K
The Campus
Where will you be attending?
Location
190 N. Oval Mall,
Columbus OH
43210
On Campus Crime Rates
Property Crime
14 per 100k
Violent Crime
0 per 100k
What is Ohio State University known for?
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Top areas of influence with degrees offered
Other areas of influence
Influential People
Who are Ohio State University's Most influential alumni?
Ohio State University's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Criminal Justice, Communications, and History. Ohio State University’s most academically influential people include Dawon Kahng, Harlan Ellison, and Larry Sanger.
Larry Sanger
American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects
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