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Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH · Public · 45,638 students · mostly bachelor degrees
109th-cheapest of 228 Ohio colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$17,339
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$30,305
Graduation rate
88%
Admission rate
61%
Median graduate earnings
$60,409
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,976
Average SAT
1387
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
20%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
411 programsDentistry · Master's Degree$329,225Veterinary Medicine · Master's Degree$263,241Dentistry · First Professional Degree120 grads/yr$198,071Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$160,491Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree222 grads/yr$139,427Pathology/Experimental Pathology · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$138,085Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree123 grads/yr$137,783Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree115 grads/yr$134,031Veterinary Medicine · First Professional Degree169 grads/yr$132,986Physics, General · Doctoral Degree29 grads/yr$132,984Optometry · First Professional Degree62 grads/yr$132,661Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree51 grads/yr$126,887Biochemistry · Doctoral Degree10 grads/yr$123,814Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree455 grads/yr$123,731Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree46 grads/yr$123,152Law · First Professional Degree182 grads/yr$122,732Behavioral Neuroscience · Doctoral Degree28 grads/yr$120,917Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$120,495Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree145 grads/yr$118,833Environmental Toxicology · Master's Degree50 grads/yr$113,921Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree37 grads/yr$112,899Management Science · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$111,500Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$110,192Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree236 grads/yr$109,662Financial Mathematics · Master's Degree98 grads/yr$107,934
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.