Rankings | Students | Faculty & Research | Giving

RANKINGS
Ranking of Ohio State among public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 “America’s Best Colleges”: 19th
That figure last year: 21st

OSU ranking among public universities for its benefits to the country, according to The Washington Monthly College Guide: 16th

Number of Ohio State graduate programs or specializations in U.S. News & World Report’s top 10: 19

Number in the top 25: 30

Number of consecutive years U.S. News has named OSU Medical Center one of “America’s Best Hospitals”: 14

Number of Med Center specialties cited among the best for 2007: 9

OSU Med Center’s ranking by The University Health System Consortium, an organization that ranks university hospitals: top 5

The other four in that group: Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women’s, Cedars Sinai, and the University of Michigan.

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STUDENTS
Number of students in 2006-07’s first-year class: 6,162

Number of applicants: 19,000

Average ACT score of incoming first-year students: 26.4
Average ACT score in 2002: 25.4

Percentage of incoming students in the top 10 percent of their high school class: 45
Percentage in 2002: 33

Percentage in the top 25 percent of their high school class: over 80
Percentage in 2002: 69

Number of consecutive years incoming student preparedness has improved: 12

Percentage of 2006 freshman class who are students of color: 16

Origins of incoming students: all 88 Ohio counties, 46 U.S. states, 146 foreign countries

Percentage of first-year students from 2005-06 who returned for their
sophomore year: 91.5
That percentage in 1994: 78

Total number of students in 2006-07: 51,818

National ranking of Columbus campus for student enrollment: 1

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FACULTY & RESEARCH
Ranking of Ohio State among all institutions nationally for number of faculty who are fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: 1

Ranking of Ohio State among public universities for total research dollars: 9th
That ranking in 2002: 12th

Ranking for industry-sponsored research: 6th

Ranking for federal research funding: 24th
That ranking in 2004: 39th

Amount of research awards earned by faculty in 2006: almost $590 million

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GIVING
Amount raised in private support for Ohio State in FY06: $284.2 million
Percentage increase of FY06 over FY05: 12

Ranking of FY06 among all giving totals to Ohio State: 2nd

Record number of donors in FY06: 115,723

Record number of consecutive years that number has grown: 4

Value reached by University Endowment during FY06: $2 billion

Ranking of that amount among public universities: 6th

Number of years it took for the University Endowment to reach $1 billion: 129
Number of years for that amount to double: 7

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As of September 2006