154 W. 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
General Information
Type: Public institution
Year Founded: 1870
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Quarter
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 37,411
Geographical Setting: Urban
Endowment: $1,703,844,816
Admissions
Application Fee: $40
Application Deadline: February 1
Selectivity: More selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $8,667 in-state, 20,562 out-of-state
Room/Board: $6,720
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: reading, math, writing, study skills
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: 64%
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: IBM, Battelle, Accenture, Bank One
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 5,936,434
Number of current serial subscriptions: 34,745
Number of microforms: 5,834,511
Number of audiovisuals: 48,901
Number of ebooks: 18,672
Other library facilities: Baggs Memorial Library
Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Library
Black Studies Library
Book Depository
Business Library
Byrd Polar Archives
Cartoon Research Library
Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
Children’s Hospital Library and Family Health Information Center
East Asian Studies
East European and Slavic Studies
Edgar Dale Media Center
Education, Human Ecology, Psychology, and Social Work Library
English Theatre and Communication
Fine Arts Library
Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Library
Geology Library
Goldthwait Polar Library
Government Documents
Herbarium Collection
Hilandar Research Library
History, Philosophy, and Political Science
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
Jewish Studies
John Glenn Archives
Journalism Library
Latin American Studies
Linguistics and Western European Languages
Map Room
Medical Heritage Center
Middle East Studies
Moritz Law Library
Music/Dance Library
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Library
OhioLINK
Prior Health Sciences Library
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Science/Engineering Library
Stone Lab Collection
University Archives
University Hospitals East Library
Veterinary Medicine Library
William Charvat Collection of American Fiction
Women’s Studies Library
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: General Clinical Research Center
Global Supply Chain Forum
Graphics and Animation Laboratory
Historic Costume and Textiles Collection
Immunobehavior Laboratory
Information Processing Systems Laboratory
Information Systems Laboratory
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities
Institute for Ergonomics
Jack Nicklaus Museum
Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic
Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center
Mechatronics Lab
Melton Center for Jewish Studies
MicroMD Laboratory
Museum of Biological Diversity
Music Cognition Laboratory
National East Asian Languages Resource Center
National Regulatory Research Institute
Network-based Computing Laboratory
Networking and Telecommunications Research Laboratory
New Technology for the Science Classroom Project
Nisonger Center
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio Bioprocessing Research Consortium
Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
Orton Geology Museum
Population Research Initiative
Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies
Space Geodesy and Remote Sensing
Spectroscopy Institute
Supply Chain Management Research Group
Transportation Research Center Inc.
Water Resources Center
Wexner Center for the Arts
World Media and Culture Center
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 800
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 10
Classrooms: 250
Labs: 50
Other areas: N/A
Is there a wireless network? – No
Where is wireless available? –
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity:
Recommended operating system: N/A
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 24%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 6%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 6%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 50%
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 24%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (87%), apartments for married students (4%), apartment for single students (2%), special housing for disabled students (2%), cooperative housing (4%), other housing options (0%)
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 4%
Doubles: 62%
Triples or Suites: 26%
Apartments: 8%
Other: 0%
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 38
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 16%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 3,411 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Columbus (6), Cincinnati (100)
Nearest train station: Cincinnati (100)
Nearest bus station: Columbus (2)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 40%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 19%
Average undergraduate wage: 5,194
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered on campus
Navy ROTC Offered on campus
Air Force ROTC: Offered on campus
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other
Campus
Most popular events: African American Heritage Festival; Fall Quarter Student Involvement Fair; BuckeyeThon (24 hour dance marathon for charity); Big Free Concert; Community Involvement; Wellness Late Nite Programming.