Ohio University College Portrait
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend OU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at OU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend OU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at OU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at OU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at OU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at OU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at OU.
OU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 19 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 72% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 89% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 898 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 38% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 15% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 85% |
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Campus-based Housing
95% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
44% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
The Ohio University Police Department is a full-service agency responsible for enforcement of criminal laws, investigations, and issuing warning of crimes that pose a threat to students and employees. When Ohio University considers a crime that would pose a threat to members of the Ohio University community, "Crime Alerts/Timely Warnings" are posted throughout campus, and when critical, you will find information through campus televisions, Ohio University’s homepage, campus e-mail, text message, and non-tech methods (on-the-ground teams, bullhorns, posted alerts, etc.).
Campus Crime Statistics
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary