by our College Data Analytics Team
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Ohio University - Athens Campus was awarded 103 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & physical education.
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College Factual ranked OHIO Athens as #184 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when OHIO Athens held the #239 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, OHIO Athens is ranked at #7.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus has an acceptance rate of 87%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for OHIO Athens.
About 13% of students accepted to OHIO Athens submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 630.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Ohio University - Athens Campus is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Ohio University - Athens Campus is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Ohio University - Athens Campus enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at OHIO Athens for first-time, full-time students is 48%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,284 undergraduates at OHIO Athens with 14,676 being full-time and 4,608 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,835 | $15,783 | $19,315 | $22,033 | $22,457 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of OHIO Athens, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At OHIO Athens, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,969 a year. That adds up to $31,876 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for OHIO Athens are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 020 Chubb Hall, Athens, OH 45701-2979 |
| Phone: | 740-593-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.ohio.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 590 | $57,006 |
| Data Analytics | 365 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 300 | $36,666 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 300 | $34,983 |
| Public Health | 300 | $37,883 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 282 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 246 | $35,165 |
| Medicine | 244 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 235 | $42,663 |
| Public Policy | 235 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 15,095 students took at least one online class at Ohio University - Athens Campus. This is a decrease from the 19,309 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 15,095 | 6,329 |
| 2021-2022 | 19,309 | 7,383 |
| 2020-2021 | 22,305 | 8,657 |
| 2018-2019 | 13,005 | 7,975 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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