by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #72 spot. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. Ohio State received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
Ohio State also ranked #2 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Ohio.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Ohio State took the #101 spot on the list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. This makes Ohio State a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
In addition, Ohio State took the #2 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Ohio.
The total graduate student population at Ohio State is made up of 57.8% women and 42.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 21.2% of the graduate students who attend Ohio State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Ohio State. Around 16.3% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,560 | $37,512 |
| Fees | $865 | $865 |
Master's degree recipients from Ohio State earn an average salary of $69,776 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 19% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Ohio State enter careers with an average starting salary of $76,057. That's about 1% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Ohio State University - Main Campus.
Contact details for Ohio State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 190 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 |
| Phone: | 614-292-6446 |
| Website: | www.osu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/osu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/OhioState |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43.0% of the graduate students at Ohio State took at least one online course. For that same period, 15.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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