Enrollment Trends at OSU

The student population at Ohio State University-Main Campus is 60,540 (46,123 undergraduate and 14,417 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,153 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at OSU is 76.19% which is increased by 3,065 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,088 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,835 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 267.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 59,664 where 60,540 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,065 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,088 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in OSU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ohio State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	56,387	43,058	22,704	20,354	13,329	6,334	6,995
2013-14	57,466 1,079	44,201 1,143	23,282 578	20,919 565	13,265 -64	6,139 -195	7,126 131
2014-15	58,322 856	44,741 540	23,470 188	21,271 352	13,581 316	6,194 55	7,387 261
2015-16	58,663 341	45,289 548	23,636 166	21,653 382	13,374 -207	6,135 -59	7,239 -148
2016-17	59,482 819	45,831 542	23,768 132	22,063 410	13,651 277	6,209 74	7,442 203
2017-18	59,837 355	45,946 115	23,836 68	22,110 47	13,891 240	6,307 98	7,584 142
2018-19	61,170 1,333	46,820 874	24,041 205	22,779 669	14,350 459	6,354 47	7,996 412
2019-20	61,391 221	46,818 -2	23,982 -59	22,836 57	14,573 223	6,299 -55	8,274 278
2020-21	61,369 -22	46,984 166	23,694 -288	23,290 454	14,385 -188	6,074 -225	8,311 37
2021-22	61,677 308	47,106 122	23,681 -13	23,425 135	14,571 186	6,058 -16	8,513 202
2022-23	60,540 -1,137	46,123 -983	23,014 -667	23,109 -316	14,417 -154	5,998 -60	8,419 -94
Average	59,664	45,720	23,555	22,164	13,944	6,191	7,753

Ohio State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 45,720 where 46,123 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ohio State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	43,058	38,884	20,358	18,526	4,174	2,346	1,828
2013-14	44,201	40,020	20,989	19,031	4,181	2,293	1,888
2014-15	44,741	40,613	21,205	19,408	4,128	2,265	1,863
2015-16	45,289	41,117	21,421	19,696	4,172	2,215	1,957
2016-17	45,831	41,862	21,651	20,211	3,969	2,117	1,852
2017-18	45,946	42,003	21,719	20,284	3,943	2,117	1,826
2018-19	46,820	42,831	21,958	20,873	3,989	2,083	1,906
2019-20	46,818	42,776	21,877	20,899	4,042	2,105	1,937
2020-21	46,984	42,734	21,511	21,223	4,250	2,183	2,067
2021-22	47,106	43,057	21,554	21,503	4,049	2,127	1,922
2022-23	46,123	42,360	21,042	21,318	3,763	1,972	1,791
Average	45,720	45,720	21,390	20,270	45,720	2,166	1,894

Ohio State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 13,944 where 14,417 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ohio State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	13,329	10,116	4,826	5,290	3,213	1,508	1,705
2013-14	13,265	9,992	4,664	5,328	3,273	1,475	1,798
2014-15	13,581	10,011	4,552	5,459	3,570	1,642	1,928
2015-16	13,374	9,861	4,491	5,370	3,513	1,644	1,869
2016-17	13,651	9,955	4,509	5,446	3,696	1,700	1,996
2017-18	13,891	10,054	4,568	5,486	3,837	1,739	2,098
2018-19	14,350	10,298	4,538	5,760	4,052	1,816	2,236
2019-20	14,573	10,249	4,404	5,845	4,324	1,895	2,429
2020-21	14,385	9,888	4,086	5,802	4,497	1,988	2,509
2021-22	14,571	10,161	4,109	6,052	4,410	1,949	2,461
2022-23	14,417	10,042	4,040	6,002	4,375	1,958	2,417
Average	13,944	13,944	4,435	5,622	13,944	1,756	2,131

Ohio State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.09%. The percentage was 70.62% 10 years ago and OSU still has a high percentage of white students. 8.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.51% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio State University-Main Campus over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	118	3,041	3,261	1,746	35	39,818	1,066
2013-14	99	3,192	3,242	1,949	33	39,874	1,347
2014-15	76	3,339	3,108	2,049	35	40,283	1,503
2015-16	82	3,533	3,139	2,221	38	39,893	1,653
2016-17	77	3,718	3,168	2,335	31	39,901	1,759
2017-18	66	3,885	3,401	2,511	30	39,653	1,928
2018-19	60	4,161	3,713	2,758	28	39,360	2,153
2019-20	47	4,409	3,953	3,025	32	38,996	2,278
2020-21	41	4,616	4,251	3,250	31	39,138	2,454
2021-22	42	4,963	4,526	3,391	30	38,579	2,520
2022-23	34	5,204	4,544	3,383	25	36,982	2,549
Average	67	4,006	3,664	2,602	32	39,316	1,928

Ohio State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,835 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 267.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	58,322	1,044	9,137	48,141
2015-16	58,663	1,160	10,587	46,916
2016-17	59,482	1,329	12,311	45,842
2017-18	59,837	1,718	14,721	43,398
2018-19	61,170	2,284	18,037	40,849
2019-20	61,391	2,749	18,401	40,241
2020-21	61,369	18,410	39,111	3,848
2021-22	61,677	5,186	42,293	14,198
2022-23	60,540	3,835	34,616	22,089
Average	60,272	4,191	22,135	33,947

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