Ohio State University-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at OSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Ohio State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 61,443 students, including 46,815 undergraduate and 14,628 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 29,217 male students (47.6%) and 32,226 female students (52.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 35,896 White students (58.4%) and 6,214 Asian students (10.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 46,815 undergraduate students (76.2%) and 14,628 graduate students (23.8%).
• Class Delivery: 3,975 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 34,956 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - OSU's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 29,217 male (47.55%) and 32,226 female (52.45%) students are attending Ohio State University-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 90.66.

By class level, 46,815 (76.19%) are undergraduate students and 14,628 (23.81%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.43% are male and 50.57% are female, while among graduate students, 41.53% are male and 58.47% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 35,896 White, 4,715 Black, and 6,214 Asian students out of a total of 61,443 are attending at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Ohio State University-Main Campus is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 63.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, OSU has 1,421 students under 18 years old and 28 students over 65 years old. There are 49,373 students under 25 years old, and 12,070 students over 25 years old out of 61,443 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,421 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. OSU has 44,276 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,539 students aged 25 and over.

It has 5,097 graduate students aged under 25 and 9,531 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 3,975 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 34,956 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,183 students who live in Ohio or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 792 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 46,815 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,401 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.26%.3,122 students have transferred in as full-time status and 279 students transferred in as part-time status.