Ohio University-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at Ohio University-Main Campus?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Ohio University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 26,323 students, including 20,444 undergraduate and 5,879 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 10,170 male students (38.6%) and 16,153 female students (61.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 20,442 White students (77.7%) and 1,478 Black students (5.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 20,444 undergraduate students (77.7%) and 5,879 graduate students (22.3%).
• Class Delivery: 6,865 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 9,651 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 - Ohio University-Main Campus's body is smaller.

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, 10,170 male (38.64%) and 16,153 female (61.36%) students are attending Ohio University-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 62.96.

By class level, 20,444 (77.67%) are undergraduate students and 5,879 (22.33%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 38.16% are male and 61.84% are female, while among graduate students, 40.28% are male and 59.72% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 20,442 White, 1,478 Black, and 566 Asian students out of a total of 26,323 are attending at Ohio University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Ohio University-Main Campus is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 38.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Ohio University-Main Campus has 176 students under 18 years old and 28 students over 65 years old. There are 18,427 students under 25 years old, and 7,772 students over 25 years old out of 26,323 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 176 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. Ohio University-Main Campus has 16,996 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,324 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,431 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,448 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 University-Main Campus, 6,865 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,651 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,598 students who live in Ohio or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,267 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,444 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,094 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.35%.705 students have transferred in as full-time status and 389 students transferred in as part-time status.