Editing Ohio State University (section)

==Academics==

===Undergraduate admissions===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 57.2%
|admit rate change = 3.1
|yield rate        = 25.3%
|yield rate change = -7.4
|SAT Total         = 1260–1420<br />(among 21% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 26–32<br />(among 64% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
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|ref               = <ref name="cds21-22">{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2021-2022_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2021-2022|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref>
}}

Ohio State is considered a selective public university.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last1=Aisch|first1=Gregor|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Cox|first3=Amanda|last4=Quealy|first4=Kevin|date=January 18, 2017|title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Ohio State|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/the-ohio-state-university|access-date=August 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826025018/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/the-ohio-state-university|url-status=live}}</ref> Undergraduate admissions selectivity to Ohio State is rated as 91/99 by ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' (meaning "highly selective")<ref>{{cite web|title=Princeton Review: The Ohio State University|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/ohio-state-university-columbus-1023960|url-status=live|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=[[Princeton Review]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731175952/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/ohio-state-university-columbus-1023960 |archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref> and "more selective" by ''U.S. News & World Report'';<ref name="USNWR" /> according to the data, it is the most selective for any public university in the state of Ohio. ''[[The New York Times]]'' classifies Ohio State as a "highly selective public college".<ref name=":5" />

For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), Ohio State received 58,180 applications and accepted 33,269 (57.2%). Of those accepted, 8,423 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 25.3%. OSU's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 93.9%, with 88% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="cds21-22" />

Of the 21% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1260–1420.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathews|first=Jay|title=Top Colleges Not Better, Data Shows|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html|access-date=May 4, 2021|issn=0190-8286|quote=He ranked colleges by the number — not the percentage — of students with SAT math scores over 700 or ACT math scores over 30. Those students are all in the top 5 percent of test-takers. Here are the top 10 schools on that list in descending order: Ohio State, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT-Austin, Michigan, Illinois, University of Washington, Wisconsin, Texas A&M and Maryland (Becker's alma mater). Ohio State had 20,500 students with those scores. Maryland had 12,600.}}</ref><ref name="cds21-22" /> Of the 64% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores, the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 26 and 32.<ref name="cds21-22" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio State University SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT) |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-SAT-scores-GPA |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio State University ACT Scores and GPA |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-ACT-scores-GPA |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418084841/https://www.prepscholar.com/act/s/colleges/Ohio-State-University-ACT-scores-GPA |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2020–2021 academic year, 26 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624044709/http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecenter.ufl.edu/AnyFed1990-2000-II/Nat_Merit_Schol_95-04.xls |title=The Center, Listing of National Merit Scholar Enrollment 1995–2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230092419/http://thecenter.ufl.edu/AnyFed1990-2000-II/Nat_Merit_Schol_95-04.xls |archive-date=December 30, 2006 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''<ref name="cds21-22"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2020-2021_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2020-2021|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2019-2020_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2019-2020|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021741/https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2019-2020_Columbus.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/IRP_CDS_2018-2019_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2018-2019|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/IRP_CDS_2017-2018_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2017-2018|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2016-17_Survey_Columbus.pdf|title=OSU Common Data Set 2016-2017|publisher=The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs|access-date=November 6, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022203/https://oaa.osu.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/irp/cds/columbus/CDS_2016-17_Survey_Columbus.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 58,180 || 49,087 || 47,703 || 48,077 || 47,782 || 44,845
|-
! Admits
| 33,269 || 33,619 || 25,634 || 24,988 || 22,964 || 24,265
|-
! Admit rate
| 57.2 || 68.5 || 53.7 || 52.0 || 48.1 || 54.1
|-
! Enrolled
| 8,423 || 8,679 || 7,716 || 7,944 || 7,209 || 7,938
|-
! Yield rate
| 25.3 || 25.8 || 30.1 || 31.8 || 31.4 || 32.7
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 26–32<br /><small>(64%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 26–32<br /><small>(80%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 28–32<br /><small>(78%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–32<br /><small>(80%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–31<br /><small>(86%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–31<br /><small>(84%<sup>†</sup>)</small>
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1260–1420<br /><small>(21%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1230–1390<br /><small>(36%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1300–1420<br /><small>(39%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1240–1450<br /><small>(35%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1260–1450<br /><small>(29%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}
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===Rankings and recognition===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 43
| USNWR_W  = 55
| THE_WSJ  = 99
| Wamo_NU  = 68
| Forbes   = 72
| QS_W     = 208
| THES_W   = 99=
| ARWU_W= 101–150
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed floatright" "text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4 style="background:#BB0000; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#666666|2px}}" |National program rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Ohio State University– U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 8, 2025|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903112009/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Audiology || 9
|-
| Biological sciences || 37
|-
| Biostatistics || 21
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| Business || 24
|-
| Chemistry || 20
|-
| Clinical psychology || 45
|-
| Computer science || 35
|-
| Earth sciences || 33
|-
| Economics || 37
|-
| Education || 27
|-
| Engineering || 27
|-
| English || 26
|-
| Fine arts || 32
|-
| Health Care management || 5
|-
| History || 22
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| Law || 28
|-
| Mathematics || 27
|-
| Medical schools: primary care || Tier 2
|-
| Medical schools: research || Tier 1
|-
| Nursing: doctorate || 9
|-
| Nursing: master's || 3
|-
| Nursing: midwifery || 25
|-
| Occupational therapy || 9
|-
| Pharmacy || 4
|-
| Physical therapy || 4
|-
| Physics || 28
|-
| Political science || 18
|-
| Psychology || 30
|-
| Public affairs || 16
|-
| Public health || 22
|-
| Social work || 12
|-
| Sociology || 18
|-
| Speech–language pathology || 21
|-
| Statistics || 24
|-
| Veterinary medicine || 4
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed floatright" "text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4 style="background:#BB0000; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#666666|2px}}" |Global program rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Ohio State University– U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 28, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|archive-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720044514/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ohio-state-university-columbus-204796/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Agricultural sciences || 40
|-
| Arts & humanities || 31
|-
| Biology & biochemistry || 91
|-
| Cardiac & cardiovascular systems || 88
|-
| Chemistry || 143
|-
| Clinical medicine || 45
|-
| Computer science || 181
|-
| Economics & business || 54
|-
| Electrical Engineering || 82
|-
| Engineering || 69
|-
| Environment/ecology || 83
|-
| Geosciences || 80
|-
| Immunology || 84
|-
| Materials science || 106
|-
| Mathematics || 83
|-
| Mechanical engineering || 54
|-
| Microbiology || 55
|-
| Molecular biology & genetics || 74
|-
| Neuroscience & behavior || 81
|-
| Oncology || 16
|-
| Pharmacology & toxicology || 50
|-
| Physics || 31
|-
| Plant & animal science || 43
|-
| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
|-
| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
|-
| Public Administration || 8
|-
| Social sciences & public health || 48
|-
| Space science || 15
|-
| Surgery || 36
|}

''[[Public Ivy|The Public Ivies]]: America's Flagship Public Universities'' (2000) by Howard and Matthew Greene listed Ohio State as one of a select number of public universities offering the highest educational quality.<ref name=":2" /> In its 2023 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Ohio State as tied for 43rd among all national universities. They [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|ranked]] the college's [[political science]], [[audiology]], [[sociology]], [[speech–language pathology]], [[finance]], [[accounting]], [[Public policy|public affairs]], [[nursing]], [[social work]], [[Health administration|healthcare administration]] and [[pharmacy]] programs as among the top 20 programs in the country.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite magazine |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings – Ohio State University—Columbus |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ohio-state-6883/ |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117165533/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/ohio-state-6883 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' placed Ohio State 39-51 nationally and 101–150 globally for 2023. In its 2024 rankings, ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked it tied for 99th in the world. In 2024, ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 151st in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ohio-state-university|access-date=January 19, 2024|website=Top Universities|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021650/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ohio-state-university|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' college rankings, which seek to evaluate colleges' contributions to American society based on factors of social mobility, research and service to the country by their graduates, placed Ohio State 61st among national universities in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cortellessa|first=Eric|date=August 28, 2020|title=2020 National University Rankings|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/national|access-date=April 6, 2021|website=Washington Monthly|language=en-US|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901051024/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/national|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:OhioUnionFront.JPG|thumb|The [[Ohio Union]] was the first [[Student center|student union]] at a state university in the United States.<ref name="What was the first student union">{{cite web |title=What was the first student union |url=http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815234443/http://library.osu.edu/find/collections/the-ohio-state-university-archives/buckeye-history/faqs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ]]
In 1916, Ohio State became the first university in Ohio to be extended membership into the Association of American Universities, and remains the only public university in Ohio among the organization's 60 members. Ohio State is also the only public university in Ohio to be [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" and have its undergraduate admissions classified as "more selective".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/|title=Carnegie Foundation Classification Database|website=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]]|access-date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916035322/http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ohio State's political science program is ranked among the top programs globally. Considered to be one of the leading departments in the United States, it has played a particularly significant role in the construction and development of the [[Constructivism (international relations)|constructivist]] and [[Realism (international relations)|realist]] schools of [[international relations]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite web|title=The Top Public Universities in the United States|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/top-public-universities-788337|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=[[Dotdash|ThoughtCo]]|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021653/https://www.thoughtco.com/top-public-universities-788337|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, it was ranked as first among public institutions and fourth overall in the world by British political scientist [[Simon Hix]] at the [[London School of Economics|London School of Economics and Political Science]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hix|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Hix|date=September 2004|title=A Global Ranking of Political Science Departments|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|journal=Political Studies Review|volume=2|issue=3|pages=293–313|doi=10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|issn=1478-9299|s2cid=154679305|access-date=April 9, 2021|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719021652/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 23, 2015|title=Political Science (BA, BS)|url=https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/academics/programs/political-science|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=College of Arts and Sciences|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414082253/https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/academics/programs/political-science|url-status=dead}}</ref> while a 2007 study in the academic journal [[PS – Political Science & Politics|''PS: Political Science & Politics'']] ranked it ninth in the United States.<ref name=":3" />  It is a leading producer of [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 16, 2021|title=Ohio State Ranked No. 1 Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars|url=https://oia.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-ranked-no-1-top-producer-of-fulbright-scholars/|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=The Ohio State University|language=en}}</ref>

''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' ranked the undergraduate business program at Ohio State's [[Max M. Fisher College of Business|Fisher College of Business]] as the 14th best in the nation in its 2016 rankings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/|title=These Are the Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2016|last1=Levy|first1=Francesca|last2=from|first2=Jonathan Rodkin|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426203140/http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Ohio State [[linguistics]] department was recently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally, and top 20 internationally by ''QS World University Rankings''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/linguistics#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=|title=QS World University Rankings 2017|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]|access-date=March 11, 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022905/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/linguistics#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=|url-status=live}}</ref>

The college is the only school in [[North America]] that offers an [[ABET]]-accredited [[Welding|welding engineering]] undergraduate degree.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=McDavid|first1=Richard|title=Career Opportunities in Engineering|last2=Echaore-McDavid|first2=Susan|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=9781438110707|page=197|quote=Ohio State University and LeTourneau University of Longview, Texas, are the only American institutions that offer a welding engineering (Ohio State) or a materials joining (LeTourneau) program that is accredited by ABET, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|date=September 2, 2011|title=Welding Engineering|url=https://engineering.osu.edu/graduate/welding-engineering|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=Ohio State: College of Engineering|language=en|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411025435/https://engineering.osu.edu/graduate/welding-engineering|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Research===
{| class="toccolours"  style="float:right; margin-right:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:210px;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | OSU colleges and schools
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Dentistry|College of Dentistry]]
|-
| College of Education and Human Ecology
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]]
|-
| College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Medicine|College of Medicine]]
|-
| College of Nursing
|-
| College of Optometry
|-
| College of Pharmacy
|-
| College of Public Health
|-
| College of Social Work
|-
| College of Veterinary Medicine
|-
| [[Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]]
|-
| Graduate School
|-
| [[John Glenn College of Public Affairs]]
|-
| [[Max M. Fisher College of Business]]
|-
| [[Moritz College of Law]]
|}

[[File:OSU Wexner Medical Center campus 01.jpg|thumb|The [[Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center|Wexner Medical Center]] campus]]

The [[National Science Foundation]] ranked Ohio State University 12th among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2021 with $1.23 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universities Report Largest Growth in Federally Funded R&D Expenditures since FY 2011 {{!}} NSF - National Science Foundation |url=https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23303 |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=ncses.nsf.gov |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228183324/https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23303 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zalaznick |first=Matt |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed's top 30 R&D performers |url=https://universitybusiness.com/r-d-research-and-development-billion-dollar-top-30-college-university-higher-ed-spenders/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=University Business |language=en-US |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224165848/https://universitybusiness.com/r-d-research-and-development-billion-dollar-top-30-college-university-higher-ed-spenders/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2007 report released by the National Science Foundation, Ohio State's research expenditures for 2006 were [[United States dollar|$]]652 million, placing it seventh among public universities and 11th overall, also ranking third among all American universities for private industry-sponsored research. Research expenditures at Ohio State were $864 million in 2017. In 2006, Ohio State announced it would designate at least $110 million of its research efforts toward what it termed "fundamental concerns" such as research toward a cure for cancer, renewable energy sources and sustainable drinking water supplies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/10/08/daily3.html |title=OSU ranked No. 11 for research spending |date=October 8, 2007 |publisher=Business First of Columbus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015154250/http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/10/08/daily3.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> In 2021, President Kristina M. Johnson announced the university would invest at least $750 million over the next 10 years toward research and researchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/president-johnson-delivers-first-state-of-the-university-address/|title=President Johnson delivers first State of the University address|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324140851/https://news.osu.edu/president-johnson-delivers-first-state-of-the-university-address/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was announced in conjunction with Ohio State's new Innovation District, which will be an interdisciplinary research facility and act as a hub for healthcare and technology research, serving Ohio State faculty and students as well as public and private partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/innovation-district-to-spearhead-economic-growth-research-and-expanded-talent/|title=Innovation District to spearhead economic growth, research and expanded talent|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324080553/https://news.osu.edu/innovation-district-to-spearhead-economic-growth-research-and-expanded-talent/|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of the facility was completed in 2023, as one of the first buildings in the District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/interdisciplinary-research-facility|title=Interdisciplinary Research Facility, Ohio State University, USA|access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208005704/https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/interdisciplinary-research-facility|url-status=live}}</ref>

Research facilities include [[Aeronautical/Astronautical Research Laboratory]], [[Byrd Polar Research Center]], Center for Automotive Research, (OSU CAR), [[Chadwick Arboretum]], Biomedical Research Tower, Biological Sciences Building, CDME, Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Heart and Lung Research Institute, Electroscience Laboratory, [[Large Binocular Telescope]] (''LBT'', originally named the Columbus Project), [[Mershon Center for International Security Studies]], Museum of Biological Diversity, National Center for the Middle Market, [[Stone Laboratory|Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island]], [[Center for Urban and Regional Analysis]] and [[Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center]].

===Endowment and fundraising===
Ohio State was among the first group<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/99-02-05_Trustees:_Endowment_Tops_$1_Billion.html |title=Ohio State endowment tops $1 Billion 2–5–99, Ohio State News |publisher=Osu.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024611/http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/99-02-05_Trustees:_Endowment_Tops_$1_Billion.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> of four public universities to raise a $1 billion [[financial endowment|endowment]] when it passed the $1 billion mark in 1999. At the end of 2005, Ohio State's endowment stood at $1.73 billion, ranking it seventh among public universities and 27th among all American universities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/FY05NESInstitutionsbyTotalAssets.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220074532/http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/FY05NESInstitutionsbyTotalAssets.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2006 |title=National Merit and Achievement Scholars, 1995–2004 |date=2006 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers }}</ref> In June 2006, the endowment passed the $2 billion mark.

In recent decades, and in response to continually shrinking state funding, Ohio State has conducted two significant multi-year [[fundraising]] campaigns. The first concluded in 1987 and raised $460 million, a record at the time for a public university. The "Affirm Thy Friendship Campaign" took place between 1995 and 2000. With an initial goal of raising $850 million, the campaign's final tally was $1.23 billion, placing Ohio State among the small group of public universities to have successfully conducted a $1 billion campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/022505/text/iuf.shtml |title=Top 15 Public University Endowments as of June 30, 2004 |publisher=Homepages.indiana.edu |access-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181444/http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/022505/text/iuf.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref> At his welcoming ceremony, returning President E. Gordon Gee announced in the fall of 2007 that Ohio State would launch a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign. In 2019, celebrating the university's 150th year, President Michael V. Drake announced the "Time and Change Campaign"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://campaign.osu.edu/|title=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign|last=University|first=© 2019 The Ohio State|date=September 23, 2019|website=The Ohio State University|language=en|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022207/https://campaign.osu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> with a goal of raising $4.5 billion from 1 million individual donors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/time-and-change-the-ohio-state-campaign-strives-to-engage-1m-supporters/|title=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign strives to engage 1M supporters|website=Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign strives to engage 1M supporters|language=en-us|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>