Editing Ohio State University (section)

===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
}}

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!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
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| Audiology || 9
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| Biological sciences || 37
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| Biostatistics || 21
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| Business || 24
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| Chemistry || 20
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| Clinical psychology || 45
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| Computer science || 35
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| Earth sciences || 33
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| Economics || 37
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| Education || 27
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| Engineering || 27
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| English || 26
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| Fine arts || 32
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| Health Care management || 5
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| History || 22
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| Law || 28
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| Mathematics || 27
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| Medical schools: primary care || Tier 2
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| Medical schools: research || Tier 1
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| Nursing: doctorate || 9
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| Nursing: master's || 3
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| Nursing: midwifery || 25
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| Occupational therapy || 9
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| Pharmacy || 4
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| Physical therapy || 4
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| Physics || 28
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| Political science || 18
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| Psychology || 30
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| Public affairs || 16
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| Public health || 22
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| Social work || 12
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| Sociology || 18
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| Speech–language pathology || 21
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| Statistics || 24
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| Veterinary medicine || 4
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!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>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Agricultural sciences || 40
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| Arts & humanities || 31
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| Biology & biochemistry || 91
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| Cardiac & cardiovascular systems || 88
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| Chemistry || 143
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| Clinical medicine || 45
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| Computer science || 181
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| Economics & business || 54
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| Electrical Engineering || 82
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| Engineering || 69
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| Environment/ecology || 83
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| Geosciences || 80
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| Immunology || 84
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| Materials science || 106
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| Mathematics || 83
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| Mechanical engineering || 54
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| Microbiology || 55
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| Molecular biology & genetics || 74
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| Neuroscience & behavior || 81
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| Oncology || 16
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| Pharmacology & toxicology || 50
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| Physics || 31
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| Plant & animal science || 43
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| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
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| Psychiatry/psychology || 38
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| Public Administration || 8
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| Social sciences & public health || 48
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| Space science || 15
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| Surgery || 36
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''[[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>