How many students at OSU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 60,540 students have enrolled in Ohio State University-Main Campus with 46,123 undergraduate and 14,417 graduate students.

By gender, 29,012 male and 31,528 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,835 students are enrolled exclusively, and 34,616 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Ohio State University-Main Campus has a total of 60,540 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 46,123 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 14,417 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 29,012 male and 31,528 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total60,54046,12314,417
Men29,01223,0145,998
Women31,52823,1098,419
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 36,982 White, 4,544 Black, and 5,204 Asian students out of a total of 60,540 are attending at Ohio State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American341123
Asian5,2042,5452,659
Black4,5441,7922,752
Hispanic3,3831,5181,865
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders25169
White36,98217,47019,512
Two or more races2,5491,1181,431
Race Unknown2,0161,129887
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American23815
Asian4,2552,1672,088
Black3,6081,4952,113
Hispanic2,4731,1391,334
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders23167
White29,05914,47814,581
Two or more races2,0639411,122
Race Unknown1,419829590
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1138
Asian949378571
Black936297639
Hispanic910379531
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders202
White7,9232,9924,931
Two or more races486177309
Race Unknown597300297
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, OSU has 1,174 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 48,433 students under 25 years old, and 12,107 students over 25 years old out of 60,540 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,174 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. OSU has 43,492 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,631 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,941 graduate students aged under 25 and 9,476 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181,174653521
18-1916,7279,0217,706
20-2120,02110,1379,884
22-2410,5115,1795,332
25-296,8213,5613,260
30-342,4481,2481,200
35-391,156666490
40-491,135709426
50-64513339174
Over 65341519
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181,174653521
18-1916,7259,0207,705
20-2119,6659,9169,749
22-245,9282,3213,607
25-291,409560849
30-34536240296
35-39261139122
40-4927117497
50-641408258
Over 6514410
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19211
20-21356221135
22-244,5832,8581,725
25-295,4123,0012,411
30-341,9121,008904
35-39895527368
40-49864535329
50-64373257116
Over 6520119
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Age chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartOhio State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 3,835 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 34,616 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,029 students lived in Ohio or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 806 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students60,5403,83534,616
Undergraduate46,1231,65731,185
Graduate14,4172,1783,431
Online Student Population by Locality
Ohio ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,02973868
Undergraduate1,38223936
Graduate1,64749932
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 46,123 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,461 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.50%.3,145 students have transferred in as full-time status and 316 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time39,215
Transfer-in Full-time3,145
Regular Part-time3,447
Transfer-in Part-time316

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