Rankings

Ohio University was chartered in 1804 and is one of the oldest public universities in the nation. Ohio University is committed to diversity, its enrollment is evenly split between men and women and it graduated the first African American in the U.S. in 1828.

Ohio University has been ranked among the nation’s top research universities in the 2010 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report, the nation’s leading source of service journalism and news. Ohio University is a Tier 1 institution and #115 in the nation. Ohio University is consistently ranked in the top 2% of American public universities.

The U.S. News and World Report annual rankings group higher education institutions based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For three decades, The Carnegie Foundation’s classification system has been the leading framework for describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education. Ohio University is classified as a Doctoral/ Research University – Extensive, the highest possible designation.

Ohio University is recognized for academic quality and value by other publications such as America’s 100 Best College Buys, Princeton Review’s Best Colleges, and Peterson’s Guide to Competitive Colleges. The John Templeton Foundation has also identified Ohio University as one of the top character-building institutions in the country. The John Templeton Foundation has also identified Ohio University as one of the top character-building institutions in the country and the Princeton Review ranked Ohio University as one of the best colleges in the Midwest on the “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region” report for its excellent academic programs.