The university opened its doors to 24 students on September 17, 1873. In 1878, the first class of six men graduated. The first woman graduated the following year.[9] Also in 1878, the Ohio legislature recognized an expanded scope for the university by changing its name to "the Ohio State University."[10][11]
1900–1980 Middle era
A view of The Oval green space in the early 20th century
In 1906, Ohio Statesegregationist[12] presidentWilliam Oxley Thompson, along with the university's supporters in the state legislature, put forth the Lybarger Bill with the aim of shifting virtually all higher education support to the continued development of Ohio State while funding only the "normal school" functions of the state's other public universities. Although the Lybarger Bill failed narrowly to gain passage, in its place the Eagleson Bill was passed as a compromise, which determined that all doctoral education and research functions would be the role of Ohio State, and that Miami University and Ohio University would not offer instruction beyond the master's degree level – an agreement that would remain in place until the 1950s. In 1916, Ohio State was elected into membership in theAssociation of American Universities.[13]
In 1911, president Thompson wrote in a letter, "the race problem is growing in intensity every year, and I am disposed to doubt the wisdom on the part of the colored people of taking any move that practically forces the doctrine of social equality."[14] At the same time, Ohio State "practicedracial segregation" that was widespread across the country at the time against Black students, and "there is no known evidence [Thompson] saw benefits in addressing it".[14] In 2024, after attempts were made to remove Thompson's statue from the Oval, university spokesperson Ben Johnson stated "the naming review process is thoughtful and thorough and therefore could take several years", but the statue has not been removed.[12]
With the onset of theGreat Depression, Ohio State would face many of the challenges affecting universities throughout America as budget support was slashed, and students without the means of paying tuition returned home to support families. By the mid-1930s, however, enrollment had stabilized due in large part to the role of theFederal Emergency Relief Administration and later theNational Youth Administration.[15] By the end of the decade, enrollment had still managed to grow to over 17,500. In 1934, the Ohio State Research Foundation was founded to bring in outside funding for faculty research projects. In 1938, a development office was opened to begin raising funds privately to offset reductions in state support.
Ohio State had anopen admissions policy until the late 1980s. Since the early 2000s, the college has raised standards for admission, and been increasingly cited as one of the best public universities in the United States.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The main campus in Columbus has grown into thefifth-largest university campus in the United States.[23]
On June 22, 2022, theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office granted the university a trademark on the word "the" in relation to clothing, such as T-shirts, baseball caps and hats distributed and/or sold through athletic or collegiate channels.[27][28] Ohio State and its fans, in particular those of its athletics program, frequently emphasize the word "THE" when referring to the school.[29]
Throughout 1969,anti-Vietnam War protest tensions grew on Ohio State's campus. What is now Bricker Hall was occupied by students, but after being told they had "five minutes to leave, or they'd be arrested", students departed from the building. In late April 1970, anti-war riots ensued on Ohio State campus, leading to nearly 300 arrests, over 60 injuries, and seven gunshot wounds.[33] Students began "boycotting classes with a student strike, protesting the university's rejection of a list of demands presented the week before. Specific demands included adding black and women's studies to the university's courses." On April 29, 1970, five days before theKent State shootings, studentspicketed buildings, but this initially peaceful protest "started to spiral out of control" afterOhio State Highway Patrol troopers arrived in riot gear. When a man was assaulted by three students, tear gas was deployed, in response to which protesters threw rocks at the National Guard. Seven students were struck with a shotgun blast near the Student Union. There were no casualties, and the shooter was not identified.
TheOhio State University abuse scandal centered on allegations ofsexual abuse that occurred between 1978 and 1998, while Richard Strauss was employed as a physician by the Ohio State University (OSU) in theAthletics Department and in the Student Health Center. An independent investigation into the allegations was announced in April 2018 and was conducted by the law firmPerkins Coie.
In July 2018, several former wrestlers accused former head coachRuss Hellickson andU.S. representativeJim Jordan, who was an assistant coach at OSU between 1987 and 1994, of knowing about Strauss's alleged abuse but failing to take action to stop it. Jordan has denied that he had any student-athlete report sexual abuse to him.
The report, released in May 2019, concluded that Strauss abused at least 177 male student-patients and that OSU was aware of the abuse as early as 1979, but the abuse was not widely known outside of athletics or student health until 1996, when he was suspended from his duties. Strauss continued to abuse OSU students at an off-campus clinic until his retirement from the university in 1998. OSU was faulted in the report for failing to report Strauss's conduct to law enforcement.
In May 2020, the university entered into a settlement and agreed to pay $40.9 million to 162 sexual abuse survivors.[34] Five lawsuits against the university are pending.[35]
On November 28, 2016, a terroristvehicle-ramming andstabbing attack occurred at 9:52a.m. EST at Ohio State University'sWatts Hall inColumbus, Ohio. The attacker,Somali refugee Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was shot and killed by the first responding OSU police officer, and 13 people were hospitalized for injuries.
Authorities began investigating the possibility of the attack being an act of terrorism. On the next day, law enforcement officials stated that Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the late radical Muslim clericAnwar al-Awlaki.Amaq News Agency released a statement claiming the attacker responded to an ISIL call to attackcoalition citizens, though there is no evidence of direct contact between the group and Artan.
A series of protests at Ohio State University bypro-Palestinian demonstrators occurred on-campus in response to theIsrael-Palestine conflict beginning on October 7, 2023. A solidarity encampment was constructed on OSU's South Oval on April 25, 2024, during which there were at least 36 arrests,[36] making for the largest en masse arrests on campus since the1969–1970 Vietnam War protests.[37]
Pro-Palestinian groups have been critical of the university's responses to the protests, which have included allowing state troopers to aim long-range rifles at students during the dispersal of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment,[39] suspending a pro-Palestinian student organization,[40] and suppressing the Undergraduate Student Government's attempts at passing legislation for financial divestment from Israel after receiving pressure from officials inZionist organizationHillel International.[41]
The university has insisted their actions are politically neutral, with PresidentWalter E. Carter Jr. stating the "university's long-standing space rules are content neutral and are enforced uniformly".[42]
Interactive map of the university's main campus in Columbus
Ohio State's 1,764-acre (7.14 km2) main campus is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Columbus' downtown. The historical center of campus is the Oval, aquad of about 11 acres (4.5 ha).[43] The original campus was laid out in the English country style with University Hall overlooking what would become the Oval. From 1905 to 1913, theOlmsted brothers, who had designed New York City'sCentral Park, were contracted as architectural consultants. Under their leadership, a more formal landscape plan was created with its center axis through the Oval. This axis shifted the university's street grid 12.25 degrees from the City of Columbus' street grid. Construction of the main library in 1915 reinforced this grid shift.[44]
Ohio State'sresearch library system has a combined collection of over 5.8 million volumes. Along with 21 libraries on its Columbus campus, the university has eight branches at off-campus research facilities and regional campuses, and a book storage depository near campus. In all, the Ohio State library system encompasses 55 branches and specialty collections. Some more significant collections include theByrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, which has the archives of AdmiralRichard E. Byrd and other polar research materials; theHilandar Research Library, which has the world's largest collection ofmedievalSlavic manuscripts on microform; theOhio State Cartoon Library & Museum, the world's largest repository of original cartoons; the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute; and the archives of SenatorJohn Glenn.
Anchoring the traditional campus gateway at the eastern end of the Oval is the 1989Wexner Center for the Arts. Designed by architectsPeter Eisenman of New York and Richard Trott of Columbus, the center was funded in large part by Ohio State alumnus Les Wexner's gift of $25 million in the 1980s. The center was founded to encompass all aspects of visual and performing arts with a focus on new commissions and artist residencies. Part of its design was to pay tribute to the armory that formerly had the same location. Its groundbreakingdeconstructivist architecture has resulted in it being lauded as one of the most important buildings of its generation. Its design has also been criticized as proving less than ideal for many of the art installations it has attempted to display. The centerpiece of the Wexner Center's permanent collection isPicasso'sNude on a Black Armchair, which was purchased by Wexner at auction for $45 million.[citation needed]
Aerial view of the main campus, withDrinko Hall and the South Oval in the foreground
To the south of the Oval is another, somewhat smaller expanse of green space commonly referred to as the South Oval. At its eastern end, it is anchored by the Ohio Union. To the west are Hale Hall, the Kuhn Honors House, Browning Amphitheatre (a traditional stoneGreek theatre) andMirror Lake.
Knowlton Hall, dedicated in October 2004, is at the corner of West Woodruff Avenue and Tuttle Park Place, next toOhio Stadium. Knowlton Hall along with theFisher College of Business and Hitchcock Hall form an academic nucleus in the northwestern corner of North campus. Knowlton Hall was designed by Atlanta-basedMack Scogin Merrill Elam along withWSA Studio from Columbus. The Hall is home to the KSA Café, the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and about 550 undergraduate and graduate students. Knowlton Hall stands out from the general reddish-brown brick of Ohio State's campus with distinctive white marble tiles that cover the building's exterior. This unique wall cladding was requested byAustin E. Knowlton, the namesake of and main patron to the creation of Knowlton Hall. Knowlton also requested that five white marble columns be erected on the site, each column representing one of the classical orders ofarchitecture.[45]
Ohio State is considered a selective public university.[47] Undergraduate admissions selectivity to Ohio State is rated as 91/99 byThe Princeton Review (meaning "highly selective")[48] and "more selective" byU.S. News & World Report;[49] 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".[47]
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, ayield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 25.3%. OSU's freshmanretention rate is 93.9%, with 88% going on to graduate within six years.[46]
Of the 21% of the incoming freshman class who submittedSAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1260–1420.[50][46] Of the 64% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submittedACT scores, the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 26 and 32.[46][51][52] In the 2020–2021 academic year, 26 freshman students wereNational Merit Scholars.[53][54]
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 beclassified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" and have its undergraduate admissions classified as "more selective".[73]
The Ohio Statelinguistics department was recently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally, and top 20 internationally byQS World University Rankings.[79]
TheNational Science Foundation ranked Ohio State University 12th among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2021 with $1.23 billion.[82][83]
In a 2007 report released by the National Science Foundation, Ohio State's research expenditures for 2006 were$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.[84] In 2021, President Kristina M. Johnson announced the university would invest at least $750 million over the next 10 years toward research and researchers.[85] 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.[86] Construction of the facility was completed in 2023, as one of the first buildings in the District.[87]
Ohio State was among the first group[88] of four public universities to raise a $1 billionendowment 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.[89] 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-yearfundraising 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.[90] 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"[91] with a goal of raising $4.5 billion from 1 million individual donors.[92]
Student life
The Recreation and Physical Activity Center and Scarlet Skyway
The Office of Student Life has partnership affiliations with theSchottenstein Center, theBlackwell Inn and theDrake Events Center. Services supporting student wellness include the Wilce Student Health Center, named for university physicianJohn Wilce, the Mary A. Daniels Student Wellness Center and the Counseling and Consultation Service.
The RPAC is the main recreational facility on campus. The Wellness Center within the RPAC offers services such as nutrition counseling, financial coaching, HIV and STI testing, sexual assault services, and alcohol and other drug education.[93]
Ohio State's "Buckeye Bullet" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on October 3, 2004, with a maximum speed of 271.737 mph (437.318 km/h) at theBonneville Salt Flats inUtah.[94] The vehicle also holds the U.S. record for fastest electric vehicle with a speed of 314.958 mph (506.876 km/h), and peak timed mile speed of 321.834 mph (517.942 km/h). A team of engineering students from the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT) designed, built and managed the vehicle. In 2007,Buckeye Bullet 2 was launched. This follow-up effort was a collaboration between Ohio State engineering students and engineers from theFord Motor Company and will seek to break the land speed record for hydrogen cell powered vehicles.[95]
In June 2018, Ohio State dissolved its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit and eliminated four positions in the unit due to concerns about mismanagement and a lack of support for survivors of sexual assault.[97] This occurred after the unit was suspended in February 2018 and following an external review.[98]The Columbus Dispatch and the school newspaper,The Lantern, reported that "[SCE] failed to properly report students' sexual-assault complaints" and that some victims were told that they were"'lying', 'delusional', 'suffering from mental illness', 'have an active imagination', that they 'didn't understand their own experience', and also 'fabricated their story'".[99][100] With help from the Philadelphia law firmCozen O'Connor, the university will be creating[when?] a new framework to handle sexual assault cases and reevaluating itsTitle IX program.
On July 20, 2018,BBC News reported that over 100 male students, including athletes from 14 sports, had reported sexual misconduct by a deceased university team physician, Richard Strauss.[101] The reports dated back to 1978, and included claims that he groped and took nude photographs of his patients. Four former wrestlers filed a lawsuit against Ohio State for ignoring complaints of "rampant sexual misconduct" by Strauss. U.S. representative Jim Jordan was named in the lawsuit and has since denied the former wrestlers' claims that he knew about the abuse while he was an assistant coach for eight years at the university.[102][better source needed] In May 2020, the university entered into a settlement and agreed to pay $40.9 million to the sexual abuse survivors.[103]
Activities and organizations
Hale Hall was the original home of the Ohio Union.
TheOhio Union was the first student union built by an American public university.[72] It is dedicated to the enrichment of the student experience, on and off the university campus. The first Ohio Union, on the south edge of the South Oval, was constructed in 1909 and was later renamed Enarson Hall. The second Ohio Union was completed in 1950 and was prominently along High Street, southeast of the Oval. It was a center of student life for more than 50 years, providing facilities for student activities, organizations and events, and serving as an important meeting place for campus and community interaction. The union also housed many student services and programs, along with dining and recreational facilities. The second Ohio Union was demolished in February 2007 to make way for the new Ohio Union, which was finished in 2010. During this time, student activities were relocated to Ohio Stadium and other academic buildings.[104]
The university has over 1,000 student organizations; intercollegiate, club and recreational sports programs; student media organizations and publications,fraternities and sororities; and three student governments.
Block "O" is currently the largest student-run organization on the campus of Ohio State. With over 2,400 annual members, Block "O" serves as the officialstudent cheering section at athletic events for the university. According to the Student Organization Office in the Ohio Union, Agricultural Education Society is the oldest student organization on campus. The Men's Glee Club often disputes the claim, but after consultation with Ohio Union Staff, Agricultural Education Society was named as the university's oldest organization.
Each year, students may sign up to participate in BuckeyeThon, Ohio State's student-led philanthropy. The organization hosts events throughout the year to support the hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant unit[107] atNationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus.[108] Each February, thousands of students and community members attend BuckeyeThon's signature event, aDance Marathon consisting of two separate 12-hour shifts. In the past 15 years, students have raised over $5 million to support treatment, research, and various therapies at the hospital.[109] Unique to BuckeyeThon is the use of an operational fund separate from the main philanthropic cancer fund. As a registered non-profit, BuckeyeThon is subject to university audit and issues gift receipts through the Foundation.[110]
Ohio State has several student-managed publications and media outlets.The Makio is the official yearbook.[111]The Makio's sales plummeted by 60% during the early 1970s; the organization went bankrupt and stopped publication during the late 1970s. The book was revived from 1985 to 1994 and again in 2000, thanks to several student organizations.The Lantern is the school's daily newspaper and has operated as a laboratory newspaper[clarification needed] in the School of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) since 1881.Mosaic is a literary magazine published by Ohio State, which features undergraduatefiction,poetry andart.The Sundial is a student-written and -published humor magazine. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest humor magazines in the country, but has not been published without large interruptions.[112][113] Ohio State has two improvisational comedy groups that regularly perform around campus and across the U.S.[114][115] There are two student-run radio stations:AROUSE, the music station, is home to over 100 student DJs, streaming music and independent content,[116] and Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio.[117] Students also operate a localcable TV channel known as Buckeye TV, which airs primarily on the campus closed cable system operated by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).
Student government
At the Ohio State University, three recognized student governments represent their constituents.[118]
Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which consists of elected and appointed studentrepresentatives who serve as liaisons from theundergraduate student body to university officials. USG seeks to outreach to and work for the students at Ohio State.
Council of Graduate Students (CGS), which promotes and providesacademic,administrative and social programs for the university community in general and forgraduate students in particular. The council provides a forum in which the graduate student body may present, discuss and set upon issues related to its role in the academic and non-academic aspects of the university community.
Inter-Professional Council (IPC), which is a representative body of all professional students in the colleges ofdentistry,law,medicine,optometry,pharmacy andveterinary medicine. Its purpose is to act as a liaison between these students and the governing bodies of the university.
Residential life
South Campus Gateway
Ohio State operates 41 on-campus residence halls divided into three geographic clusters: South Campus (site of the university's original dormitories), North Campus (largely constructed during the post-war enrollment boom) and West Campus ("The Towers").[119] The residence hall system has 40 smaller living and learning environments defined by social or academic considerations.
Separate housing for graduate and professional students is maintained on the Southern tier of campus within the Gateway Residential Complex and the William H. Hall Student Residential Complex. Family housing is maintained at Buckeye Village at the far northern edge of campus beyond the athletic complex.
Student Life University Housing also administers student residential housing on the OSU Newark, OSU Mansfield and OSU Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) campuses.
The Residence Hall Advisory Council (RHAC), which is a representative body of all students living in the university's residence halls, helps evaluate and improve the living conditions of the residence halls.[120]
North Campus: Archer House, Barrett House, Blackburn House, Bowen House, Busch House, Drackett Tower, Halloran House, Haverfield House, Houck House, Houston House, Jones Tower, Lawrence Tower, Mendoza House, Norton House, Nosker House, Raney House, Scott House, Taylor Tower, Torres House
South Campus: Baker Hall East, Baker Hall West, Bradley Hall, Canfield Hall, Fechko House, German House, Hanley House, Mack Hall, Morrison Tower, Neil Avenue, Park-Stradley Hall, Paterson Hall, Pennsylvania Place, Pomerene House, Scholars East, Scholars West, Siebert Hall, Smith-Steeb Hall, The Residence on Tenth, Worthington Building
Ohio State's intercollegiate sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (derived from the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, theOhio Buckeye,Aesculus glabra),[121] and participate in theNCAA's Division I in all sports (Division I FBS in football) and theBig Ten Conference in most sports. (The women'shockey program competes in theWestern Collegiate Hockey Association.) The school colors are scarlet and gray.Brutus Buckeye is the mascot. Ohio State currently has 36 varsity teams. As of 2017, the football program is valued at $1.5 billion, the highest valuation of any such program in the country.[122] The team'srivalry against theUniversity of Michigan has been termed as one of the greatest inNorth American sports.[123]
Ohio State is one of six universities – the University of Michigan, theUniversity of Florida,Stanford University,UCLA and theUniversity of California at Berkeley being the others – to have won national championships in all three major men's sports (baseball, basketball and football).[124] Ohio State is also one of only two universities to appear in the national championship games in both football and men's basketball in the same calendar year (the other being the University of Florida). Ohio State has also won national championships in wrestling, men's volleyball, men's swimming and diving, men's outdoor track and field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, women's rowing, co-ed fencing and multiple synchronized swimming championships.[125] The Ohio State equestrian team has won eight Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national championships.[126] Since the inception of theAthletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top-six finishes in three of the last five years.[127] During the 2005–2006 school year, Ohio State became the first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball. Ohio State repeated the feat during the 2006–2007 school year, winning solo championships in all three sports. In 2007,Sports Illustrated nicknamed Ohio State's athletic program as being "The Program" due to the unsurpassed facilities, an unparalleled number of men's and women's sports teams and their success, and the financial support of an impressive fan base.[128]
Traditions
The 1976University Hall is one of the most prominent buildings on campus.
"Across the Field", a fight song used by teams of all sports, has been played at events since 1915.[130] "Buckeye Battle Cry", the second fight song which was first performed in 1928, is played as the marching band enters via the Ohio Stadium ramp.[131]
Ohio State alumni have appeared on the cover ofTime magazine 12 times, with the artwork of alumnusRoy Lichtenstein featured on an additional twoTime covers.George Steinbrenner, former owner of theNew York Yankees who won sevenWorld Series with the team, earned his master's degree from Ohio State.Larry Sanger, one of the founders of Wikipedia, and Steve May, chief technology officer atPixar, both graduated from Ohio State. RoboticistJames S. Albus was named a "Hero of US Manufacturing" byFortune magazine in 1997.[136]Howard Tucker, who as of April 2023 was the world's oldest living practicing doctor at 100, attended for both his undergraduate work and medical school.[137]
Ohio State Alumna includeGertrude Moskowitz, foreign language teacher educator credited with influencing generations of students with her humanistic approach.[138][139]
In surveys conducted in 2005 and 2006 by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), Ohio State was rated as "exemplary" in four of the seven measured aspects of workplace satisfaction for junior faculty members at 31 universities: overall tenure practices, policy effectiveness, compensation and work-family balance.[143]
^"Why are we called "THE" Ohio State University"?".FAQs. The Ohio State University Libraries. February 21, 2014. Archived fromthe original on August 15, 2014. RetrievedSeptember 15, 2014.The statute has quote marks, and states "shall be known and designated hereafter as 'The Ohio State University'".
^The government of Ohio, in its official web site listing the state's compiled laws: "3335.01 The Ohio State University. The educational institution originally designated as the Ohio agricultural and mechanical college shall be known as "The Ohio State University"."http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3335
^ab"Naming Policy".The Lantern. April 19, 2024. RetrievedJuly 2, 2024.
^Grosch, Michael; Hartmann, Jörg; Holstein, Sarah; Marks, Philipp; Sexauer, Andreas; Zafirov, Aleksandar (2017).Mediale Hochschul-Perspektiven 2020 In Baden-Wuerttemberg: Empirische Untersuchung Im Rahmen Der Allianz "Forward IT" (in German).Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. p. 38.ISBN9783731506232.
^Bayor, Ronald (2011).Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans. Vol. 2.ABC-CLIO. p. 1994.ISBN9780313357862.
^Mathews, Jay."Top Colleges Not Better, Data Shows".The Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286. RetrievedMay 4, 2021.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.
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^McDavid, Richard; Echaore-McDavid, Susan (2006).Career Opportunities in Engineering.Infobase Publishing. p. 197.ISBN9781438110707.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.
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