Rankings

Ohio University: A National Leader

Ohio University is regarded as a national leader because of its recognition for academic quality and value by such publications as U.S. News and World Report, America’s 100 Best College Buys, Princeton Review’s Best Colleges, and Peterson’s Guide to Competitive Colleges.

The John Templeton Foundation has recognized Ohio University as one of the top character-building institutions in the country. Currently, Ohio University ranks first in the state of Ohio for nationally competitive awards won by its students.

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 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. 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 a Tier 1 institution and #124 in the nation and is consistently ranked in the top 2% of American public universities.