Athens, Ohio 45701

Ohio university was the first public institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory and is now the oldest in the state of Ohio. Founded in 1804, Ohio university has a history of academic quality and value and has been listed in various publications (such as U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review's Best Colleges, and Peterson's Guide to Competitive Colleges) in recognition of those attributes. Ohio university has been recognized by the John Templeton Foundation as one of the top character-building institutions in the United States.

The university has five campuses spread throughout the southeastern region of Ohio in addition to its main Athens campus. With more than 17,000 undergraduate students on the main campus alone, Ohio university still boasts a student to faculty ratio of 19:1 and an average class size of 29 students. Ohio university also has an impressive freshman-to-sophomore retention rate of 82 percent and is host to more than 1,400 students from all over the world.

Quick Facts:

·       Ohio University is comprised of 210 buildings and more than 1,700 acres.

·       The university has 20 NCAA Division I teams in the Mid-American Conference.

·       Within Ohio University, there are nine colleges and more than 250 majors to choose from.

·       Ohio University is home to 350 registered students organizations and 29 fraternities and sororities.

·       OHIO's Honors Tutorial College, the only program of its kind in the United States, provides one-on-one faculty instruction, modeled after the centuries-old system developed at Cambridge and Oxford universities.

·       The university's marching band has made notable appearances at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, NFL halftime shows, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.



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