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Ohio University

Public university in Athens, Ohio, United States

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About

instance of	public university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1804
founder	Manasseh Cutler
named after	Ohio
official name	Ohio University
native label	Ohio University
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Athens
headquarters location	Athens · country: United States · postal code: 45701 · coordinate location: 39.3240, -82.0940 · street address: 1 Ohio University
location	Athens
street address	020 Chubb Hall, Athens, OH, 45701-2979
postal code	45701-2979
coordinate location	39.3275, -82.1000
official website	https://www.ohio.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	25,714 · September 2020 23,025 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	3,687 · September 2020
admission rate	87% · 2020
admission yield rate	16% · 2020
position held by head of the organization	President of Ohio University

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity · 2018 high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in 2 more professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence doctoral universities: very high research activity · 2021

Finances

endowment	$648,637,858 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $746,955,805 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	University System of Ohio
child organization or unit	Ohio University Southern Campus Ohio University Eastern Campus Ohio University Chillicothe Campus Ohio University Lancaster Ohio University Zanesville Campus 5 more Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences Ohio University College of Fine Arts Patton College of Education Scripps College of Communication Ohio University College of Business
affiliation	University System of Ohio
member of	Association of Research Libraries MetaArchive Cooperative ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education 6 more Open Education Network Coalition for Networked Information Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	Ohio Bobcats

Other facts

significant event	mixed-sex education · since 1869

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	CampusOU.jpg
logo image	Ohio university logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	Ohio University
topic's main category	Category:Ohio University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Ohio University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Ohio University faculty
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 · statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Ohio, University of New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Ohio University
Commons Institution page	Ohio University
different from	Ohio State University
social media followers	80,318 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16712361 · 8 February 2023 6,830 · YouTube channel ID: UCc5D2wX6dOnNvLGFHO1lv7g · 25 January 2025 Earlier figures (4) 76,352 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16712361 · 8 January 2022 73,972 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16712361 · 5 January 2021 5,890 · YouTube channel ID: UCc5D2wX6dOnNvLGFHO1lv7g · 14 January 2024 5,010 · YouTube channel ID: UCc5D2wX6dOnNvLGFHO1lv7g · 26 November 2022

Identifiers in other databases (46)

ARWU university ID	Ohio-University
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12065867c
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11098240
Crunchbase organization ID	ohio-university-innovation-center
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Ohio-University · subject named as: Ohio University
Facebook username	OhioUniversity
Freebase ID	/m/02fy0z
GeoNames ID	4520359
GND ID	1018654-2
GRID ID	grid.20627.31
IdRef ID	028923405
Instagram username	ohio.university · Instagram numeric ID: 1437078952
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	204857
ISNI	0000000106687841
J9U entity ID	987007572732205171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	1018654-2
KISTI ID	K000207664
Legal Entity Identifier	549300P1K3IH2L5SFY61
Libraries Australia ID	36054923
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79069797
LittleSis organization ID	34312
MusicBrainz place ID	2b8b6b6a-4eb1-4d6f-9611-be93fca3474a
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9811265263905606
National Library of Portugal ID	419225
NL CR AUT ID	ko2008435731 · subject named as: Ohio University
NUKAT ID	n2014060002
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100008076
OpenStreetMap relation ID	17131100
PermID	4296797799
QS World University ID	ohio-university
Quora topic ID	Ohio-University
RERO ID (legacy)	A005471599
Ringgold ID	1354
ROR ID	01jr3y717
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID	46483
SEVIS school ID	4765
SNARC ID	Q46560
subreddit	athensohio
Threads username	ohio.university
Times Higher Education World University ID	ohio-university
VIAF cluster ID	144233742
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-013023
X (Twitter) username	ohiou · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16712361 · 27 February 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCc5D2wX6dOnNvLGFHO1lv7g · subject named as: Ohio University · number of works: 920 · number of subscribers: 3,690 · number of viewers/listeners: 2,721,207 · 7 December 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	1200
‎Yale LUX ID	group/e504a65c-7908-4851-ae32-339695e0be1f