Ohio State U., The, Columbus

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2024 | 13 | 97.4 | 459 | |||||||||
2023 | 9 | 98.3 | 459 | |||||||||
2022 | 10 | 98 | 457 | |||||||||
2021 | 7 | 98.7 | 447 | |||||||||
2020 | 10 | 98 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 11 | 97.8 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 6 | 98.8 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 8 | 98.4 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 9 | 98.2 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 9 | 98.1 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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All fields | 711 | 748 | 767 | 712 | 704 | 726 | 749 | 733 | 716 | 725 |
Science and engineering | 552 | 572 | 625 | 546 | 536 | 543 | 555 | 557 | 544 | 545 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 52 | 33 | 55 | 38 | 33 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 39 | 39 |
Agricultural sciences | 41 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 28 |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 120 | 107 | 110 | 103 | 98 | 116 | 103 | 120 | 115 | 106 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 16 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 17 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 25 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 15 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 5 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
Genetics and genomics | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Microbiology and immunology | 11 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 |
Molecular biology | 7 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 18 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 26 |
Computer science | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 26 |
Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
Engineering | 154 | 164 | 170 | 156 | 149 | 146 | 139 | 142 | 137 | 143 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 8 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 14 |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 44 | 51 | 53 | 58 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 39 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Materials and mining engineering | 23 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
Engineering, other | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 12 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Geological sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
Health sciences | 30 | 35 | 38 | 27 | 42 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 38 | 28 |
Nursing science | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
Public health | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Health sciences, other | 18 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 25 | 33 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 33 |
Applied mathematics | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Statistics | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 18 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 72 | 82 | 96 | 55 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 73 | 62 | 70 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Chemistry | 38 | 43 | 47 | 26 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 28 |
Physics | 24 | 30 | 36 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 30 |
Psychology | 22 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 |
Clinical psychology | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Research and experimental psychology | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
Psychology, other | 8 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Social sciences | 58 | 68 | 72 | 80 | 63 | 58 | 59 | 74 | 65 | 71 |
Anthropology | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Economics | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 25 |
Political science and government | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Public policy analysis | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
Social sciences, other | 23 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
Non-science and engineering | 159 | 176 | 142 | 166 | 168 | 183 | 194 | 176 | 172 | 180 |
Business | 9 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 11 |
Business | 9 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 11 |
Education | 70 | 76 | 63 | 60 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 73 | 51 | 71 |
Education leadership and administration | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
Education research | 24 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 21 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 26 | 41 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 37 |
Education, other | 18 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
Humanities and arts | 51 | 62 | 55 | 71 | 65 | 80 | 83 | 69 | 85 | 81 |
Letters | 14 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 21 |
Foreign languages and literature | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 24 |
History | 12 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 15 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Music and performing arts | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
Other non-science and engineering | 29 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 17 |
Communication | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 |
Public administration and social services | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering, other | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates