Ohio U., Athens
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | Research space | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2025 | 135 | 71.1 | 460 | |||||||||
| 2024 | 153 | 67.1 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 140 | 70 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 135 | 70.9 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 126 | 72.2 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 129 | 71.8 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 120 | 73.6 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 126 | 71 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 129 | 70.1 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 134 | 69.3 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||||
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 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 118 | 100 | 112 | 114 | 121 | 129 | 138 | 130 | 121 | 118 |
| Science and engineering | 69 | 64 | 55 | 63 | 64 | 76 | 81 | 65 | 61 | 67 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 18 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | 8 | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Computer science | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Engineering | 20 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 17 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 2 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Public health | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Physics | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| Psychology | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 9 |
| Clinical psychology | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 49 | 36 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 53 | 57 | 65 | 60 | 51 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education | 27 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 24 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 22 | 11 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 16 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 11 |
| Letters | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| History | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Communication | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
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
