2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at OSU is $12,859 for Ohio residents and $38,365 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 4.42% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at OSU.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at Ohio State University-Main Campus Cost of Attendance page.
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$11,084$32,061$12,425$36,009
2021$11,518$33,502$12,425$37,141
2022$11,936$35,019$12,425$38,377
2023$12,485$36,742$12,997$39,598
2024$12,859$38,365$13,497$41,227

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2024 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at Ohio State University-Main Campus is $493 for Ohio residents and $1,556 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 4.43% from last year.
The 2024 graduate tuition per credit hour is $782 for Ohio residents and $2,515 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 4.01% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2024 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at Ohio State University-Main Campus.
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2024 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$425$1,299$723$2,197
2021$442$1,358$723$2,267
2022$459$1,421$723$2,345
2023$480$1,490$756$2,418
2024$493$1,556$782$2,515

Online Student Population

There are 60,540 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at OSU. Of that, 3,835 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 34,616 students have joined to some online courses and 22,089 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at Ohio State University-Main Campus
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total60,54046,12314,417
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes3,8351,6572,178
Enrolled Some in Online Classes34,61631,1853,431
Not Enrolled in Online Classes22,08913,2818,808
Online Student Population by Student Location at Ohio State University-Main Campus
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)3,8351,6572,178
Ohio Residents3,0291,3821,647
Other State in U.S.597150447
Outside of U.S.683632
Unknown1418952