2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at OSU is $13,244 for Ohio residents and $40,022 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 4.32% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 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 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
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
2025$13,244$40,022$13,901$42,740

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2025 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at Ohio State University-Main Campus is $508 for Ohio residents and $1,623 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 4.31% from last year.
The 2025 graduate tuition per credit hour is $806 for Ohio residents and $2,608 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 3.70% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2025 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at Ohio State University-Main Campus.
Ohio State University-Main Campus 2025 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
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
2025$508$1,623$806$2,608

Online Student Population

There are 61,443 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at OSU. Of that, 3,975 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 34,956 students have joined to some online courses and 22,512 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at Ohio State University-Main Campus
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total61,44346,81514,628
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes3,9751,5812,394
Enrolled Some in Online Classes34,95631,9353,021
Not Enrolled in Online Classes22,51213,2999,213
Online Student Population by Student Location at Ohio State University-Main Campus
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)3,9751,5812,394
Ohio Residents3,1831,3921,791
Other State in U.S.702143559
Outside of U.S.22418
Unknown684226