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Business & finance at Ohio University

Ohio University graduates about 833 business & finance majors a year, 15% of its graduating class. That puts it 210th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a solid program at 61 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 215 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 94% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $80,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year83315% of the class
Courses in the catalog215more than 94% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$80,0001.07× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate85%whole school
SAT middle 50%1080–1270whole school

Around Ohio University

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Preflight Imagery for Nanoracks-NCESSE-Surveyor-SSEP (jsc2024e067093)Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center / Ohio University · Public domain · source
Location: Athens, Ohio,USAEvent type: Regular lifeDate or year: 2019
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Alden Library Park Place entrancePhoto: Gkuriger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Facilities Management Shops, Business Annex.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 63 · Dorm 27 · Student housing 11 · Athletics 10 · Arts 3 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. Ithaca College 62
  2. University of Portland 62
  3. Wheaton College (MA) 62
  4. Furman University 62
  5. University of North Carolina–Wilmington 61
  6. James Madison University 61
  7. Merrimack College 61
  8. Rollins College 61

Other strong majors at Ohio University

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Ohio University with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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