Ohio State University’s flagship campus is located in the state capital of Columbus, one of the most prosperous cities in the U.S.
The school is one of the top public universities in the U.S., with 44,000 students in 175 majors, 492 specializations, various graduate and professional schools, and over 1,000 extracurricular activities and internships. The university has a $3.1 billion endowment, and is one of the few schools with all three categories of land, sea, and space grants.
Ohio State runs several major medical research centers, such as the Arthur James Cancer Hospital and the Heart and Lung Research Institute. Its faculty includes a Nobel Prize winner, 21 members of either the National Academy of Engineering or the Academy of Sciences, four members of the Institute of Medicine, and 177 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Since 2002, Ohio State has always either been first or second among American universities for AAAS affiliation of its faculty.
