The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH United States

The first student body of The Ohio State University (OSU) had 24 students. Today the school has around 54,000 at its flagship Columbus campus, edging out Arizona State and the University of Florida for the nation's largest campus in terms of enrollment. OSU also has four regional campuses and two agricultural institutes. Its approximately 3,100 regular and research faculty members offer instruction in some 165 undergraduate and more than 230 graduate programs. The colleges and schools range from the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture to the College of Medicine and Public Health to the Fisher College of Business. OSU was established in 1870 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. To read the full description, subscribe now.