Ohio State sets tuition and fees for the 2025-2026 academic year

The Ohio State University announced the new rates for tuition and fees for undergraduate students in the 2025-2026 academic year. The decision follows the signing of the state’s biannual budget in June.

Tuition and fees for incoming Ohio freshman students will total $13,641, an increase of $397 over tuition for last year’s entering class. Due to the university’s Ohio State Tuition Guarantee, which locks in tuition, housing and dining costs for each of an Ohio student’s four years on campus, the effective annual tuition increase is less than 1%.

This will be the ninth class to enter under the university’s guarantee to freeze Ohio students’ rates over four years. Tuition and fees support the university’s academic excellence across six campuses and 15 colleges. Ohio State offers more than 200 majors and almost 300 master’s, doctoral and professional degree programs as part of its mission to prepare the next generation of students for the workforce of tomorrow and to improve lives in Ohio, the nation and the world.

Ohio State remains committed to an affordable, high-quality education and student support – leading to a valuable degree that opens doors and expands opportunities. More than 50,000 students received a total of approximately $525 million in financial aid in the most recent fiscal year.

Approximately 80% of students receive some type of financial aid, with more than 75% of student aid coming from university sources. That aid makes an impact: 57% of Ohio State’s bachelor’s degree recipients graduate without loans – far better than the national average. And the majority of those students are graduating on time, as nearly 73% of undergraduates finish their degree within four years.

Among peer institutions, Ohio State remains among the most affordable. The university is the second most affordable school with a selective admission process in the state – including Miami University, Bowling Green and Cincinnati. In the expanded Big Ten Conference, Ohio State is more affordable than 10 of 17 conference schools. For more than a decade, the university’s tuition and fee increases are less than inflation for consumers and the industry average for higher education.

In addition to tuition and fees, the university set rates for housing and dining, with a 3% increase to cover costs such as operations and maintenance. The most common housing and dining program will see an increase of $442 for new, first-year students for a total of $15,252. Those rates are also locked in for four years, offering cost certainty for Ohio students and their families.

In-state tuition and fees for incoming students would be $9,772 for the Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark campuses and $9,723 at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, a 3% increase.

The university evaluates tuition and fees annually and sets rates based on program needs, changes in costs and market data.