About The Ohio State University
Located on the north
side of Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University's roots go all the way back
to 1870 when the Ohio General Assembly established the Ohio Agricultural and
Mechanical College. Classes began on September 17, 1873 when 24 students enrolled.
Later in 1878 the college's name was officially changed to The Ohio State University,
later that same year the first class of 6 men graduated.
From the meager beginnings Ohio State has grown to be the largest university in the US at 58,365. Ohio State has also become the top-ranked public university in Ohio, as well as consistently ranking among the top national public universities for undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.
The OSU School of Music
offers outstanding professional training and academic degrees. With full-time
faculty of about 60, the school has approximately 300 undergraduate students
and 170 graduate students majoring in performance, music education, musicology,
jazz studies, music theory, and composition. Metropolitan Opera sopranos Barbara
Daniels and Diane Kesling; composers Clare Grundman, Stephen Montague, Carman
Moore, and Vince Mendoza; TELARC founder and CEO Jack Renner; and internationally
renowned clarinetist Richard Stoltzman are a few of the school's alumni. The
School of Music is ranked 24th nationally (11th nationally among public institutions)
by US News & World Report.
Few
schools can boast the overall history of success the Ohio State Buckeyes have
enjoyed over the years. The varsity sports program is respected as one of the
most comprehensive in all of college athletics and now is 36 sports strong.
The department operates on a budget in excess of $80 million. Each year, Ohio
State teams claim numerous Big Ten championships, compete in NCAA tournaments
and vie for national titles while producing countless individual conference
and national champions, All-America performers and scholar-athletes.