Ohio University is a public institution that was founded in 1804. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 22,685, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 1,774 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Ohio University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 135.

Freshmen at Ohio University (OU) in Athens can ease into their college experience through learning communities, or LCs