Ohio University-Main Campus
Ohio University-Main Campus is a public college in Athens, OH. Its average net price is $20,666 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.
Money
Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year
Average Net Price by Family Income
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $15,142 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $14,643 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $16,141 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $22,188 |
| $110,001 and up | $24,609 |
Admissions
Outcomes
| Horizon | Median Earnings |
|---|---|
| 6 years after entry | $54,356 |
| 8 years after entry | $59,960 |
| 10 years after entry | $61,938 |
Campus Facts
Programs and What They Pay
Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.
| Major | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | $66,448 Small program - rough guide n=62 | $23,432 Small program - rough guide n=58 |
| Air Transportation | $56,127 Small program - rough guide n=42 | $25,500 Small program - rough guide n=48 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | $69,634 National median for this major n=9,921 | Not published |
| Anthropology | $34,245 National median for this major n=8,063 | Not published |
| Apparel and Textiles | $44,580 Small program - rough guide n=36 | Not published |
| Applied Mathematics | $66,131 National median for this major n=2,571 | Not published |
| Area Studies | $38,972 National median for this major n=3,356 | Not published |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | $33,936 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $25,000 Small program - rough guide n=34 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | $41,014 National median for this major n=614 | Not published |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | $44,128 National median for this major n=605 | Not published |
| Biology | $36,562 National median for this major n=68,911 | Not published |
| Botany/Plant Biology | $36,829 National median for this major n=278 | Not published |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | $57,179 n=290 | $20,500 n=187 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | $56,982 National median for this major n=4,348 | Not published |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | $41,457 National median for this major n=2,766 | Not published |
| Chemical Engineering | $72,569 Small program - rough guide n=42 | Not published |
| Chemistry | $48,360 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $22,669 Small program - rough guide n=48 |
| Civil Engineering | $68,237 Small program - rough guide n=50 | $28,000 Small program - rough guide n=36 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $33,198 National median for this major n=732 | Not published |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | $32,846 National median for this major n=5,303 | $22,525 Small program - rough guide n=75 |
| Communications | $44,757 n=263 | $20,500 n=221 |
| Computer Engineering | $83,729 National median for this major n=11,252 | Not published |
| Computer Science | $70,762 National median for this major n=44,537 | Not published |
| Computer Science | $74,498 Small program - rough guide n=63 | $26,500 Small program - rough guide n=53 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | $50,435 Small program - rough guide n=30 | Not published |
| Criminal Justice | $46,049 Small program - rough guide n=43 | $19,000 Small program - rough guide n=35 |
| Dance | $28,513 National median for this major n=2,991 | Not published |
| Data Analytics | $66,696 n=253 | $24,250 n=208 |
| Design and Applied Arts | $39,422 National median for this major n=22,892 | Not published |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | $39,341 National median for this major n=2,106 | Not published |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | $26,309 Small program - rough guide n=33 | $19,124 Small program - rough guide n=42 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | $34,501 National median for this major n=3,700 | Not published |
| Economics | $60,917 National median for this major n=25,831 | Not published |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | $82,431 National median for this major n=15,396 | Not published |
| Engineering | $76,409 Small program - rough guide n=86 | $25,625 Small program - rough guide n=62 |
| Engineering, Other | $75,133 National median for this major n=687 | Not published |
| English Language and Literature, General | $36,147 National median for this major n=27,468 | Not published |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | $33,804 National median for this major n=594 | Not published |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | $47,020 National median for this major n=3,614 | Not published |
| Environmental Conservation | $40,925 National median for this major n=16,925 | Not published |
| Ethnic and Gender Studies | $38,739 National median for this major n=5,496 | Not published |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | $38,356 National median for this major n=2,406 | Not published |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | $31,110 National median for this major n=12,988 | Not published |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | $61,403 n=202 | $23,250 n=168 |
| Geography and Cartography | $44,734 National median for this major n=3,998 | Not published |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | $40,570 National median for this major n=35 | Not published |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | $45,534 National median for this major n=4,652 | Not published |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $39,364 National median for this major n=755 | Not published |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | $56,158 Small program - rough guide n=76 | $22,952 Small program - rough guide n=89 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | $48,894 n=149 | $24,250 Small program - rough guide n=69 |
| History | $23,657 Small program - rough guide n=49 | $19,940 Small program - rough guide n=46 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | $46,331 National median for this major n=9,793 | Not published |
| Housing and Human Environments | $48,638 National median for this major n=246 | $27,000 Small program - rough guide n=30 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | $39,270 Small program - rough guide n=52 | $27,000 Small program - rough guide n=60 |
| Human Services, General | $41,637 National median for this major n=5,838 | Not published |
| Industrial Engineering | $79,132 National median for this major n=4,420 | Not published |
| International Business | $56,014 National median for this major n=5,265 | Not published |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | $45,779 National median for this major n=7,065 | Not published |
| Journalism | $44,037 n=193 | $21,000 n=126 |
| Languages and Linguistics | $33,703 National median for this major n=4,034 | Not published |
| Liberal Arts | $43,319 n=131 | $23,250 Small program - rough guide n=55 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | $68,559 n=133 | $23,250 n=109 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $59,487 n=117 | $23,907 Small program - rough guide n=80 |
| Marketing | $58,061 n=305 | $23,500 n=295 |
| Mathematics | $52,843 National median for this major n=13,762 | Not published |
| Mechanical Engineering | $72,184 Small program - rough guide n=78 | $26,412 Small program - rough guide n=54 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | $39,804 Small program - rough guide n=32 | Not published |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | $41,538 National median for this major n=2,315 | Not published |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | $41,297 National median for this major n=7,141 | Not published |
| Music | $36,209 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $27,000 Small program - rough guide n=49 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | $37,389 National median for this major n=7,500 | Not published |
| Nutrition Sciences | $36,429 National median for this major n=2,421 | Not published |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | $33,390 Small program - rough guide n=37 | Not published |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | $41,300 National median for this major n=472 | Not published |
| Philosophy | $37,154 National median for this major n=6,052 | Not published |
| Physics | $52,079 National median for this major n=4,999 | Not published |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | $36,093 Small program - rough guide n=33 | $25,000 Small program - rough guide n=73 |
| Political Science and Government | $40,596 Small program - rough guide n=95 | $22,375 Small program - rough guide n=82 |
| Psychology | $35,609 n=238 | $23,250 n=388 |
| Public Health | $42,733 National median for this major n=16,894 | Not published |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | $39,256 n=136 | $24,732 Small program - rough guide n=87 |
| Registered Nursing | $83,529 n=2,594 | $26,832 n=1,925 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | $38,781 National median for this major n=3,059 | Not published |
| Religion/Religious Studies | $28,307 National median for this major n=4,315 | Not published |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $29,964 Small program - rough guide n=44 | Not published |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $40,236 National median for this major n=8,855 | Not published |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $41,787 National median for this major n=353 | Not published |
| Social Work | $40,529 Small program - rough guide n=89 | $19,750 n=119 |
| Sociology | $42,879 Small program - rough guide n=95 | $22,500 Small program - rough guide n=87 |
| Special Education and Teaching | $46,673 National median for this major n=10,747 | $25,000 Small program - rough guide n=42 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | $48,154 n=107 | $26,000 n=123 |
| Studio Art | $25,578 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $24,250 Small program - rough guide n=55 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | $45,328 National median for this major n=22,650 | Not published |
| Teaching | $37,454 n=379 | $21,512 n=297 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | $46,328 National median for this major n=907 | Not published |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | $30,968 Small program - rough guide n=31 | Not published |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | $38,102 n=193 | $24,322 n=197 |
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