City median sale price $303,898
Median sale price for the cited city housing market; not a campus-only or student-property price.
Columbus, OH · 2026-07 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗BUY NEAR THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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- Undergraduates outside campus housing
- 67%
- Total students
- 61,326
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1 bedroom rent reference $1,189/mo
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Columbus, OH · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗Undergraduates outside campus housing 67%
Arithmetic complement of the same reported degree-seeking undergraduate on-campus share; does not describe all enrolled students.
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗Total students 61,326
Columbus Campus total students, 2025-26 CDS B1
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗City sale-price change 3%
Year-over-year change paired with the saved city median sale-price series.
Columbus, OH · 2026-07 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗Studio rent reference $1,044/mo
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Columbus, OH · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗2 bedrooms rent reference $1,384/mo
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Columbus, OH · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗3 bedrooms rent reference $1,634/mo
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Columbus, OH · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗Undergraduate students 46,627
Columbus Campus undergraduates, 2025-26 CDS B1
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗Graduate / professional students 14,699
Columbus Campus graduate students; CDS instructs former first-professional students to be reported in graduate cells
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗First-year students 8,248
Columbus Campus degree-seeking first-time first-year undergraduates, full-time plus part-time, 2025-26 CDS B1
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗First-year students in campus housing 92%
Columbus Campus first-time, first-year degree-seeking students in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing, 2025-26 CDS F1
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗Undergraduates in campus housing 33%
Columbus Campus degree-seeking undergraduates in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing, 2025-26 CDS F1
The Ohio State University institution · Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Institutional Research and Planning ↗Campus housing requirement At the Columbus campus, unmarried full-time undergraduates subject to the University Housing Regulation must live in university residence halls until an exemption/approved arrangement applies. Students entering the same year they graduate high school receive a two-academic-year housing contract.
Published institutional campus housing requirement
The Ohio State University institution · 2026-27/current · Checked 2026-08-31T06:28:00-04:00The Ohio State University Housing and Residence Education ↗University figures and citywide housing data cover different populations and periods. They do not establish achievable rent, occupancy or investment returns for a specific property.
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