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Ohio: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

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Ohio: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 7	11,536,504	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	14.1%	13.0%

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Ohio: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 7	11,536,504	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	14.1%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.7%	4.8%
Black	12.2%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	82.7%	72.4%
More than one race	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	3.1%	16.3%
Other	1.1%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	3.5%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.1%	8.7%
High-school diploma	35.8%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	20.1%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	15.3%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.3%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	0.9%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	6.3%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 34	$37,791	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	15.8%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	112,870	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-9.8%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	14,959	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$8,501	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,227	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$24,558	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$2,013,797,074	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-11.8%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$73,999,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$35,732,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$669,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$110,400,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$2,051,843,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	5.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	60.9%	61.2%
State and local governments	8.0%	6.3%
Industry	8.1%	5.2%
Nonprofit	4.1%	6.1%
Institution itself	17.7%	19.4%
Other	1.1%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	19.8%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	1.0%	4.9%
Life sciences	61.0%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	2.9%	3.7%
Physical sciences	6.3%	7.6%
Psychology	1.3%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.1%	3.3%
Other sciences	1.3%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.3%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Ohio State University	$2,120,714,247
Top fund raisers:
Ohio State University main campus	$255,698,008
University of Cincinnati main campus	$109,758,582
Case Western Reserve University	$85,029,205

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$109,821	$112,647
Associate professor	$77,519	$78,804
Assistant professor	$65,246	$67,236
All	$79,623	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$70,168	$87,677
Associate professor	$59,307	$70,215
Assistant professor	$52,511	$59,511
All	$56,555	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$102,623	$133,973
Associate professor	$73,543	$86,108
Assistant professor	$61,432	$72,242
All	$74,786	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$74,796	$82,002
Associate professor	$61,876	$66,466
Assistant professor	$50,544	$55,352
All	$61,121	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$59,442	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$63,906	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$60,275	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$58,219	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	650,378	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	94,569	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	340,335	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	207,216	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	144,780	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,606	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	18,896	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	32,114	430,177
Total	744,947	21,016,126
Public institutions	74%	72%
4-year institutions	68%	63%
2-year institutions	32%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	29,332	849,452
Bachelor’s	61,085	1,650,014
Master’s	22,187	693,025
Doctorate	5,828	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 83% of all freshmen enrolled in Ohio in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 85% of all Ohio residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	52.9%	56.0%
Men	50.8%	53.0%
Women	54.7%	58.5%
American Indian	46.0%	37.0%
Asian	64.4%	66.3%
Black	31.1%	38.3%
Hispanic	48.7%	47.8%
White	55.4%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	3,063	196,374
Asian	15,375	1,218,118
Black	106,136	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	431	64,046
Hispanic	19,673	2,741,448
White	570,852	12,722,549
Foreign	22,326	709,565
Two or more races	7,091	325,275
Total	744,947	21,016,126
Women	56.7%	57.0%
Minority	20.4%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	17.3%	28.4%
Foreign	3.0%	3.4%
Full-time	67.7%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 21.8 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 71% of Ohio’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	36	678
Public 2-year institutions	24	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	68	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	7	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	22	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	58	664
Total	215	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Antioch University system administration, Cedarville University
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati