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Redefining value
Ohio University's vision is to be a leader in delivering value: to our students, to our partners, and to the world.

The OHIO Vision

Return on investment experience. Community service collaboration. Research results impact.


We talk a lot about value in higher education. The conversation often centers on the balance between the cost of the degree and the earnings potential of a graduate. But, value is so much more than a simple equation measured in dollars and cents. The things we value, as people and as a society, reach far beyond bottom line.

We value experiences. We value friendship and connection. We value solutions that improve the lives of people we love and ideas that protect the places that matter the most to us. We value good health and a great game and art that inspires us.

At OHIO, when we set out to deliver value, we don’t just think about the bottom line. We think about all the things that matter and the role our University plays in ensuring the lives and communities we touch are richer in every way that counts.

Graduate student Jonathan Grennell measures photosynthesis produced by a sorghum plant at a research plot at the Ridges

Contributing to discovery with impact.

One of the ways a university can deliver lasting value is through research that translates into solutions. At OHIO, we invest in moving discovery from the lab to the world with a focus on solutions that make people healthier, communities stronger and economies more sustainable.  

Leading education in emerging fields. 

Delivering an education with value often means preparing students for careers in emerging fields or jobs that don’t yet exist. It’s not just about chasing the latest degree trends. It’s about evolving your areas of strength to keep pace with a changing career landscape: like how we’ve taken our 100-year legacy of excellence in journalism and storytelling and applied it to become a leader in augmented reality.

Ohio University students play VR video games
Ohio University nursing students examine a patient

Improving population health. 

Over the last two decades, Ohio University’s College of Health Sciences and Professions and Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have led OHIO’s growth to become our state’s largest provider of health professionals and one of the nation’s top Universities to pursue a career in healthcare. What matters most, however, is the difference we make in communities served by our tens of thousands of graduates.

Largest
Producer of Primary Care Physicians

Ensuring experiences that transform lives.

At OHIO, we deliver more than a degree. We offer a set of experiences that become a part of who you are and what you’ll become. In fact, we work to ensure every student is connected with personalized experiences that match their career interests and ensure their success, leading to unmatched outcomes.

Undergraduate student smiles and waves to their family during Commencement