Ohio State Mansfield Posts Four-Year Enrollment High

Student enrollment at The Ohio State University at Mansfield is at a four-year high, according to the enrollment census released by the university for autumn 2025.

A total of 911 students are enrolled this fall, a 7.3% increase over last year. First-year student enrollment is up more than 18% compared to 2024.

The campus continues to see strong growth locally, as well as throughout northeast Ohio, as far north as Lake Erie and as far east as the border with Pennsylvania. Counties with the most students include Richland, Cuyahoga, Crawford, Summit and Lorain.

The growth is part of an overall trend across Ohio State’s regional campuses, including Ohio State ATI, which saw enrollment increase an average of 8.6%, to nearly 6,000 students across all five campuses.

Including the Columbus campus, total student enrollment is up half a percent, to 67,255 students.

“It's a great pleasure to see our campus grow and to know that The Ohio State University, one of the top public universities in the country, continues its commitment to our future growth,” said Jason Opal, dean and director of Ohio State Mansfield. “It's an exciting time to be here at the Mansfield campus, aka 'Buckeye North.'"

“We have incredible momentum right now, and I’m proud that Ohio State is the destination of choice for so many students and families, including many from right here in Ohio,” said President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. “True to our land-grant mission, we offer an exceptional education at an affordable cost, and we have exciting plans to elevate our academic excellence and student accessibility even further. It’s a great time to be a Buckeye.”

Enrollment in health and rehabilitation at Mansfield is up 73%, the business program is up 36%, engineering increased 16% and arts and sciences are up 12%.

The campus attributes a portion of its success to programs like Upward Bound, a federally funded pre-college program, as well as LeaderRichland for Richland County middle school students, and Manufacturing Days, which brings high school students to campus to learn about careers in manufacturing.

New first-year students across the university are Buckeyes at heart, with 68% of the total class coming from Ohio. This class of new first-year students is also exceptionally talented, with 97% graduating in the top 25% of their high school class and with an average ACT score of 30.6 and SAT score of 1397.

New scholarship programs

In the State of the University address this month, Carter announced two new scholarship programs to support more Ohio students who choose Ohio State. The President’s Ohio Scholarship Program will provide full cost of attendance scholarships, plus a $5,000 supplemental award to support educational opportunities and academic support, to Ohio students who score a perfect 36 on the ACT or a perfect 1600 on the SAT.

The university’s Regional Campus Commitment program will cover tuition and fees for students from families with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or lower who start at one of Ohio State’s regional campuses before transferring to the Columbus campus.