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Career test for Ohio State students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 826+ Ohio State alumni actually went on to do.

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What Ohio State grads actually do

Based on 826 notable Ohio State alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
186
politician
70
basketball player
68
university teacher
68
writer
51
lawyer
37
ice hockey player
28
basketball coach
25
baseball player
24
novelist
24
engineer
23
judge
23

Notable Ohio State alumni

Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick
film actor · actor
Sam Hall
Sam Hall
competitive diver · politician
Emma Terho
Emma Terho
financial adviser · ice hockey player
Shane Olivea
Shane Olivea
American football player
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
lawyer · politician
Aaron Craft
Aaron Craft
basketball player · medical student
Ryan Pickett
Ryan Pickett
American football player
Nick Mangold
Nick Mangold
American football player

Salary outlook for top Ohio State career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
ice hockey player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
baseball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr

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About Ohio State

The Ohio State University (Ohio State, tOSU, or OSU) is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1870, it is the flagship institution of the University System of Ohio. It is designated a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university by the Government of Ohio. Ohio State is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with over 50,000 undergraduate students and 15,000 graduate students. Ohio State is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity spending and doctorate production". In 2026 the university had research and development (R&D) expenditures of $1.58 billion, the 12th largest in the United States. The university consists of sixteen colleges, including of Arts and Sciences, Business, Dentistry, Engineering, Public Affairs, and Law, and offers study in a wide range of degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It has five satellite campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster. Its athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I within the Big Ten Conference for the large majority of sports. Alumni and faculty include six Nobel Prize laureates, nine Rhodes Scholars, seven Churchill Scholars, one Fields Medalist, eight Pulitzer Prize winners, 77 Goldwater scholars, one Costa Rican president, 1 U.S. vice president, seven U.S. senators, 15 U.S. representatives, and 118 Olympic medalists.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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