Annual Budget (2011-2012):

Annual Payroll:

Buildings Constructed Since 2000 (in chronological order):

Clermont College Educational Services Building, Clermont College Student Services Building, Center Hill Campus (Large Scale Test Facility, Combustion Research Lab, Leather Industries Research Building, Erosion Test Facility), Clermont College Facilities Management Building, Schneider Residence Hall, Turner Residence Hall, University Pavilion, Tangeman University Center, College of Applied Science Classroom Building, Steger Student Life Center, Schott Stadium, Calhoun Street Garage, Clermont College Activities Center, Campus Recreation Center, UC Blue Ash College Veterinary Technology Building, Varsity Village Garage, MRI Center, Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center, Lindner Center, Clermont College West Woods Academic Center, CARE/Crawley

UC Colleges:

McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
College of Allied Health Sciences
Carl H. Lindner College of Business

College-Conservatory of Music
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services
College of Engineering and Applied Science
College of Law
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
Graduate School
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
UC Blue Ash College
UC Clermont College

Economic Impact (2006):

According to “The Future Starts Here: The Role of Research Universities in Ohio’s Economy,” (Appleseed, 2006) the University of Cincinnati is estimated to have an annual impact of $1.52 billion on the economy of the State of Ohio, thereby generating $11.71 for every dollar invested by the State of Ohio.

Economic Impact, Medical Center & Affiliates (2003):

The UC Medical Center, based on 2002 data, calculates an economic impact of $3.59 billion and projects an economic impact by 2006 of $4.19 billion. The Medical Center's $3.59 billion impact on the Tri-State comprises $1.56 billion direct impact and $2.03 billion indirect impact. The Medical Center provides 16,268 full-time equivalent jobs in the Tri-State (up from 14,746 in 1999), making the Medical Center the largest employer in Greater Cincinnati. The "ripple effect" of that direct employment generates a total of nearly 42,000 jobs in Ohio and more than 50,000 jobs in the Tri-State that are directly or indirectly related to the operations of the Medical Center.

Endowment (June 2011):

$1.004 billion

Enrollment (2010-2011):

The University of Cincinnati attracts students from all 50 of the United States and from 110 countries outside the U.S.

External Grants & Contracts (2010):

$443 million (including affiliates)

UC Faculty & Alumni:

Among the historic faculty or alumni of the University of Cincinnati are found President and later Chief Justice William Howard Taft; Albert Sabin, developer of the oral polio vaccine; Nobel Peace Prize winner and U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes; Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Walt Handelsman; Doris Twitchell Allen, founder of Children's International Summer Village;  soprano Kathleen Battle; Cleveland Abbe, whose work at UC led to the National Weather Service; Eula Bingham, environmental scientist and head of OSHA; Marilyn Gaston, assistant surgeon general; authors Thomas Berger (Little Big Man, Neighbors); Prima Ballerina Suzanne Farrell; sports greats Sandy Koufax, Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman and Tony Trabert; architect Michael Graves; artists Tom Wesselmann and Gilbert Young; and Tony Award winner Faith Prince.The number of living alumni of the University (2011) is counted at 252,964 with approximately half (127,824) residing in the greater Cincinnati area.

UC Firsts:

First program of cooperative education – Herman Schneider (1906)
First oral polio vaccine – Albert Sabin
First observations leading to the National Weather Service – Cleveland Abbe
First antihistamine, Benadryl – George Rieveschl
First electronic organ – Winston Koch
First use of YAG laser to remove brain tumor
First bachelor’s degree program in nursing
First emergency medicine residency program
First safe anti-knock gasoline
First degree program offered via satellite

First Antihistamine, Benadryl – George Rieveschl

George Rieveschl (1916-2007) invented Benadryl, the first antihistamine. He earned three degrees at the University of Cincinnati: A.B. (1937), M.S. (1939), and Ph.D. (1940). While conducting research at UC, he developed a number of potential antispasmodic compounds. Benadryl, one of these compounds, showed promise as an anti-allergy drug and was first marketed in 1946 by Parke Davis. Rieveschl was named to the International Science and Engineering Hall of Fame in 1995.

First electronic organ – Winston Koch

Too young to be admitted to the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering, Winston Kock first enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Music, and never regretted it. When he turned sixteen he transferred to engineering and his undergraduate thesis revolutionized the music world. It was the invention of the electronic organ, the first to generate sound through small vacuum tubes, rather than massive pipes. This feat put an organ within reach of nearly every family that ever dreamed of owning one. His patent for the organ was the first of over eighty that he would receive throughout his career.

Joseph B. Strauss: Designer of the Golden Gate Bridge

An 1892 graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Joseph Strauss astonished the audience at graduation exercises by proposing to bridge the Bering Straits. After working in other firms, he formed his own company in 1902, eventually building more than 500 bridges, and earning 100 patents along the way. The Golden Gate project was the culmination of his career, and, for a time, it was the longest bridge in the world. Strauss placed a brick from UC's original McMicken Hall in the bridge's south anchorage. The bridge was completed in 1937. Strauss died in 1938.

First oral polio vaccine – Albert Sabin

Dr. Albert Sabin, developer of the oral, live virus polio vaccine, began his career in biomedical research in 1926 while still a student at New York University where he received his M.D. degree. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1935-1939. From 1939 through 1969, Dr. Sabin was successively Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Research Pediatrics, and Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and The Children's Hospital Research Foundation.

History In Brief:

The University of Cincinnati, Ohio’s premier urban research university, traces its origins to 1819. In that year both Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were chartered. In 1870, the City of Cincinnati established the University of Cincinnati, which later absorbed the two predecessor institutions. In 1906, the University of Cincinnati created the first cooperative education program in the world. For many years, the University of Cincinnati was the second oldest and second largest municipal university in the country. In 1968, UC became a “municipally sponsored, state affiliated” institution, entering a transitional period culminating on July 1, 1977, when UC joined the university system of Ohio. Today, the University of Cincinnati is classified as a Research University (Very High Research Activity) by the Carnegie Commission and is ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities by the National Science Foundation. U.S. News has ranked UC in the Top Tier of America's Best Colleges. The Chronicle of Higher Education calls UC a "research heavyweight." Forbes and Delta Sky magazines have named UC one of the world's most beautiful campuses. UC has been named a "green university" by Princeton Review.

Land and Buildings:  

Leadership:

C. Francis Barrett, Chair, Board of Trustees
Gregory H. Williams, President

For more information about UC, contact:
Greg Hand
Director of Public Relations
513-556-1822
[email protected]

UC Libraries:

11 library locations

Holdings: 4.4 million volumes; 70,000 periodicals.
Use: 451,815 items circulated; 116,532 reference transactions.

Ranked 69th among the Association of Research Libraries.

UC Mission Statement:

The University of Cincinnati serves the people of Ohio, the nation, and the world as a premier, public, urban research university dedicated to undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, experience-based learning, and research. We are committed to excellence and diversity in our students, faculty, staff, and all of our activities. We provide an inclusive environment where innovation and freedom of intellectual inquiry flourish. Through scholarship, service, partnerships, and leadership, we create opportunity, develop educated and engaged citizens, enhance the economy and enrich our university, city, state and global community.

Personnel Data (June 2011):

Programs of Study (2010):

Rankings By External Sources:

Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (2012)
The 2012 rankings of the nation’s top master’s degree programs in urban planning were recently released, and the University of Cincinnati’s graduate planning program was ranked No. 16 in the nation, No. 4 in the Midwest region and best in Ohio.

Princeton Review: Best 373 Colleges (2011)
University of Cincinnati is ranked by the Princeton Review among the top schools in the United States.

Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges (2011)
The Princeton Review today named the University of Cincinnati among the nation’s best “green” schools – leading in environmental practices and in preparing the next generation of green professionals.

Barron's Profiles of American Colleges (2011)
The University of Cincinnati is ranked as "Competitive+." 

London (UK) Times Higher Education Supplement (2011)
The Times Higher Education supplement, emphasizing research universities, ranks the University of Cincinnati 190th among all the universities in the world, 69th among United States universities and 28th among public U.S. universities.

DesignIntelligence (2011) 
For the 12th straight year, UC was ranked among the best achitecture and design programs in the nation. UC’s interior design programs is No. 1 in the country. UC’s industrial design program is ranked No. 2 (undergraduate) and No. 5 (graduate). UC’s architecture program ranks No. 6 nationally.

BusinessWeek (2011)
Bloomberg Businessweek released its annual rankings of the best undergraduate business schools in the nation. In this latest survey, among 113 schools, the University of Cincinnati’s undergraduate business program was ranked at 87th.

Poets & Writers (2011)
The University of Cincinnati ranks 8th  among creative-writing doctoral programs in the country according to a ranking published by Poets & Writers magazine in their September/October 2011 issue.

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (2011)
The Cybermetrics Lab (Spain) measures “the performance and impact of universities through their web presence,” ranking the University of Cincinnati 293rd of all universities in the world. Webometrics scores each university on four criteria, the most heavily weighted being the number of links to the institution’s web site from other sites – a way of evaluating that site’s general impact on the web community say the rankers.

Academic Ranking of World Universities (2010)
The influential Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by Shanghai Jiaotong University, ranks the University of Cincinnati in the top 300 of more than 2,500 ranked worldwide and the top 100 of American universities.

Princeton Review: The Best 172 Law Schools (2010)
University of Cincinnati College of Law is ranked among the top schools in the country.

Princeton Review: The Best 301 Business Schools (2010)
University of Cincinnati College of Business is ranked among the top schools in the country. 

Diverse Issues In Higher Education (2010)
The University of Cincinnati is ranked among the Top 100 schools in awarding master’s degrees to African American and Native American students. UC also ranks among the Top 100 schools in awarding doctoral degrees to African American, Asian and Native American students, and in awarding medical degrees to African American students.

The Leiden Ranking (2010)
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, has developed a new ranking system entirely based on its own bibliometric indicators. This web-publication is the first in a series of rankings. The work focuses on all universities worldwide with more than 700 Web of Science indexed publications per year. UC ranks 128th in the world in the number of publications, 76th in the world in a “field-normalized” ranking, 72th in the world in a size-dependent ranking, and 54th in the world in citations per publication.

NACUBO Endowment Ranking (2010)
UC’s 2010 endowment of $886,262,000 ranks 71st in the United States among all colleges and universities, and 22nd in the United States among public institutions.

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (2010)
The Cybermetrics Lab (Spain) measures “the performance and impact of universities through their web presence,” ranking the University of Cincinnati 178 in the world. Webometrics scores each university on four criteria, the most heavily weighted being the number of links to the institution’s web site from other sites – a way of evaluating that site’s general impact on the web community say the rankers.

ARCHITECT Magazine (2010)
In the first edition of a guide to architecture schools in the United States, the architecture program at the University of Cincinnati was placed in the nation’s Top 5 in delivering a “practice-based education.”

International Student Barometer (2010)
The latest International Student Barometer, the largest survey of international college students in the world, rates UC among the top 10 in 32 different categories. In the category of “social facilities,” UC’s international students gave the university the highest marks of all 123 schools in the survey.

SCImago Research Group (2010)
The SCImago Research Group's Institutions Rankings World Report 2010 ranks the University of Cincinnati 150th in the world out of 2,833 institutions. UC is ranked 60th among United States institutions in this report that combines four global indicators revealing performance, institutions' ability to generate scientific knowledge and to achieve international visibility.

Research: National Science Foundation (2009)
During fiscal 2009, UC and its affiliate organizations earned more than $377.8 million in grants and contracts. The National Science Foundation, based on Federal Research & Development Expenditures, ranks UC as 47th in the U.S. and 24th among public universities.

Washington Monthly (2009)
The University of Cincinnati was ranked 134th among 258 “National Universities” in the September 2009 issue on measures of social mobility, research and service.

BusinessWeek (2009)
UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning was ranked among the top 30 design schools in the world.

Association of Research Libraries (2009)
At 71st, the University of Cincinnati Libraries are ranked among the top 100 U.S. and Canadian research university libraries, according to the latest report by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2007)
Nine University of Cincinnati programs are ranked among the Top 10 programs of their type in the United States. UC programs ranked among the Top 10 are:

Small Times Magazine (May/June 2005)
Based on a national survey, Small Times magazine has ranked the University of Cincinnati second in the United States for its nanotechnology education programs.

Student/Faculty Ratio:

15/1

Tuition and Fees (2011-12):

Ohio  Resident, undergraduate, per year:    $10,419

Out of State, undergraduate, per year:    $24,942

Ohio Resident, graduate, per year:    $13,701

Out of State, graduate, per year:    $24,825

Room & Board, per year:    $ 9,702

• More tuition and fees information can be found on the UC Financial Aid website.
• The Office of the Bursar provides a detailed Fee Schedule. (PDF)

U.S. News & World Report Rankings: (2012 or most recent previous ranking.)

The University of Cincinnati is ranked 143rd among the top tier of U.S universities and 73rd among public universities.

Rankings of specific colleges and programs:

Music and Arts Programs

Science and Engineering Programs

Medical and Human Service Programs