Assessment activity is supported by a $1/credit hour fee paid by OSU undergraduate and graduate students*. Assessment fees are used to implement a broad range of assessment programs on campus, including assessment of entering freshmen and transfer students, general education assessment, assessment of student and alumni satisfaction, program outcomes assessment at the college, department, and program level, and a broad range of special assessment projects aimed at providing useful information for continuous quality improvement in student programs.

Assessment funds are distributed through the Office of University Assessment under the direction of the Assessment Council and the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Assessment funds are allocated based on the Assessment Council guidelines for appropriate uses of assessment fee money and availabiltiy of funds. For program outcomes assessment, program enrollment is also considered in the allocation of funds such that programs with larger student enrollments are eligible for more assessment funds than those with smaller enrollments.

*OSU College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine students do not pay assessment fees or participate in university-wide assessment activity.