The Ohio State University established the Mansfield branch campus in Mansfield, Ohio, in the autumn of 1958. The establishment of the Mansfield branch campus came after the opening of two other satellite locations, Marion and Newark, which both opened in 1957. In 1964, the Mansfield branch campus received a donation of fifty acres for an expansion project. In 1969, then-Ohio governor James Rhodes broke ground for a building identified as the Mansfield Technical Building. The opening of the Technical Building was meant to “provide instruction and materials for the technical phase of education.” Later in 1969, then-governor Rhodes also promised to make the Mansfield branch campus a four-year college at Ohio State. Prior to this initiation, the Mansfield branch only offered two-year associate degrees. The Mansfield campus met major budget cuts in 1982, which forced cuts on hourly employees and six courses offered to students. The goal of the cuts was to eliminate short-term spending to establish a better long-term spending budget. A new service building opened on the Mansfield campus in 1985 and was named after Richard C. Schuttera, who contributed “greatly to the growth and development” of the branch campus. In 1986, an initiative was filed with Mansfield for a construction of an art gallery on campus. The construction was finished in 1989. In 1987, the Mansfield campus received a grant to establish a mentoring program for minority students attending Ohio State University at Mansfield. The public broadcasting system located at Ohio State University main campus in Columbus, WOSU, had expanded its audience by establishing a station in Mansfield in 1989. This was the first expansion project for WOSU media. The first campaign for Ohio State Mansfield was held in 1993, which aimed to strengthen the business program and the establishment of a Learning Center. The campaign raised over $2 million. The Mansfield branch campus formed their own Board of Trustees in 1994, which replaced the Mansfield’s Citizens Council, giving the college more power to benefit itself. As of 2022, the Mansfield campus offers ten different bachelor’s degrees. Out of 66,046 students, over 1,500 attend the Mansfield campus, according to the statistical report from Ohio State University conducted in the autumn of 2016.