Question: Which is a private university, Ohio State University or Syracuse University?
Context: The New York State College of Forestry, the first professional school of forestry in North America, opened its doors at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the autumn of 1898.  After just a few years of operation, it was defunded in 1903, by Governor Benjamin B. Odell, in response to public outcry over the College's controversial forestry practices in the Adirondacks.  Less than a decade later, in 1911, the New York State College of Forestry was reestablished at Syracuse University by the New York State Legislature, with a mandate for forest conservation.  The institution has continued to evolve and is now part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, while still closely related and immediately adjacent to Syracuse University.  Today, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, or SUNY-ESF, is a doctoral degree-granting institution based in Syracuse, New York, with facilities and forest properties in several additional locations in upstate New York and Costa Rica; it commemorated its centennial anniversary in 2011. The Ohio State University, Lima, also referred to as Ohio State Lima is a regional campus of Ohio State University located in Lima, Ohio.  Its 565 acre campus is located in Lima, 80 mi south of Toledo, Ohio.  It offers over 140 courses and 9 bachelor degree programs in science and liberal Arts.  Nine of eleven programs are four-year programs at Lima.  Two of them are baccalaureate completion programs.  In addition to regional accreditation, Ohio State Lima has baccalaureate program accreditation with NCATE.  Students can start at Lima and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus with one of Ohio State’s 170+ majors.  The Ohio State University at Lima offers over 20 student clubs and organizations.  There are also 12 intramural and club athletic teams.  The Lima Campus Library has 76,000 volumes and 200+ journal subscriptions.  Library databases also provide access to thousands of online journals.  The University shares the campus with James A. Rhodes State College. Utica College (or UC) is a private university located in Utica, in the U.S. state of New York.  The history of the college dates back to the 1930s when Syracuse University began offering extension courses in the Utica area.  Syracuse University established Utica College as a four-year institution in 1946, and in 1995, UC became a financially and legally independent institution.  UC is officially mentioned in Syracuse's Charter, Article 1, Section 3: "Utica College shall be represented by the President, appointed ex officio, and by the dean of the college, and another representative selected by the college."  Utica College began offering its own graduate degrees in 1999 and its own undergraduate degrees in 2011. This List of Presidents of Ohio State University includes all who have served as university presidents of Ohio State University since its founding in 1870.  Ohio State University is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio.  Founded in 1870, as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.  In 1878, in light of its expanded focus, the college permanently changed its name to The Ohio State University. The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a regional campus of The Ohio State University located in Mansfield, Ohio.  It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college.  Its 644 acre campus is situated in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, the North Central Ohio region, with easy access to Columbus and Cleveland.  The campus offers seven bachelor degree programs and two master degree programs.  Students can start at Mansfield and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus, with one or more of Ohio State’s 170 majors.  The Bromfield Library of the OSU mansfield campus provides access to all the resources of The Ohio State University and Ohio Link. University Hill is a neighborhood in Syracuse, New York, located east and southeast of downtown, on one of the larger hills in Syracuse.  It is the major educational and medical district of Syracuse, as well as an important business district, with three of the top ten employers in the Syracuse region located there.  The largest of these is Syracuse University, from which the neighborhood's name derives.  "The Hill" is also to home a Veterans Administration Medical Center, the state-run Upstate Medical University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, as well as the private Crouse Hospital, Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center, and Rosewood Heights Medical Center.  These seven institutions account for over 16,000 full-time positions and over 20,000 students.  The neighborhood is considered to end at the peak of the hill, at Thornden Park, where it borders the Westcott and University neighborhoods.  The south section of University Hill is home to the 82 acre Oakwood Cemetery. George Hopkins Bond (August 10, 1873 – May 8, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer.  He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University for one season in 1894, compiling a record of 6–5.  Bond was born in Syracuse, New York on August 10, 1873.  He graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1894 and from Syracuse University College of Law in 1897.  Bond was a senior partner in the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King until his resignation in 1953.  In 1937 he served as president of the New York State Bar Association.  He was also an organizer and president of the New York State Association of District Attorneys. Scott Shafer (born January 6, 1967) is an American football coach and former player.  He currently serves as the defensive coordinator for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders.  He previously served as the head coach at Syracuse University until November 2015.  He was a high school and college quarterback in Ohio at Riverside High School, Ohio University, and Baldwin-Wallace College.  He has held various positions including defensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and secondary coach at major universities such as the University of Rhode Island, Northern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, Western Michigan University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, and Syracuse University.  He was officially named the head coach of Syracuse on January 9, 2013. The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a large, primarily residential, public university in Columbus, Ohio.  Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (Mech).  The college began with a focus on training students in various agricultural and mechanical disciplines but was developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then Governor (later, President) Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "The Ohio State University".  It has since grown into the third-largest university campus in the United States.  Along with its main campus in Columbus, Ohio State also operates a regional campus system with regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster. Syracuse University (commonly referred to as Syracuse, 'Cuse, or SU) is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States.  The institution's roots can be traced to the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (later becoming Genesee College), founded in 1831 by the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lima, New York.  After several years of debate over relocating the college to Syracuse, the university was established in 1870, independent of the college.  Since 1920, the university has identified itself as nonsectarian, although it maintains a relationship with The United Methodist Church.
Answer: Syracuse University