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Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

OSU

https://oregonstate.edu

#267 National Colleges

82.33% Admission Rate
Least Selective

25,339 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, medium full-time , selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily nonresidential
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. On-campus enrollment averages near 32,000, making it the state's largest university. Since its founding over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" with an additional, optional designation as a "Community Engagement" university.

OSU is a land-grant university that also participates in the sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant research consortia; it is one of only four such universities in the country (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University are the others). OSU received $441 million in research funding for the 2017 fiscal year and consistently ranks as the state's top earner in research funding.

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Location

City
Corvallis, Oregon

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Engineering 16.7%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 15.9%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 11.6%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 7.0%
Social Sciences 6.1%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 5.8%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 5.7%
Health Professions And Related Programs 5.4%
Natural Resources And Conservation 5.0%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 4.9%
Psychology 3.2%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 3.1%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.1%
Physical Sciences 1.7%
Education 1.3%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 0.9%
History 0.8%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.8%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.6%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0.5%
English Language And Literature/Letters 0.5%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.2%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.1%

Cost

In State Tuition
$11,715.00

Out of State Tuition
$31,215.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
39.44%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$20,016.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1202 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 660 595 530
Verbal 660 605 550

ACT Scores

25 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 28 24 20
English 28 24 20