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Oregon State University is one of the leading colleges in Oregon with the acceptance rate of 81%. Deadlines for application are Early Action - November 1 and Regular - September 1 . For more information, call 541-737-2626 or send email at visit.osu@oregonstate.edu.

14890 Enrolled 81% Acceptance Rate 22 - 28 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 14,890
    • Average HS GPA: 3.6
    • Acceptance Rate: 81%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 41% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 25% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 17% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 13% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 4% — 2.50 - 2.99

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    540 - 650
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    540 - 660
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    22 - 28

  • Deadlines

    Early Action
    November 1
    Regular
    September 1

Academics

  • Majors

    AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED SCIENCES.
    Agricultural Business and Management, General.
    Agricultural Economics.
    Agriculture, General.
    Agronomy and Crop Science.
    Animal Sciences, General.
    Food Science.
    Horticultural Science.
    Range Science and Management.
    Soil Science and Agronomy, General.
    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    American/United States Studies/Civilization.
    Ethnic Studies.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Biotechnology.
    Botany/Plant Biology.
    Microbiology, General.
    Zoology/Animal Biology.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Finance, General.
    Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
    Management Information Systems, General.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    Operations Management and Supervision.
    Research and Development Management.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.
    Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer Science.
    EDUCATION.
    Education, General.
    ENGINEERING.
    Agricultural Engineering.
    Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.
    Chemical Engineering.
    Civil Engineering, General.
    Construction Engineering.
    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Engineering, Other.
    Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.
    Forest Engineering.
    Industrial Engineering.
    Manufacturing Engineering.
    Mechanical Engineering.
    Nuclear Engineering.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES/HUMAN SCIENCES.
    Apparel and Textiles, General.
    Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management.
    Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General.
    Human Development and Family Studies, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    French Language and Literature.
    German Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Health/Medical Physics.
    Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other.
    Public Health, General.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics, General.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    Sustainability Studies.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management.
    Natural Resources Management and Policy.
    Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology.
    PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
    Kinesiology and Exercise Science.
    Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS.
    Public Policy Analysis, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    Geography, Other.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Social Sciences, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art/Art Studies, General.
    Design and Visual Communications, General.
    Interior Design.
    Music, General.
    Visual and Performing Arts, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's
    • Certificate
    • Doctoral
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    John H. Myers
    President and CEO of GE Asset Management (retired)
    Kurt M. Landgraf
    President and CEO of Educational Testing Services
    Michael Tadross
    Film Producer
    Renee Marino
    Film and Theater Star
    Julian Stanford
    Buffalo Bills
    Jedidiah Bila
    Television Host
    Andrew Bailey
    Major League Baseball Player

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Apr 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $9390
    Required Fees
    $1776
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $1200
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    $3960
    Transportation for Commuters
    $537
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $12855

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • College/university loans from institutional funds
    • Federal Perkins Loans
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 84/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    25699
    Foreign Countries Represented
    81

  • Demographics

    • Asian 7.69%
    • African-American 1.33%
    • Hispanic 10.1%
    • Caucasian 63.88%
    • Male 54%
    • Female 46%
    • Аre out of state 34

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    17%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 88/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    91%
    Campus Environment
    Suburban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    400
    Number of Honor Societies
    12
    Number of Social Sororities
    22

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division I
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (7)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Crew Rowing
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Soccer
    • Wrestling
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (10)
    • Basketball
    • Crew Rowing
    • Cross Country
    • Golf
    • Gymnastics
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Swimming
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups
    Army ROTC Offered on-campus Navy ROTC Offered on-campus Air Force ROTC Offered on-campus

  • Sustainability

    Students using the recreation center’s elliptical machines are simultaneously helping to generate power for the building, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. OSU has a history of creating innovative projects to reduce energy use and meet its goal of climate neutrality by 2025. In 2008, it won a Green Power Leadership Award from the EPA. In 2011, OSU became a member of the Founding Circle for the “Billion Dollar Green Challenge,” which encourages the college and university community to invest a total of $1 billion in self-managed revolving funds that finance energy efficiency improvements. As of early 2014, OSU brought online five ground-mounted solar electric arrays, to total 2.9 megawatts of solar power. Recycling is also big on campus: The school placed first in the 2006 RecycleMania competition and today boasts an overall waste-diversion rate of 55 percent. OSU encourages students and faculty to leave their cars at home by offering secure bicycle parking and showers, an electronic ride matching system, and a campus growing up—not out. Administrators have pledged to build within existing campus boundaries, so that students can walk between classes in a maximum of ten minutes. OSU offers a degree in ecological engineering (among other environmentally focused majors) and operates the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. Best of all, OSU will help you put that academic knowledge into practice: it hosts a Nonprofit Career Day, with significant participation from national and local green groups. Student-organized green job events are also held throughout the year.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    37%
    Graduate in 5 years
    61%
    Graduate in 6 years
    67%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Monday-Friday
      • 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
      • 541-737-2626
      Campus Tours
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm
      • Average Length: 1 hour

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Not Available
      Times
      N/A
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