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Oregon State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Corvallis, OR
Population 95,000
Website http://www.oregonstate.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 29,557
Men / Women 51% / 49%
White 60%
Hispanic 13%
Asian 7%
Mixed 7%
Black 3%
International 3%
Native American 1%
From State 57%
From Region 27%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 20%
Life & Natural Sciences 18%
Business & Economics 16%
Computer Science 16%
Engineering 15%
Health Sciences 7%
Arts 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 3%
Education 2%
Professional 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,400
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $38,190
Est. In-State Cost $18,628
Est. Out-of-State Cost $49,403
10-Year ROI $189,000
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 88%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 70%
Transfer-Out Rate 16%

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,342 (18%)
Days Without Precipitation 211 (7% ☔)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $263M #72
Engineering, Computing & Math $86M #75
Humanities & Social Sciences $9M #137
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 100 #57
Life & Natural Sciences 263 #103
Humanities & Social Sciences 58 #238

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,500 (5%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 14%
SAT Range 1180 – 1350
SAT Math Range 560 – 700
SAT RW Range 580 – 700
ACT Range 24 – 31

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural Sciences 689 35% / 65% 2% $52,549 92%
Agriculture 79 +1 32% / 68% 4% $50,564 33 93%
Animal Science 58 — 5% / 95% 2% $54,287 44 99%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 79 — 54% / 46% 1% $50,121 32 85%
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $56,494 51 —
Biotechnology 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $56,140 50 —
Botany 49 — 31% / 69% 0% $48,254 27 —
Crop and Soil Science 15 +1 60% / 40% 0% $53,355 42 90%
Environmental Science 140 — 30% / 70% 2% $55,537 48 93%
Fisheries and Wildlife Science 41 — 49% / 51% 2% $49,281 30 94%
Food Science 24 — 58% / 42% 4% $61,467 63 96%
Horticultural Science 42 — 21% / 79% 0% $53,355 42 90%
Range Science and Management 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,355 42 90%
Wildlife Science 105 — 35% / 65% 1% $49,626 31 —
Agricultural Business and Management 17 — 65% / 35% 6% $71,577 79 92%
Environmental Economics and Policy 21 — 24% / 76% 0% $45,158 18 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 843 58% / 42% 8% $71,956 94%
Accounting 55 +1 55% / 45% 2% $76,958 85 99%
Business Administration 398 +14 56% / 44% 9% $69,262 76 92%
Business Analytics 32 +2 56% / 44% 16% $73,261 81 —
Business and Management — — — — $72,744 81 —
Finance 112 +3 76% / 24% 10% $81,470 88 96%
Hospitality Management 5 — 40% / 60% 20% $54,387 45 —
Management Information Systems and Statistics 58 +1 83% / 17% 5% $77,803 85 94%
Marketing 116 — 40% / 60% 4% $68,673 75 99%
Operations Management 49 +2 53% / 47% 10% $69,262 76 92%
Research and Development Management 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $69,262 76 92%
Supply Chain and Logistics Management 17 +3 88% / 12% 18% $69,262 76 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences 55 51% / 49% 9% $69,342 88%
Atmospheric Sciences 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $66,508 72 —
Earth Sciences 10 +1 50% / 50% 10% $67,728 74 88%
Geosciences 19 — 42% / 58% 0% $67,728 74 88%
Marine Sciences 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $62,594 65 —
Maritime Studies 9 — 67% / 33% 33% $83,380 90 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 63 16% / 84% 0% $55,221 92%
Education 38 — 24% / 76% 0% $56,237 50 92%
Elementary Education 25 — 4% / 96% 0% $53,677 42 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,951 79% / 21% 7% $102,665 95%
Architectural Engineering 30 — 57% / 43% 10% $88,889 93 —
Biological and Ecological Engineering 36 — 44% / 56% 3% $80,057 87 97%
Biomedical Engineering 47 +1 45% / 55% 2% $96,618 96 88%
Chemical Engineering 88 — 73% / 27% 7% $95,971 96 94%
Civil Engineering 99 — 81% / 19% 2% $89,866 93 100%
Electrical Engineering 132 — 87% / 13% 12% $105,331 98 94%
Engineering 11 — 91% / 9% 9% $90,867 94 96%
Engineering Science 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $94,006 95 —
Environmental Engineering 25 — 36% / 64% 24% $81,214 88 100%
Industrial Engineering 36 +4 83% / 17% 33% $92,997 95 94%
Manufacturing Engineering 33 +69 97% / 3% 48% $92,078 94 100%
Mechanical Engineering 335 +7 84% / 16% 8% $94,649 95 97%
Nuclear Engineering 27 — 93% / 7% 15% $94,372 95 96%
Computer Science 977 — 80% / 20% 4% $109,905 98 94%
Construction Engineering Management 71 — 87% / 13% 1% $106,199 98 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Forestry 169 56% / 44% 1% $54,054 96%
Forest Engineering 42 — 81% / 19% 2% $78,198 86 97%
Natural Resources 123 — 46% / 54% 0% $45,158 18 95%
Wood Science 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $74,096 82 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health 716 25% / 75% 3% $65,887 95%
Nutrition 28 — 14% / 86% 4% $59,138 57 —
Health Sciences 147 — 33% / 67% 1% $103,024 98 97%
Kinesiology 182 — 35% / 65% 1% $60,964 62 94%
Public Health 99 +1 20% / 80% 3% $60,183 60 97%
Merchandising Management 21 +4 14% / 86% 29% $64,739 69 94%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management — — — — $53,148 41 —
Recreation and Tourism Management 29 — 55% / 45% 3% $50,685 34 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 163 +2 7% / 93% 1% $49,012 29 93%
Apparel and Textiles — — — — $52,342 39 —
Fashion Design 21 +3 29% / 71% 5% $53,265 41 89%
Interior Design 26 +1 12% / 88% 8% $53,265 41 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 1,283 35% / 65% 3% $52,686 91%
Economics 66 — 80% / 20% 8% $76,531 84 94%
American Studies 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $49,854 31 —
Anthropology 56 — 34% / 66% 7% $55,684 48 86%
Communication Studies 19 +1 42% / 58% 5% $56,798 51 97%
Creative Writing 25 +6 32% / 68% 0% $49,178 29 91%
English 32 +3 19% / 81% 3% $44,804 18 92%
Ethnic Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,413 30 94%
French 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $48,912 29 95%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 22 +1 59% / 41% 0% $54,853 46 —
German 4 +1 50% / 50% 0% $50,013 32 —
History 68 +1 59% / 41% 1% $51,945 37 92%
Humanities 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $52,570 39 88%
Interdisciplinary Studies 11 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,136 64 93%
International Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,532 53 —
New Media Communications 90 — 49% / 51% 9% $52,443 39 91%
Philosophy 10 +4 60% / 40% 0% $49,078 29 —
Political Science 77 +5 45% / 55% 4% $59,150 57 96%
Psychology 409 +5 23% / 77% 3% $49,486 30 91%
Public Policy 10 +1 50% / 50% 0% $73,938 82 91%
Religion/Religious Studies 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $49,989 32 —
Social Sciences 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $49,985 32 82%
Sociology 89 +3 28% / 72% 1% $52,350 39 90%
Spanish 21 +4 24% / 76% 0% $48,912 29 95%
Sustainability 55 — 16% / 84% 0% $55,054 47 —
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% $49,413 30 94%
General Education 40 — 28% / 72% 2% $52,570 39 88%
Art 23 — 22% / 78% 9% $41,592 11 —
Design and Applied Arts 31 +2 23% / 77% 0% $53,265 41 89%
Digital Arts 14 — 71% / 29% 7% $36,748 6 83%
Graphic Design 36 — 39% / 61% 0% $53,265 41 89%
Music 15 — 47% / 53% 0% $40,252 9 86%
Music 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $40,252 9 86%
Music Performance 13 — 23% / 77% 0% $40,252 9 86%
Theatre Arts 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $37,718 7 —
Visual and Performing Arts — — — — $38,416 7 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 446 36% / 64% 3% $56,433 95%
Chemistry 42 +1 55% / 45% 7% $70,654 78 93%
Mathematics 59 — 66% / 34% 10% $63,194 66 100%
Physics 20 +2 70% / 30% 10% $101,104 97 88%
Biology 185 — 30% / 70% 2% $54,017 44 94%
Microbiology 35 — 29% / 71% 0% $70,583 78 93%
Zoology 100 — 20% / 80% 0% $36,871 6 96%
Health/Medical Physics 5 — 20% / 80% 20% $60,183 60 97%

Rankings

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Growing Strong
Playing House Civil Engineering
The Deep Bench
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Short Circuit Survivors
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Carbon Crushers
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Core Samplers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
No Grad Students Hogging the Cryostat (Best Undergrad Experience)

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Natural Selection
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Greenhouse Gang
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Ecosystem Engineers
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Beakers and Bagels
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Field & Forest
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen

Business & Economics

It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild