Oregon State is a leading research university comprehensive, public, research-extensive university. Students can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs across 12 colleges, including over 30 degrees online offered throughOregon State Ecampus.
Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state’s Land Grant University and is one of only three universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.
Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 38,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 100 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology.
Oregon State also has been ranked the top university for innovation and ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Dixon Recreation Center are connected to the grid. Students can choose from more than 400 extracurricular activities on campus. Athletically, OSU competes at the NCAA Division I level in 17 sports. In addition, Dixon Recreation Center, Student Legacy Park, Langton Hall and McAlexander Fieldhouse are for general student use for intramurals, club sports or just working out.
The 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on campus.
Oregon State is located in Corvallis, a vibrant college town of 55,000 in the heart of Western Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Corvallis consistently ranks among the best and safest cities to live in the U.S., as well as among the most environmentally responsible.
