Oregon State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Oregon State University, or OSU, was established in 1868 as the Corvallis State Agricultural College. The origin of the university dates back to 1856 during the foundation of Corvallis Academy. It was renamed Corvallis College in 1858. Later, on March 6, 1961, OSU adopted its current name. The main campus of the university covers approximately 400 acres in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 degree programs through various academic units.

OSU is organized into the following schools and colleges:

• College of Agricultural Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Forestry
• College of Health and Human Sciences
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Science
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Defense Education College
• Graduate School
• University Honors College

OSU has officially recognized several fraternities and sororities, which are governed by the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, and Unified Greek Council. Some of the active Greek Organizations are Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Omega Delta Phi, Delta Phi Omega, and Sigma Beta Rho.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, nutrition and exercise therapy, engineering, science, landscaping and horticulture, family and social work, and animal science and care.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 20,305 in 2009-2010 (18,771 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students and graduate students are 20%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 94% are full-time and 6% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Oregon State provides on-campus housing for 4,398 of its 18,771 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Pacific-10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 76 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 47 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Oregon State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (100 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture
• Food Science
• Food Science and Technology

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (83 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ART STUDIES (77 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (571 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (98 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (276 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forest Sciences and Biology
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
• Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (31 awarded)

• Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (36 awarded)

• Interior Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (483 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (619 awarded)

• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Forest Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Operations Research
• Water Resources Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (337 awarded)

• Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Housing and Human Environments
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Policy Analysis

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (56 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
• Horticultural Science
• Plant Sciences
• Range Science and Management
• Soil Science and Agronomy

LIBERAL ARTS (609 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (53 awarded)

• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (73 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (Cert, MS, PhD)

MEDICINE (181 awarded)

• Gerontology
• Health/Medical Physics
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

MUSIC (14 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (221 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (20 awarded)

• Ethics
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (458 awarded)

• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Genetics
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Hydrology and Water Resources Science
• Microbiology
• Natural Sciences
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics
• Plant Physiology
• Toxicology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (106 awarded)

• Psychology