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{{Short description|Public university in Corvallis, Oregon, US}}
{{hatnote|"Oregon State" redirects here. For the U.S. state, see [[Oregon]].}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Oregon State University
 | image_name             = Oregon State University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | image_alt              = University seal consisting of an outer ring of text "Oregon State University 1868," within is shown an American eagle atop a shield depicting mountains, an elk, a covered wagon, and the Pacific Ocean; in the ocean a British man-of-war is departing and an American steamer is arriving; the second quartering shows a sheaf, a plow, and a pickaxe and above them a banner inscribed "The Union"
 | established            = {{Start date and age|October 27, 1868}} (official designated charter day)
 | motto                  = "Out there"<ref name="new_logo">{{Cite news|last=Mortenson|first=Eric|url=https://www.capitalpress.com/state/oregon/oregon-state-university-displays-new-logo/article_c0ab1e38-ff4b-5c78-b4f2-35d2277f4265.html|title=Oregon State University displays new logo|newspaper=Capital Press|date=April 25, 2017|location=[[Salem, Oregon]]|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]]<br>[[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission|HECC]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|<br/>[[Land-grant university|Land-grant]]
|[[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]|[[Sun Grant Association|Sun-grant]]}}
 | accreditation          = [[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities|NWCCU]]
 | endowment              = $829.9 million (2023)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=September 25, 2024 |format=XLS }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $1.84 billion<ref name="Facts">{{Cite web|url=https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/sites/leadership.oregonstate.edu/files/2024-05/fac-4b-fy2025_operating_budget.pdf|title=FY2025 Operating Budget|publisher=Oregon State University|access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Jayathi Murthy]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kamerman |first1=Brandon |title=New President at Oregon State University acknowledges high costs of tuition |url=https://katu.com/news/local/new-president-at-oregon-state-university-acknowledges-high-costs-of-tuition |website=katu.com/ |date=September 12, 2022 |publisher=KATU |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
 | provost                = Edward Feser
 | total_staff            = 4,700 (spring 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://oregonstate.edu/about |website=oregonstate.edu |publisher=OSU |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
 | students               = 37,121 (spring 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enrollment Summary - 2023 |url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/2023-05/enroll-spring-2023_v2.pdf |website=oregonstate.edu/ |publisher=OSU |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 32,014 (spring 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enrollment Summary - 2023 |url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/2023-05/enroll-spring-2023_v2.pdf |website=oregonstate.edu/ |publisher=OSU |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 4,439 (spring 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enrollment Summary – 2023 |url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/2023-05/enroll-spring-2023_v2.pdf |website=oregonstate.edu/ |publisher=OSU |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
 | doctoral               = 1,458 (spring 2023)<ref name="klcc">{{cite web |title=OSU touts record enrollment figures |url=https://www.klcc.org/education/2022-11-10/osu-touts-record-enrollment-figures |website=klcc.org/ |date=November 10, 2022 |publisher=klcc |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]]
 | state                  = [[Oregon]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|44.5639|-123.2747|type:edu_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Small city
 | campus_size            = {{Convert|420|acre|ha|abbr=on}}
 | colors                 = Orange and black<ref name="colors">{{cite web |url=https://communications.oregonstate.edu/brand-guide/visual-identity/colors |title=Colors |date=June 25, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref><br/>{{college color boxes|Oregon State Beavers}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]|[[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Oregon State Beavers|Beavers]]
 | former_name            = ''[[#see Early names|See list]]''
 | mascot                 = [[Benny Beaver]]
 | website                = {{URL|www.oregonstate.edu}}
 | logo                   = Oregon State University primary logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = 1
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = {{hlist|[[Bend, Oregon|Bend]]|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]| [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]]}}
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[The Daily Barometer]]''
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'''Oregon State University''' ('''OSU''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[Corvallis, Oregon]], United States. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs and a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees through all 11 of the university's colleges. It has the seventh-largest engineering college in the nation (2023).<ref>{{cite web |title=College of Engineering Fact Sheet |url=https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/sites/engineering.oregonstate.edu/files/2023-03/2023_03_09_COE_FactSheet_FINAL_NB.pdf |website=engineering.oregonstate.edu |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> Undergraduate enrollment for all colleges combined averages over 32,000 while an additional 5,000 students are engaged in post-graduate coursework through the university.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nealon |first1=Sean |title=Oregon State University enrollment reaches a new record, eclipsing 35,000 |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-university-enrollment-reaches-new-record-eclipsing-35000#:~:text=With%2035%2C239%20students%20enrolled%2C%20up,for%20the%20ninth%20consecutive%20year |website=oregonstate.edu |date=November 10, 2022 |publisher=OSU |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> 

In 2023, over 37,000 students were enrolled at OSU, making it the largest university in the state. Out-of-state students typically make up over one-quarter of the student body. Since its founding, over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nealon|first=Sean|title=Oregon State will graduate a record number of students on June 12|url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-will-graduate-record-number-students-june-12|website=Oregon State University|date=June 7, 2021|access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref> The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref name="carnegie_ce">{{Cite web|last=Branam|first=Chris |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/carnegie-foundation-again-bestows-coveted-community-engagement-designation-osu|title=Carnegie Foundation again bestows coveted "Community Engagement" designation on OSU|date=January 31, 2020 |website=Oregon State University Newsroom|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>

Initially chartered as a land-grant university, OSU became one of only four inaugural members of the [[National Sea Grant College Program|sea grant program]] in 1971.<ref name="HistSeaGrant">{{Cite web|url=http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/aboutsg/historyofsg.html|title=History of Sea Grant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513163414/http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/aboutsg/historyofsg.html|archive-date=May 13, 2008|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]}}</ref> Membership in the [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space Grant]] came in 1991, followed by [[Sun Grant Association|Sun Grant]] membership in 2003. Only three schools in the nation held memberships in all four research areas at this time, a distinction that has helped OSU become a leading research university today.<ref name="mission">{{Cite web|title=Leadership: Mission Statement|author=Oregon State University Board of Trustees|url=https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/trustees/about-board/oregon-state-university-mission-statement|website=Oregon State University|date=February 25, 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419224404if_/https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/trustees/about-board/oregon-state-university-mission-statement|archive-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref> OSU received a record high $449.9 million in research funding for the 2022 fiscal year and has ranked as the state's top earner in research funding for over 50 years.<ref name="show_me_the_money">{{Cite web|last=Lundeberg|first=Steve|date=September 21, 2020|title=With awards totaling nearly $450 million, Oregon State sets record for annual research funding|url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/awards-totaling-nearly-450-million-oregon-state-sets-record-annual-research-funding|website=Oregon State University Newsroom|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> OSU is also one of the top five doctoral university destinations in the nation for [[Fulbright Scholars]] (2022&ndash;2023).<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Producing Institutions |url=https://fulbrightprogram.org/tpi/?_filter_tpi_type=scholar&_filter_tpi_year=2022-2023&_filter_tpi_degree=phd |website=fulbrightprogram.org |publisher=Fulbright Program |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|History of Oregon State University}}

=== The 1800s ===
[[File:OSAC Benton Hall.png|thumb|left|alt=Benton Hall|[[Community Hall (Oregon State University)|Benton Hall]] was constructed in 1889 and served as OSU's first administration building.]]
The university's roots date to 1856, when it was founded as a primary and preparatory community school known as Corvallis Academy. Corvallis area [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]] played a leading role in developing the academy. Several of the university's largest buildings are named after these founders today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/05/26/news/community/2loc10_munford.txt |title=Fraternal orders shaped Corvallis; Gazette Times; By Ken Munford; May 25, 2007, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/08/11/news/community/2loc06_munford.txt |title=Town, university have a symbiotic relationship; Gazette Times; By Ken Munford; August 10, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2006}}</ref> The early academy is recognized as the first to offer a postsecondary public education in the [[Oregon Territory]]. The first administrator and teacher was [[John Wesley Johnson]], a famous figure in Oregon higher education. Johnson received his secondary education in Corvallis and his undergraduate from [[Pacific University]] before managing the new academy. He later attended [[Yale University]] and became an instrumental figure in the development and administration of several other early Oregon colleges.<ref name="John Wesley Johnson">{{cite web |last1=Oregon State EDU |title=University Archives - Chronological History |url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1850.html |website=oregonstateedu.com |publisher=OSU |access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> Between 1860 and 1868, the [[Southern Methodist Church]] took ownership and ran the academy privately. 
In 1865, [[William A. Finley]] was hired as president and expanded the curriculum to include upper-level courses.<ref name="Influence of S. Methodists on OSU">{{cite web |last1=Edmonston |first1=George Jr. |last2=Bennett |first2=Tom |title=Southern Democrats and Corvallis College (1859-1865) |url=https://www.osualum.com/s/359/16/interior.aspx?sid=359&gid=1001&pgid=548 |website=osualum.com |publisher=OSU |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> The growth in curriculum made OSU a magnet for many [[Northwest]] young adults seeking professions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Landis |first1=Larry |title=Oregon State University |url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_state_university/#.X10VUGhKipg |website=oregonencyclopedia.org |publisher=The Oregon Encyclopedia |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> 

On August 22, 1868, the official articles of incorporation were filed for Oregon State University, known then as Corvallis College. To help ensure the state's sole public college would be well funded, the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] designated it Oregon's [[Land-grant university]] and the "agricultural college of the state of Oregon". Two months later, on October 27, 1868, OSU was chartered as the state's first and only public college. Finley remained in his post and is recognized as OSU's first president. Although OSU officially became a public and state-owned institution in 1868, the Southern Methodist Church remained an important part of the school's administration through the mid-1880s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=William G. |title=Education, Arts, and Letters |url=https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/this-land-oregon/education-arts-and-letters/a-framework-for-learning/ |website=oregonhistoryproject.org |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> Up until the turn of the 20th century, the early college adopted seven name variations. As with many land-grant colleges, [[List of university and college name changes in the United States|name changes were common]] during this period, and helped schools align with the largest federal grants in agricultural research.<ref name="Land Grant College History and College Names">{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=John C. |title=Land Grant College Education 1910-1920 Part 1 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED540752.pdf |website=eric.ed.gov |publisher=Dept. of Interior |access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Timeline of National Agricultural Movements">{{cite web |last1=Cal State |first1=Department of Agriculture |title=Historic Timeline for Agricultural and Natural Resources |url=http://vm136.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/projects/anr/timeline.pdf |website=lib.berkeley.edu |publisher=Cal State |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Woodward |first1=Carl R. |title=The Curriculum of the College of Agriculture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFWb46sNFDkC&q=American+Agricultural+Colleges%2C+by+Dr.+C.+D.+Jarvis%2C&pg=PA8 |website=google.books.com |year=1921 |publisher=Department of Interior - Education |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> The [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts]] were pivotal in helping OSU and other early American land-grant universities survive and thrive during a time when traditional colleges and universities often faced financial hardship. "This dependable flow of funds provided the long-sought financial foundation the colleges needed and encouraged state governments to make annual appropriations as well."<ref>{{cite web |last1=WILLIAMS |first1=ROGER L. |title=Land-Grant Colleges and Universities |url=https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2152/Land-Grant-Colleges-Universities.html |website=education.stateuniversity.com |publisher=The National Education Association (NEA) |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> 
{{anchor|see Early names}}
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|+ {{nowrap| Early names }}
|-
! scope=col | Year
! scope=col | Name
|-
| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1868 || Corvallis College{{Efn-la|group=names|name=fn1|<small>Unofficial name: 1868-1885</small><ref name="fn1">{{Cite web|url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1960.html|title=Chronological History of Oregon State University - 1960 to 1969|publisher=Oregon State University Library: Special Collections & Archives Research Center|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref>}}
|-
| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1872 || Corvallis State Agricultural College
|-
| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1876 || State Agricultural College
|-
| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1881 || Corvallis Agricultural College 
|-
| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1882 || Corvallis College 
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| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1886 || State Agricultural College of Oregon 
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| style="background: gray; color: white;"| 1889 || Oregon Agricultural College
|-
| 1927 || Oregon State Agricultural College
|-
| 1937 || Oregon State College
|-
| 1961 || Oregon State University 
|- style=""
| colspan="2" style="" | {{Notelist-la|group=names}}
|}

[[File:Ida Callahan, 1883 Corvallis College Faculty (3334586947).jpg|right|thumb|alt=Early professors|Faculty in 1883 (Left to Right): E. E. Grimm, Professor of Agriculture; Ida Callahan, Assistant Professor of English; B. L. Arnold, President; B. J. Hawthorn, Professor of Languages; Joseph Emery, Professor of math and natural sciences; W. W. Briston, accounting instructor.]]

Acceptance of the federal grant required the college to comply with many new requirements. The school was then authorized to grant [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Arts]] degrees. OSU's land-grant designation did not go without contention. In its early development, the cash-strapped founders of the University of Oregon asked the state to designate their planned institution Oregon's land-grant university, but the request was denied.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richard |first1=Terry |title=University of Oregon history in a nutshell, from campus historian |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2012/11/university_of_oregon_history_i.html |website=oregonlive.com/ |publisher=The Oregonian |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> The first graduates received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1870. Within two years, the school was renamed Corvallis State Agricultural College. As the school's name changed, so did its mission. Science and technology coursework became the most popular majors starting in 1900.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1960.html |title=Chronological History of Oregon State University - 1960 to 1969 |publisher=Scarc.library.oregonstate.edu |access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref>

===The 1900s===
[[File:Annual catalogue of the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon for and announcements for (1904) (14597991988) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Engineering students taking a class in analytical geometry. (1904)]] 
In 1914, the [[Oregon State Board of Higher Education]], known then as the State Board of Higher Curricula, began assigning specific colleges to Oregon State University and the [[University of Oregon]] in an effort to eliminate duplication. "...the board confined studies in engineering and commerce to the Corvallis campus and major work in the liberal arts and related subjects to the University of Oregon in Eugene. This was the first in a series of actions to make the curricula of the two schools separate and distinct."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Groshong |first1=James W. |title=The making of a university - Oregon State University |url=https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/downloads/ff365b151?locale=en |website=oregonstate.edu |publisher=OSU |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Duplication of Courses in Certain Schools and Departments of Oregon by the Oregon Agricultural College |url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids/?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=4271 |website=scarc.library.oregonstate.edu |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>

In 1927, the school's name was officially changed from Oregon Agricultural College to Oregon State Agricultural College (OSAC).<ref>OSU Libraries–University Archives, [https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1920.html "Chronological History: 1920–1929,"] scarc.library.oregonstate.edu</ref>

In 1929, the legislative assembly passed the Oregon Unification Bill, which placed Oregon's public colleges under greater oversight of the newly renamed Oregon State Board of Higher Education. A doctorate in education was first offered in the early 1930s, with the conferral of four [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degrees in 1935. That year also saw the creation of the first summer session. The growing diversity in degrees offered by the college led leaders to adopt the name "Oregon State College" in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1920.html |title=Chronological History of Oregon State University - 1920-1929 |website=Oregon State University Library Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923101544/http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/chronology/chron_1920.html |archive-date=September 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 10, 2019}}</ref>

The name Oregon State University was adopted on March 6, 1961, by a legislative act signed into law by Governor [[Mark Hatfield]].<ref name=omsbgh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XP9VAAAAIBAJ&pg=2154%2C807741 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=OSU measure signed by Gov. Hatfield |date=March 6, 1961 |page=1}}</ref>

==Campuses and educational outlets==
{{Anchor|Oregon State University Historic District}}

=== Main campus (Corvallis) ===
[[File:OSU by air.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Memorial Union Quad]]
The {{Convert|420|acre|ha|adj=on}}, tree-lined main campus serves as an internationally recognized arboretum and the centerpiece of [[Corvallis, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State University's historic campus earns coveted arboretum status |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-university%E2%80%99s-historic-campus-earns-coveted-arboretum-status |website=oregonstate.edu/ |publisher=OSU |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> The campus is 83 miles south of Portland, near the middle of the state's [[Willamette Valley]]. Much of the main campus was designed by landscape architect [[John Charles Olmsted]] in 1906. In 2008, Olmsted's early campus design was designated by the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the Oregon State University Historic District.<ref name="OSUHDNom">{{Citation |last1=Meijer |first1=Peter R. |date=April 2008 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oregon State University Historic District |url=http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=NR_Noms/08000546.pdf | access-date = October 13, 2014}}</ref> It is the only college or university campus in Oregon to hold a [[historic district]] designation.<ref name=PDXBus>
{{cite news |url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/09/08/daily40.html |title=Oregon State campus declared historic district |date=September 11, 2008 |publisher=Portland Business Journal |website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date= April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name="OSU_PR1">{{Cite news|url=http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2008/Sep08/historicdistrict.html|title=Media Release: National Historic District Approved for Oregon State University|date=September 11, 2008|website=Oregon State University Communication Services|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115200617if_/http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2008/Sep08/historicdistrict.html|archive-date=January 15, 2009|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> The [[Memorial Union (Oregon State University)|Memorial Union]] was designed by OSU alum and renowned Oregon architect, [[Lee Arden Thomas]]. It has been recognized as "one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Oregon."<ref>{{Cite web| first=George P. Jr. |last=Edmonston|title=Up Close and Personal: Ghost Level Data|url=https://osughost.imodules.com/s/resources/templates/login/index.aspx?sid=359&pgid=492|website=Oregon State Campus Tour|publisher=OSU Alumni Association|access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref>

=== OSU-Cascades (Bend)===
[[File:20180507 CascadesCampus HO-5221.jpg|thumb|right|Tykeson Hall at OSU-Cascades. (Photo by Hannah O'Leary)]]

In 2016 OSU completed the construction of a 10-acre branch campus in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]]. This campus is called [[OSU-Cascades]] and offers students living in Oregon's central region an opportunity to attend select classes closer to their homes.<ref name="OSU Cascades Stats">{{cite web |title=OSU-Cascades records largest first-year class, reshaping student demographics |url=https://osucascades.edu/news/osu-cascades-records-largest-first-year-class-reshaping-student-demographics#:~:text=Oregon%20State%20University%20%E2%80%93%20Cascades%20recorded,percent%20increase%20over%20last%20year. |website=osucascades.edu |date=November 7, 2018 |publisher=OSU |access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>

As of 2023, the branch campus stretches across 30 acres in southwest Bend, with options to grow into 90 more acres of OSU-owned land nearby. The latest goal is to attract around 5,000 students per year within the next decade. As of 2023, enrollment was around 1,400 students.

===Ecampus (online)===
Oregon State offers more than 80 degree and certificate programs made up from a selection of over 1,500 online courses in more than 110 subjects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/programs.htm |title=All Degrees & Programs |work=oregonstate.edu}}</ref> [[U.S. News & World Report]] ranks OSU's online [[Oregon State University Ecampus|Ecampus]] fourth nationally (2024). The Ecampus has held a top-10-ranking since 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State earns 10th straight top-10 national ranking for online education |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-earns-10th-straight-top-10-national-ranking-online-education |website=oregonstate.edu |date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=OSU |access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref> In 2021 College Choice ranked the Ecampus [[Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts| college of liberal arts]] program the best in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State University ranked #1 for Best Online Liberal Arts Colleges |url=https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/news/2021/best-online-liberal-arts-colleges/ |website=oregonstateedu.com |date=May 12, 2021 |publisher=OSU |access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref> The same faculty teaching on campus also teach many of their programs and courses online through the Ecampus website. Students who pursue an online education at Oregon State earn the same diploma and transcript as on-campus students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/|title=Online and Distance Degrees |work=oregonstate.edu}}</ref>

===OSU Portland Center (offices, classrooms and meeting spaces)===
In 2017, Oregon State University's Portland headquarters were relocated to the newly renovated Meier & Frank building. The historic building features modern offices, classrooms and meeting spaces; which fill the entire second floor of what is now known as the Portland Building. [[File:Meier & Frank Building sunlit 2014.jpg|thumb|alt= The historic Portland Building.|The historic Portland Building located downtown.]] Located next to downtown Portland's Pioneer Square, the OSU Portland Center accommodates offices for the OSU Extension Service, the OSU Foundation, the OSU Alumni Association, and the OSU Athletics Department. The downtown building provides the university with a more central location, in the state's largest city, to maintain a base of operations. Aside from offices, the second floor also provides classroom space for teaching, research and meeting space for outreach engagement - similar to the work at OSU's other campuses in Corvallis and Bend. Executives and university scientists working on major initiatives, such as the Marine Studies Initiative, use the space for lectures and international conferences.
The OSU Portland Center is also an important part of the OSU Advantage partnership. The partnership brings members of private industry, from throughout the world, to Portland to discuss proposed commercialization initiatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=OSU to take over second floor of historic Meier & Frank Building |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/story/osu-take-over-second-floor-historic-meier-frank-building |website=oregonstate.edu |date=November 21, 2017 |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>

===Hatfield Marine Science Center (Newport)===
[[File:Hatfield Marine Science Center Submarine.jpg|thumb|A manned [[submersible]], once used for underwater research, is on display at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.]]
Recognized as one of the top marine laboratories in the nation, OSU's [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]] has been a fixture in Newport, Oregon for over 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=OSU names NOAA leader to direct Marine Science Center |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2002/mar/osu-names-noaa-leader-direct-marine-science-center |website=oregonstate.edu |date=July 13, 2009 |publisher=OSU |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER |url=https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/ |website=oregonstate.edu |publisher=OSU |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Researchers at Hatfield |url=https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/researchers-hatfield |website=oregonstate.edu |date=January 11, 2013 |publisher=OSU |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> The campus serves as an oceanographic research base for six state and federal agencies and also a resource for K-12 educators and the public. OSU's agriculture, oceanography and marine science students have an opportunity to serve as summer interns at the Newport campus, while post-graduate students participate in a wide array of research programs year-around.

A $16.5 million project to build a 34,000-square-foot dormitory for OSU's post-graduate students, staff and visiting professionals was approved in 2023. The complex will include 70+ studio-style apartments and a small number of two-bedroom apartments near the Newport campus.

===Food Innovation Center (Portland)===
[[File:0047 OSUAGPress 3044 (32382447821).jpg|thumb|An OSU student and researcher stacks ten-pound wheels of freshly made Beaver Classic cheese. Photo by Karl Maasdam]]
The College of Agriculture operates the Food Innovation Center (FIC) at its facility in Portland's Nato Parkway. The center is dedicated to helping Oregon's food manufacturers turn culinary innovations into commercially successful products. Researchers at the center offer services in product development, food safety, packaging design, marketing, and business plan development. The center operates as a collaboration between the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Oregon Department of Agriculture. 

FIC was the first urban agricultural experiment station in the nation and is a unique resource for a wide array of food and beverage companies. FIC operates in a 33,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility and supports the state's $5 billion agriculture industry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wells |first1=John Henry |title=OSU, ODA Food Innovation Center helps bring ideas to market |url=https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-oda-food-innovation-center-helps-bring-ideas-market |website=oregonstate.edu |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

==Organization and administration==
===Colleges and schools===
[[File:Memorial Union at Oregon State University.jpg|right|thumb|[[Memorial Union (Oregon State University)|Memorial Union]]]]
All academic courses at OSU operate under the quarter-system, which breaks down into four, 11-week terms. The professional disciplines taught at OSU are divided among 11 colleges, an honors college, and a graduate school. Each college has a dean who is responsible for all faculty, staff, students and academic programs. Colleges are divided into schools or departments, administered by a chair/head/director who oversees program coordinators. Each school or department is responsible for academic programs leading to degrees, certificates, options or minors.

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* College of Agricultural Sciences
* [[Oregon State University College of Business|College of Business]]
* College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
* College of Education
* [[Oregon State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]]
* College of Forestry
* University Honors College{{efn|name=honors-c}}
* [[Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts|College of Liberal Arts]]
* College of Pharmacy
* College of Public Health and Human Sciences
* [[Oregon State University College of Science|College of Science]]
* Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
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{{efn|name=honors-c|Supplemental to discipline-majors.}}
}}

===Educational extension===
The OSU Educational Extension is a section for non-students and [[adult education]].

===Extension Service===
[[File:Hazelnuts Oregon State.jpg|thumb|alt=Hazelnuts_Oregon_State|Researchers at the OSU N. Willamette Research & Extension Center inspecting Hazelnuts. Photo: Sean Nealon.]]
The OSU Extension service is an [[agricultural extension]] established on July 24, 1911,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://extension.oregonstate.edu/about/our-history |title=Our History {{pipe}} Oregon State University Extension Service |publisher=Extension.oregonstate.edu |date=July 24, 1911 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113033234/http://extension.oregonstate.edu/about/our-history |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> under the leadership of Vice Provost Ivory W. Lyles (OSU Extension Service Administration).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://extension.oregonstate.edu/about/our-leadership |title=Our Leadership {{pipe}} Oregon State University Extension Service |date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=Extension.oregonstate.edu |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref> There are OSU Extension offices, Combined Experiment & [[Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station]]s, and Branch Experiment Stations located throughout the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://extension.oregonstate.edu/find-us |title=Find Us {{pipe}} Oregon State University Extension Service |publisher=Extension.oregonstate.edu |access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> 
Programs include [[4-H]] Youth Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources (includes OSU [[Master Gardener]]), [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|Family and Community Health/SNAP-Ed]], [[Forestry]] and [[Natural resource|Natural Resources]], OSU Open Campus, K-12 [[Outdoor education|Outdoor School]], and Oregon [[Sea Grant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://extension.oregonstate.edu/about/program-areas |title=Program Areas {{pipe}} Oregon State University Extension Service |date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=Extension.oregonstate.edu |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>

===Funding===
[[File:Oregon State University clock tower.jpg|thumb|OSU's Beta Campanile Tower]]Together with university leaders, the [[Oregon State University Foundation]] publicly launched Oregon State's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Campaign for OSU, on October 26, 2007, with a goal of $625 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2007/oct/oregon-state-university-launches-625-million-campaign-first-osu-history |title=Oregon State University launches $625 million campaign, the first in OSU history {{!}} News and Research Communications {{!}} Oregon State University |website=oregonstate.edu |access-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> Donors exceeded the goal in October 2010 nearly a year ahead of schedule, resulting in a goal increase to $850 million. In March 2012, the goal was raised to $1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/mar/goal-expanded-1-billion-%25E2%2580%2598campaign-osu%25E2%2580%2599 |title=Goal expanded to $1 billion for "Campaign for OSU" {{!}} News and Research Communications {{!}} Oregon State University |website=oregonstate.edu |access-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> At OSU's annual State of the University address in Portland on January 31, 2014, President Edward J. Ray announced that campaign contributions had passed $1 billion, making OSU one of 35 public universities to cross the billion-dollar fundraising mark and one of only two organizations in the Pacific Northwest to reach that milestone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osufoundation.org/news/pressreleases/current/0131_1billiongoalmet/ |title=OSU Surpasses Fundraising Milestone of $1 Billion |publisher=Campaignforosu.org |access-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2014/01/31/oregon-state-fundraising-1-billion.html?page=all |title=Oregon State University's fundraising passes $1 billion |publisher=Portland Business Journal |access-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2014/03/oregon_state_university_raises.html |title=Oregon State University raises $1.01 billion -- well ahead of schedule |website=OregonLive.com |date=March 4, 2014 |access-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> The Campaign for OSU concluded on December 31, 2014, with more than $1.1 billion from 106,000 donors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osufoundation.org/thecampaign/index.htm/ |title=Summary of The Campaign for OSU |publisher=OSU Foundation}}</ref>

The Oregon State University Foundation is a nonprofit organization chartered to raise and administer private funds in support of the university's education, research and outreach, governed by a volunteer board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osufoundation.org/s/359/foundation/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=34&pgid=4398 |title=OSU Foundation - Volunteer Leadership |website=www.osufoundation.org |access-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> It holds net assets exceeding $1 billion and manages most of the university's composite endowment, valued at more than $827 million. 

In October 2022, the Foundation publicly launched Believe It: The Campaign for OSU, the university's second comprehensive fundraising and engagement campaign, with a $1.75 billion goal for student and faculty support, facilities and equipment and strategic initiatives. Donors have stepped forward with over $1 billion in gifts since the campaign began in 2017.

===International partnerships===
[[File:Weatherford Hall Oregon State University Greg Keene.jpg|thumb|right|Weatherford Hall, 2009]]
Oregon State has varied and numerous<ref>{{cite web |url=http://international.oregonstate.edu/vpip/partnerships-and-agreements |title=OSU: Partnerships and Agreements |publisher=Oregon State University}}</ref> partnership agreements with international institutions, including [[James Cook University]] in [[Australia]], the [[University of Forestry, Sofia|University of Forestry]] in [[Bulgaria]], [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]] in [[New Zealand]] and [[India|India's]] Gokula Education Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://international.oregonstate.edu/agreement-profile/gokula-education-foundation |title=Division of International Programs |website=Oregon State University}}</ref>

==Academics==
===Undergraduate admissions===
Undergraduate admission to Oregon State is rated "selective" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/oregon-state-3210 |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings: Oregon State University |year=2017 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> OSU is the largest university in the state and set a new record for enrollment in 2023. Close to 37,000 students attended the university during the year - the most for any Oregon university on record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State University enrollment reaches a new record, topping 36,000 |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-university-enrollment-reaches-new-record-topping-36000 |website=oregonstate.edu |date=November 7, 2023 |publisher=OSU |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> 

For fall 2015, OSU received 14,058 freshman applications; 11,016 were admitted (78.4%) and 3,593 enrolled.<ref name="CDS2015">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2015-16.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2015-2016|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> Fall of 2022 brought in the largest freshman class the university had seen, with 7,146 new students.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-university-enrollment-reaches-new-record-eclipsing-35000#:~:text=First%2Dyear%20students%20at%20Oregon,from%206%2C600%20students%20to%207%2C146 | title=Oregon State University enrollment reaches a new record, eclipsing 35,000 | date=November 10, 2022 }}</ref> The average high school grade point average ([[GPA]]) of the enrolled freshmen was 3.58, while the middle 50% range of [[SAT]] scores were 480-610 for critical reading, 490-630 for math, and 470-590 for writing.<ref name="CDS2015" /> The middle 50% range of the [[ACT (test)|ACT]] Composite score was 21–28.<ref name="CDS2015" />

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; empty-cells: hide; float: right; font-size: 0.92em; margin-left: 2em; text-align: center"
|+ Annual Incoming Student Cohort Statistics, 2011–2017
 |- style="border: 0;"
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 ! scope="col" | 2011<ref name="cds_11-12">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2011-12.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2011-2012|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" | 2012<ref name="cds_12-13">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2012-13.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2012-2013|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" | 2013<ref name="cds_13-14">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2013-14.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2013-2014|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" | 2014<ref name="cds_14-15">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2014-15.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2014-2015|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" | 2015<ref name="CDS2015" />
 ! scope="col" | 2016<ref name="cds_16-17">{{Cite web|url=https://institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/sites/institutionalresearch.oregonstate.edu/files/cds-2016-17.pdf|title=Institutional Research: Common Data Set 2016-2017|website=Oregon State University|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Applicants
 | 12,197 || 12,330 || 14,239 || 14,115 || 14,058 || 14,595
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Admissions
 | 9,471 || 9,720 || 11,303 || 10,975 || 11,016 || 11,308
 |-
 ! scope="row" | % Admitted
 | 77.7 || 78.8 || 79.4 || 77.8 || 78.4 || 77.5
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Enrolled
 | 3,506 || 3,333 || 3,970 || 3,718 || 3,593 || 3,814
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Median [[Grading in education|GPA]]
 | 3.56 || 3.56 || 3.56 || 3.59 || 3.58 || 3.67
 |-
 ! Combined [[SAT]] (max. 2400){{Efn-lr|group=admissions|name=fn2|<small>Ranges shown represent the thresholds for the second quartile (25%) and top quartile (75%) of all scores submitted that year.</small>}}
 | N/A || 1430-1810 || 1430-1810 || 1440-1820 || 1440-1830 || 1460-1830
 |-
 ! [[ACT (test)|ACT]] Composite (max. 36){{Efn-lr|group=admissions|name=fn2}}
 | 21-27 || 21-27 || 21-27 || 21-28 || 21-28 || 22-28
 |-
 | colspan="7" style="border: 1px solid #fff; border-bottom: 3px solid #fff; background: #fff;" | {{Notelist-lr|group=admissions}}
|}

===Teaching===
OSU has more majors, minors and special programs than any other university or college in Oregon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://den-oweb.petersons.com/ccc92/display_pdf?p_instance_id=154983.pdf |title=OSU- Peterson's |access-date=February 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529070655/http://den-oweb.petersons.com/ccc92/display_pdf?p_instance_id=154983.pdf |archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>

===Research===
[[File:Oregon_State_University_Research_Ship_-_RV_Taani.jpg|thumb|The R/V Taani. One of Oregon State University's three new research vessels (launched in 2023).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klampe |first1=Michelle |title=Ship launch marks key milestone in OSU-led construction of new U.S. oceanographic research vessels |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/ship-launch-marks-key-milestone-osu-led-construction-new-us-oceanographic-research-vessels-0 |website=today.oregonstate.edu |date=May 22, 2023 |publisher=OSU |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>]]Research has played a central role in the university's overall operations for much of its history.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the OSU Seed Lab |url=http://seedlab.oregonstate.edu/history-osu-seed-lab |work=OSU Oregon State University |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Adriel Garay |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OSU Celebrates 50 Years of Oceanography Research |url=http://poweredbyorange.com/2009/07/14/osu-celebrates-50-years-of-oceanography-research/ |work=Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Oregon State University |date=July 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425160430/http://poweredbyorange.com/2009/07/14/osu-celebrates-50-years-of-oceanography-research/ |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=College of Forestry Records (RG 139) |url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/files/archives/rg/rg139des.html |work=College of Forestry Records |publisher=OSU Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=George W. Peavy |author2=Paul M. Dunn |author3=Walter F. McCulloch |location=State Department of Forestry—State Archives of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OAES History |url=http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/research/about/history |work=OSU Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=OSU Oregon State University |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The George R. Hyslop Professorship for Oregon Grass Seed Research and Education |url=http://osufoundation.org/howtogive/namingopportunities/endowedpositions/hyslopprofessorship/ |work=The Campaign for OSU |publisher=Oregon State University OSU Foundation |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Oregon State University OSU Foundation |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Acquisition of McDonald-Dunn Forests |url=http://www.cof.orst.edu/cf/forests/mcdonald/acquisition_history.php |work=OSU Oregon State University College Forests |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Oregon State University College Forests |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013001634/http://www.cof.orst.edu/cf/forests/mcdonald/acquisition_history.php |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guide to the College of Agricultural Sciences Records 1895-1997 |url=http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv93714 |work=Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) |publisher=Orbis Cascade Alliance |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) |year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://osuseafoodlab.oregonstate.edu/about |work=OSU Seafood & Research Education Center |publisher=OSU Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=OSU Seafood & Research Education Center |year=1995–2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=http://wave.oregonstate.edu/Facilities |work=O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory |publisher=OSU Oregon State University |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guide to the Radiation Center Photographs 1959-1965 |url=http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ark:/80444/xv51320 |work=Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) |publisher=Orbis Cascade Alliance |access-date=July 22, 2012 |author=Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen<!-- |archival url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives |archive location=Oregon State University LibrariesUniversity Archives--> |page=033 |year=2008}}</ref> Most of OSU's research continues at the Corvallis campus, but an increasing number of endeavors are underway at locations throughout the state and abroad. Research facilities beyond the campus include the John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory in Corvallis,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu/aahl |title=John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory - Department of Microbiology - Oregon State University |website=microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu|date=October 29, 2024 }}</ref> the Seafood Laboratory in [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria]] and the Food Innovation Center (FIC) in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref>[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=2 Mission, Values, Guidelines, OSU History, Accreditation] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221155/http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=2 |date=October 4, 2011 }}, oregonstate.edu</ref>

The 2005 [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]] recognized OSU as a "comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary" university. It is one of three such universities in the [[Pacific Northwest]] to be classified in this category. In 2006, Carnegie also recognized OSU as having "very high research activity", making it the only university in Oregon to attain these combined classifications.<ref>[http://oregonstate.edu/events/newsevents/carnegie.html Information about Oregon State University] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627052303/http://oregonstate.edu/events/newsevents/carnegie.html |date=June 27, 2006 }}, oregonstate.edu</ref>

OSU was one of the early members of the federal [[Space grant colleges|Space Grant]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacegrant.oregonstate.edu/history-oregon-nasa-space-grant-consortium|title=History of the Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium|website=Oregon State University|date=May 25, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> Designated in 1991, the additional grant program made Oregon State one of only 13 schools in the United States at that time to serve as a combined [[Land-grant university|Land Grant]], Sea Grant and Space Grant university.

[[File:RV Oceanus Newport Yaquina Bay Bridge Surface Mooring.jpg|thumb|An OSU marine technician at [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]] prepares a surface mooring]]
The university's College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) operates several laboratories, including the [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]] and multiple oceanographic research vessels based in [[Newport, Oregon]].<ref>[http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/ Hatfield Marine Science Center], oregonstate.edu</ref> CEOAS is co-leading the largest ocean science project in U.S. history. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) features a fleet of undersea gliders at six sites in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with multiple observation platforms.<ref name="Largest ocean science project in U.S. history">[http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/10/largest_ocean_science_project.html Largest ocean science project in U.S. history launches soon off Oregon coast], oregonlive.com</ref> CEOAS is also leading the design and construction of the next class of ocean-faring research vessels for the [[National Science Foundation]], which will be the largest grant or contract ever received by any Oregon university.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regional Class Research Vessel |url=http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/ships/rcrv/ |website=RCRV |publisher=CEOAS |access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> The first of three planned research vessels, the Taani, was launched in May 2023 and will be stationed in Newport. 

OSU also manages nearly {{cvt|11250|acre}} of forest land, including the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest.<ref name="OSUcollegeforests">{{cite web |url=http://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/sites/cf/files/mcdunn_plan.pdf |title=McDonald{{hyphen}}Dunn Forest Plan |date=June 2005 |publisher=Oregon State University - College of Forestry |author=Forest Engineering |website=cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu |access-date=April 1, 2018 }}</ref>

[[File:OSU Radiation Center.JPG|thumb|The [[Oregon State University Radiation Center|OSU Radiation Center]].]]In 1967 the [[OSU Radiation Center|Radiation Center]] was constructed at the edge of campus, housing a 1.1 [[megawatt|MW]] [[TRIGA]] Mark II Research [[Nuclear reactor|Reactor]]. The reactor is equipped to utilize high-assay, low-enriched ([[HALEU]]) [[uranium zirconium hydride]] fuel. ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''<nowiki/>'s 2008 rankings placed OSU eighth in the nation in graduate [[nuclear engineering]]. In the early 2000s, researchers at the campus reactor developed the first working prototype [[Small modular reactor|Small Modular Reactor]] (SMR) to power large commercial operations, buildings, and large industrial facilities. More recently, Oregon State University has partnered with a leading manufacturer of SMRs, [[NuScale]] (a company started in part by OSU Faculty), to provide continued research and development for commercial applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State-NuScale partnership powers the future of nuclear energy |url=https://advantage.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/oregon-state-nuscale-partnership-powers-future-nuclear-energy |website=oregonstate.edu |date=October 31, 2017 |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>

[[File:OSU Wave Lab exterior.JPG|thumb|The O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory.]]
The university's College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) operates several laboratories, including the Hatfield Marine Science Center and multiple oceanographic research vessels based in Newport. In 2001, OSU's Wave Research Laboratory was designated by the National Science Foundation as a site for tsunami research under the Network for [[Earthquake engineering|Earthquake Engineering]] Simulation. The [[O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory]] is on the edge of the campus and is one of the world's largest and most sophisticated laboratories for education, research and testing in coastal, ocean and related areas.<ref name="WRL-aboutus">[http://wave.oregonstate.edu/About_Us/ About Us: O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228084511/http://wave.oregonstate.edu/About_Us/ |date=February 28, 2008 }}, oregonstate.edu</ref>

Oregon State University operates two off-shore research test facilities near Newport for commercial [[wave power|wave energy]] technology companies to stress test prototypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Federal lease allows Oregon State's offshore wave energy testing facility to move ahead in 2021 |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/federal-lease-allows-oregon-state%E2%80%99s-offshore-wave-energy-testing-facility-move-ahead-2021 |website=oregonstate.edu |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> The North and South PacWave Energy Test Facilities are located several miles off the coast of Newport and serviced by the university's Hatfield Marine Science Center. The South PacWave Test Facility is an open ocean test site consisting of four berths, which occupy two square nautical miles of ocean with a cable route to shore of approximately 12 miles in length.  The North PacWave Test Facility offers a site in state waters with streamlined permitting (the expected time to permit is under one year). The site is shallower than PacWave South and closer to port.<ref>{{cite web |title=TESTING WAVE ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE |url=https://pacwaveenergy.org/ |website=pacwaveenergy.org |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PACWAVE NORTH WAVE ENERGY TEST SITE |url=https://oregonstate.app.box.com/s/tl0cms0js7tz0k1qvzvxbm445adj03pk |website=oregonstate.edu |publisher=OSU |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PACWAVE SOUTH WAVE ENERGY TEST SITE |url=https://pacwaveenergy.org/south-test-site/ |publisher=OSU |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TESTING WAVE ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE |url=https://pacwaveenergy.org/ |website=pacwaveenergy.org/ |publisher=pacwaveenergy.org |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

The [[National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences]] funds two research centers at OSU. The Environmental Health Sciences Center<ref>[http://ehsc.oregonstate.edu The Environmental Health Sciences Center], oregonstate.edu</ref> has been funded since 1969 and the Superfund Research Center<ref>[http://oregonstate.edu/superfund Superfund Research Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206055302/http://oregonstate.edu/superfund/ |date=December 6, 2010 }}, oregonstate.edu</ref> has been funded since 2009.

OSU administers the [[Andrews Forest|H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest]], a [[United States Forest Service]] facility dedicated to forestry and ecology research. The Andrews Forest is a UNESCO [[Man and the Biosphere Programme|International Biosphere Reserve]].

{{Anchor|Open Source Lab}}OSU's Open Source Lab is a nonprofit founded in 2003 and funded in part by corporate sponsors that include Facebook, Google, and IBM.<ref name="osuosl">{{cite web |url=https://osuosl.org/about/ |title=About OSU Open Source Lab}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/783580/ |title=The state of the OSU Open Source Lab}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/supercell-test-infrastructure-for-any-open-source-project/488718878919 |title=Supercell: test infrastructure for any open source project |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> The organization's goal is to advance [[open source]] technology by hiring and training students in software development and operations for large-scale coding projects. The lab hosts a number of projects, including contracted work for the [[Linux Foundation]]<ref name="osuosl"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linux.com/news/oregon-lab-plays-web-host-stars-open-source/ |title=Oregon lab plays Web host to the stars of open source |date=May 19, 2006}}</ref> and [[Oregon State Wireless Active Learning Device]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://osuosl.org/blog/osl-talks-oswald-and-ganeti-open-source-bridge/|title=OSU Open Source Lab {{!}} Oregon State University|website=osuosl.org|language=en|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref>

===Military===
[[File:OAC-armory.jpg|thumb|right|Construction of the Oregon Agricultural College Armory (later McAlexander Fieldhouse), was completed in 1910.]]

Oregon State University is one of the few universities to have [[ROTC]] detachments for each branch of the [[US Military]]. [[Oregon State University Army ROTC]] is a distinguished program and has been taught regularly since 1873. The so-called Beaver Battalion is known as the West Point of the West for producing more commissioned officers than any other non-military school during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arotc.oregonstate.edu/ |title=Army ROTC |website=Army ROTC}}</ref> It is located in McAlexander Fieldhouse, named after General [[Ulysses G. McAlexander]], the former commander of Army ROTC.

After the Second World War ended in 1945, a [[Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps|Department of Naval Science]] was added at Oregon State. Providing officer training for both the [[US Navy]] and the [[US Marine Corps]], it became one of the largest in the nation and has earned the unofficial title "Naval Academy of the Northwest."<ref>1977. ''OSU NROTC Unit Earns Title of the "Naval Academy of the Northwest."'' Corvallis</ref> On July 1, 1949, the [[US Army Air Corps]] training branch became a separate officer training unit later known as Aerospace Science. The Oregon State [[Air Force ROTC]] draws more freshmen scholarships than any other AFROTC unit in the nation and has had over 1,000 officers commissioned. In 1977, two graduates of the OSU AFROTC became the first women pilots in the Air Force.<ref>Oregon State University Army ROTC. History of Military Science at Oregon State University. 2016.</ref> The Army and Air Force ROTC programs at the university share the McAlexander Fieldhouse.

===Libraries===
[[File:The Valley Library OSU.png|thumb|right|[[The Valley Library]]]]
In 1999, OSU finished a $40 million remodeling of the campus library. Known as the [[Valley Library]], the remodeled building was selected by ''[[The Library Journal]]'' as its 1999 Library of the Year, the first academic library so named.<ref name="Ranking">{{cite web |title=Oregon State University (OSU) |url=http://www.moveonnet.eu/directory/institution?id=USCORVALL01 |work=moveonnet - Higher Education Worldwide |publisher=moveonnet |access-date=July 1, 2012 |author=Staff |date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626144545/http://www.moveonnet.eu/directory/institution?id=USCORVALL01 |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Rankings and recognition===
In 2023, the [[Center for World University Rankings]] (CWUR) ranked Oregon State University in the top 1.4 percent out of 20,531 degree-granting institutions of higher education worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State University ranked in the top 1.4% of universities worldwide |url=https://kval.com/news/local/oregon-state-university-ranked-in-the-top-14-of-universities-worldwide |website=kval.com | date=May 16, 2023 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>  The CWUR is known for relying heavily on outcome-based data to compile their rankings.

In 2021, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked OSU tied for 139th nationally, tied for 71st top public and tied for 58th "most innovative" university in the U.S., and tied for 277th best globally.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/oregon-state-3210/overall-rankings |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings - Oregon State University |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref>

In its 2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (ARWU)'' ranked Oregon State University's oceanography program 5th in the world, its agricultural sciences program in the top 50 worldwide, and its earth sciences, ecology and water resources program among the top 100 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2022 |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022 |publisher = ShanghaiRanking Consultancy |website = www.shanghairanking.com |access-date = April 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101326/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2022 |archive-date = April 2, 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Agriculture and forestry at Oregon State University rank 26th in the world (11th in the U.S.), according to ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/agriculture-forestry |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject {{hyphen}} Agriculture & Forestry |access-date=July 10, 2019 |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited}}</ref>

In 2012, ECONorthwest conducted an [[economic impact analysis]] that found that each year OSU has a $2.06 billion economic footprint. $1.93 billion of this total was in the state of Oregon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2012/01/oregon_state_university_has_2.html |title=Oregon State University has $2 billion economic footprint, says President Ed Ray |first=Bill |last=Graves |date=January 19, 2012 |website=oregonlive.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Economic Impact of Oregon State University |url=http://www.econw.com/case-studies/the-economic-impact-of-oregon-state-university |newspaper=ECONorthwest |access-date=August 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407032211/http://www.econw.com/case-studies/the-economic-impact-of-oregon-state-university/ |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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 | Biological Sciences || 90
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 | Computer Science || 68
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 | Economics || 90
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 | Education || 123
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 | Engineering || 74
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 | Mathematics || 74
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 | Pharmacy || 31
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 | Psychology || 148
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 | Public Affairs || 101
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 | Microbiology || 139
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 | Molecular Biology & Genetics || 393
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 | Physics || 684
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== Student life ==
[[File:OSU Dixon Rec Center.JPG|thumb|[[Dixon Recreation Center]]]]
[[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] is Oregon's 9th-largest city. It is a relatively small community and many of the local events have a strong connection to the university. OSU has over 400 active student organizations and groups. The campus is only a few hours' driving distance from any number of outdoor recreation opportunities. Several federal and state natural forests and parks are popular student destinations. These include the [[Cascade Range]], a rugged coastline, several large forests, the high desert and numerous rivers and lakes. [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], Oregon's largest city, is {{cvt|85|mi|km|0}} north of campus.

From 1930 to 1968, OSU was home to the Gamma chapter of [[Phrateres]], a philanthropic-social organization for female college students. Gamma was the third chapter of the organization, which eventually had over 20 chapters in [[Canada]] and the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/item_viewer_full.php?CISOROOT=/EAD&CISOPTR=460&REC=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504114001/http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/item_viewer_full.php?CISOROOT=%2FEAD&CISOPTR=460&REC=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |title=Digital Collections : L_TITLE_ITEM_VIEWER |date=May 4, 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>

Most older OSU students live off campus, but on-campus housing is available and required for most incoming freshmen. There are 16 residence halls on campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State to name new residence hall after pioneering student |url=http://kval.com/news/local/oregon-state-to-name-new-residence-hall-after-pioneering-student |website=KVAL |access-date = January 30, 2016 |language=en-US |first=Mark |last=Floyd |date=May 28, 2016}}</ref> [[File:Irish Bend Covered Bridge 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Irish Bend Covered Bridge]] - The west side of campus is dedicated, primarily, to agricultural research. It is also home to this historic landmark.]]

[[The LaSells Stewart Center]] is the conference and performing arts center for the campus. Many famous speakers have graced the stage of the campus's main auditorium, Austin Auditorium, while the Corvallis-OSU Symphony plays there frequently. The OSU Office of Conferences and Special Events is in the auditorium.

The PRAx (Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts) is a 49,000 square foot arts center at Oregon State University. It features the nearly 500 seat Lynne Hallstrom Detrick Concert Hall, 200 seat Edward J. Ray Theater, The 3,000-square-foot Kate and John Stirek Art Gallery, Dixie Luana Wooton Kenney Garden, Thomas W. Toomey Lobby and Celia Strickland Austin & Ken Austin III | Loni Austin Parrish & Scott N. Parrish Arts Plaza.

The university is home to Orange Media Network, the university's student media department. Orange Media Network encompasses the award-winning ''[[The Daily Barometer]]'' student newspaper, [[KBVR|KBVR 88.7 FM]], KBVR-TV, Prism Art and Literary Journal, lifestyle magazine Beaver's Digest, and fashion magazine DAMchic.

===Student government===
The Associated Students of Oregon State University (ASOSU) is the officially recognized student government at Oregon State University and represents all students in campus affairs and at community, state and federal levels regarding issues that directly influence the quality of and access to, post-secondary education.

===Diversity===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Oregon State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?209542-Oregon-State-University |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|64|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|13|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]/[[Alaska Native]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:black}}
|}
Like most American universities and colleges, OSU actively works to diversify its faculty and staff. In 1993, OSU reported having difficulties retaining and hiring minority faculty members. Only 150 out of 2,284 faculty members were Black, Native American, Asian, or Hispanic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/34689617/corvallis_gazettetimes/ |title=Minority Flight: OSU has trouble keeping "faculty of color" |last=Allen |first=Chester |date=August 29, 1993 |website=Corvallis Gazette-Times |language=en |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> In response, the school president and vice president introduced a hiring initiative to promote and enhance diversity. The initiative "recognizes the compelling need to build a welcoming and inclusive university community and the direct relationship between excellence and diversity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Diversity Hiring Initiative |url=https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/president/reports-and-initiatives/diversity-hiring-initiative |website=oregonstate.edu |date=November 23, 2009 |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref>

Oregon State University has several cultural centers aimed at promoting diversity and supporting students of color, including the [[Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center]], Native American Longhouse, Asian & Pacific Cultural Center and the Centro Cultural César Chávez. It also has a Pride Center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

In the fall of 2022, 30 percent of Oregon State University's total enrollment was composed of students of color.<ref name="klcc">{{cite web |title=OSU touts record enrollment figures |url=https://www.klcc.org/education/2022-11-10/osu-touts-record-enrollment-figures |website=klcc.org/ |date=November 10, 2022 |publisher=klcc |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>

==Athletics==
{{Main|Oregon State Beavers}}
[[File:Reser Stadium viewed from the South Endzone, September 16, 2023.jpg|thumb|right|[[Reser Stadium]] in [[2023 Oregon State Beavers football team|2023]]]]
[[File:BennyBeaver.PNG|thumb|right|OSU mascot Benny Beaver]]
In a 2008 national ranking of academics, athletic opportunity and overall performance, Oregon State was selected as one of America's "premier" universities. The ranking, performed by [[Stack magazine|''STACK'' magazine]], placed Oregon State 29th in the nation's "Elite 50" universities.<ref name=Elite50>{{cite web |url=http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=132308 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908012456/http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=132308 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |work=Stack |title=Elite 50 |access-date=February 3, 2008}}</ref>

The history of Oregon State athletics dates back to 1893 when "Jimmie the Coyote" was recognized as the first official mascot.<ref name="alumni-mascothistory">[http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/history/sportshistory05.html Part 5 of 20: A History of Athletic Mascots at Oregon State University] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608061738/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/history/sportshistory05.html |date=June 8, 2007 }}, oregonstate.edu</ref> In 1910, the official mascot was replaced by the [[American Beaver|beaver]] and remains the school's mascot to this day. In 1915, the university's varsity athletic teams were invited to join the [[Pacific Coast Conference|Pacific Coast (Athletic) Conference]] as one of four charter members.

[[Reser Stadium]] now serves as the home field for the school's [[American football|football]] team. The school mascot is [[Benny Beaver|Benny the Beaver]] and first appeared on the football sidelines in 1952. The next year Oregon State added a football stadium to its campus, known then as Parker Stadium. Fundraisers in 2006 and 2007 helped expand Reser Stadium from 35,000 seats to 46,200. A [[time lapse]] video recording of the expansion is viewable on the internet.<ref>[http://webcam.oregonstate.edu/reser1/ Reser Stadium construction], oregonstate.edu</ref> 1962 saw OSU's (and the west coast's) first [[Heisman Trophy]] winner, quarterback [[Terry Baker]]. The [[University of Oregon]] is the university's in-state rival for athletics. The annual [[Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry]] football game is one of the longest-running rivalries in all of college football.

The university's home golf course, [[Trysting Tree]]'s, features championship-worthy golf and practice facilities.  The name of the course can be traced back to a locally famous tree near [[Community Hall (Oregon State University)|Community Hall]] on campus where student couples would meet to make dates. [[Basketball]] is held in [[Gill Coliseum]] and named after former Beavers coach [[Slats Gill]]. The Coliseum is also home to the university's [[Collegiate wrestling]] team. [[Baseball]] is played in [[Goss Stadium at Coleman Field]]. The OSU baseball team, won back-to-back [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship]]s in 2006 and 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osubeavers.com/facilities/softball-complex.html |title=Oregon State Official Athletic Site - Facilities |publisher=Osubeavers.com |date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> and added a third win in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2018/06/kevin_abels_dominance_leads_or.html |title=Kevin Abel's gem leads Oregon State baseball to College World Series title |work=OregonLive.com |access-date=July 2, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2018-06-28/oregon-state-baseball-closes-out-unfinished-business-2018-college |title=Oregon State baseball closes out unfinished business with 2018 College World Series championship |date=June 28, 2018 |work=NCAA.com |access-date=July 2, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> [[Softball]] is held in the OSU Softball Complex. Opened in April 2001, the $1.5 million OSU Softball Complex seats 750. Oregon State hosted a Regional and Super Regional tournament in the 2006 NCAA tournament, winning both and moving on to the Women's College World Series.

Oregon State has a total of four [[NCAA]] championships. In addition to the three baseball titles (2006, 2007 and 2018), the Beavers won the 1961 [[NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship]]. In 1975, the men's [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] Varsity-4 with coxswain team won the [[Intercollegiate Rowing Association]] National Collegiate Rowing Championships in [[Syracuse, New York]], establishing a course record which stood for 15 years.<ref name=osurow>{{cite web |url=http://www.osualum.com/s/359/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=1&verbiagebuilder=1&pgid=400 |publisher=OSU Alumni Association |title=The Year was 1975 |access-date=November 27, 2007}}</ref> The Oregon State racquetball team has won 10 consecutive USA [[racquetball]] intercollegiate championships, beginning in 2008.<ref name=osur>{{cite news |url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/college/oregon-state/2017/04/07/osu-racquetball-team-wins-10th-consecutive-national-title/100093178/ |title=Oregon State racquetball team wins 10th straight national title |date=April 7, 2017 |newspaper=Statesman Journal |access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref>

The 2018 Oregon State baseball team won the NCAA Division I Championship defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks in three games making it their third title ever in the sport of baseball managed by the same manager from the previous two titles Pat Casey.

==People==
{{Cleanup list|section|date=July 2023}}

===Faculty and staff===
{{Main|List of Oregon State University faculty and staff}}
OSU has several notable faculty members, including:
* [[Bernard Malamud]], novelist and short-story writer
* [[George Poinar Jr.]], [[entomology]] professor whose work extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber was the inspiration for the novel and film ''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]''
* [[William Appleman Williams]], historian
* [[Ernest H. Wiegand]], inventor of the modern [[Maraschino cherry]]
* [[Pat Casey (baseball)|Pat Casey]], baseball coach who was named Coach of the Year by several publications in both 2006 and 2007 when he led the baseball team to back-to-back national championships
* [[Slats Gill]], former OSU basketball coach and member of the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Corinne Manogue]], physicist, best known for clarifying superradiance in both gravitational and electromagnetic contexts
* [[Tevian Dray]], mathematician, co-author of scientific paper "On the existence of solutions to Einstein's equation with nonzero Bondi news"
* [[Ralph Miller]], former OSU basketball coach and member of the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Dana Reason]], director of the Popular Music Studies Program and acclaimed Canadian pianist and composer
* [[James Cassidy (musician)|James Cassidy]], soil scientist, bassist and keyboard player for [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]]
* [[Craig Robinson (basketball coach)|Craig Robinson]], former OSU head basketball coach and the brother-in-law of President [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Bernadine Strik]] (1962–2023), [[Horticulture|horticulturist]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2023-05-12 |title=Bernadine Strik, Whose Insights Helped Blueberries Thrive, Dies at 60 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/science/bernadine-strik-dead.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Alumni===
{{main|List of Oregon State University alumni|List of Oregon State University athletes}}

Oregon State University has numerous nationally and internationally famous alumni who have contributed significantly to their professions. Among over 200,000 OSU alumni, scientist and peace activist [[Linus Pauling]] may be the most famous.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/famous/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405091337/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/famous/index.html |title=Famous Alumni - Oregon State University Alumni Association |archive-date=April 5, 2007 |work=oregonstate.edu}}</ref> Pauling is the only recipient of two unshared [[Nobel Prize]]s, in the fields of chemistry and peace.<ref name = "Ranking" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dunitz |first1=J. D. |title=Linus Carl Pauling: 28 February 1901 – 19 August 1994 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=42 |pages=317–338 |year=1996 |pmid=11619334 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1996.0020 |doi-access = free}}</ref> Another contender for the most famous alumni may be [[Jensen Huang]], founder of [[Nvidia]]. Oregon State athletes have had a significant showing in professional sports, including more than 15 [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] players, more than 20 [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] players and more than 130 [[National Football League|NFL]] players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/oregon_state_university_baseball_players.shtml |title=Oregon State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues |access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Oregon+State+University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426133401/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Oregon+State+University |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 26, 2006 |title=NBA/ABA Players who attended Oregon State University |access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Oregon+State+University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307195503/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Oregon+State+University |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |title=NFL Players who attended Oregon State University |access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref>

==Points of interest==
[[File:Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, 2022.jpg|thumb|Hatfield Marine Science Center in [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]], 2022]]
* [[Ocean Observatories Initiative#Coastal and Global Arrays|Endurance Array]]
* [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]]
* [[Linus Pauling Institute]]
* [[O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory]]
* [[Oregon State University Cascades Campus]]
* [[Oregon State University Radiation Center]]
* [[Peavy Arboretum]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==

* John E. Smith, [https://archive.org/details/53-smith-corvalliscollege ''Corvallis College.''] Corvallis, OR: John E. Smith, 1953.
* [https://archive.org/details/annualcatalogueo18corv ''Annual Catalogue of Officers and Students, Corvallis State Agricultural College, 1873-1874.''] Salem, OR: E.H. White, 1874. <small>—Includes several annual volumes listing professors, alumni, students, and college regulations.</small>

==External links==
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* [http://www.osubeavers.com/ Oregon State Athletics website]
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Benton County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Public universities and colleges in Oregon]]