Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR · Public · 30,743 undergrads (large, city) · website ↗

Test-optional
$65 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$12,107
$30,000 – $48,000	$13,036
$48,000 – $75,000	$15,729
$75,000 – $110,000	$20,262
Over $110,000	$27,459
All incomes (average)	$19,604

Sticker tuition and fees: $14,400 in-state, $38,190 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Oregon State University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$17,205
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$17,205
Books and supplies	$600
Other expenses, on campus	$3,696
Other expenses, off campus	$3,696

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (4,065 of them) in 2022–23; 92% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	89%	$9,922
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	19%	$5,010
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	87%	$8,166
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	33%	$5,035

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1290
Median ACT: 25
Students with Pell grants: 23%
Graduation rate (6yr): 70%
Freshman retention: 88%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $64,010
Median debt at graduation: $21,221
International undergrads: 1,001 (3.3%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $65
Students per faculty member: 18 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 78%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 580–700
SAT Math: 560–700
ACT composite: 24–31

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Not considered
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Considered if submitted
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Not considered
Personal statement or essay	Considered if submitted
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 29,025
Admitted: 22,886
Enrolled: 4,689

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Computer Science17%

Engineering14%

Business12%

Biology & Life Sciences7%

Environmental Studies7%

Psychology7%

Education5%

Social Sciences4%

Health & Nursing4%

Agriculture4%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (70)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer Science	930	$94,018	$121,405national $107,009	$21,874
Business Administration, Management and Operations	461	$55,272	$73,660national $68,257	$18,000
Psychology, General	395	$39,952	$57,650national $50,706	$19,000
Mechanical Engineering	326	$76,837	$93,740national $92,135	$20,218
Biology, General	177	$38,363	$47,221national $57,214	$19,500
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	174	—	$57,451national $54,562	—
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	158	$45,001	$53,109national $48,568	$21,588
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	141	$37,270	$55,245national $61,911	$15,876
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	137	$42,930	$52,730national $56,185	$21,250
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	134	$42,366	$55,805national $55,012	$21,110
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	127	$85,263	$105,359national $100,647	$24,000
Design and Applied Arts	115	$45,925	$60,434national $51,490	$20,500
Marketing	111	$54,779	$73,205national $69,303	$19,000
Finance and Financial Management Services	110	$60,472	$78,427national $83,343	$14,957
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	101	—	—national $45,338	$28,613
Public Health	100	$45,888	$62,633national $58,808	$20,500
Manufacturing Engineering	98	$76,612	$85,369national $88,451	$19,823
Civil Engineering	95	$73,900	$89,822national $86,517	$19,500
Zoology/Animal Biology	95	$34,880	$44,201national $44,055	$20,916
Sociology	88	$37,928	$56,865national $52,657	$18,000
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	86	$40,722	$52,798national $50,497	$19,125
Chemical Engineering	84	$78,780	$92,741national $98,158	$21,333
Political Science and Government	79	$44,481	$63,354national $63,293	$20,500
Agriculture, General	77	$44,432	$53,547national $53,676	$19,097
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	76	$41,485	—national $65,466	$17,819
Construction Engineering	68	$81,808	$105,964national $97,303	$20,875
History	66	$40,114	$56,790national $50,680	$25,000
Economics	64	$58,043	$70,436national $82,686	$15,000
Plant Sciences	61	$39,032	$57,950national $56,567	$25,716
Mathematics	57	$47,273	$72,318national $69,562	$17,771
Management Information Systems and Services	57	$63,439	$88,149national $83,290	$20,500
Animal Sciences	56	$35,722	$45,959national $49,634	$15,000
Anthropology	55	$34,316	$45,184national $46,676	$23,125
Accounting and Related Services	54	$67,692	$75,219national $76,194	$19,401
Sustainability Studies	53	$45,791	—national $57,887	$22,887
Botany/Plant Biology	48	$25,907	—national $49,245	$25,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	46	$68,111	$100,182national $93,451	$23,209
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	45	$40,677	$56,074national $53,072	$24,041
Forest Engineering	41	$59,465	$72,107national $71,680	$20,000
Chemistry	41	$52,210	$78,417national $65,120	$16,609
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	39	$39,669	$48,077national $47,243	$28,000
Industrial Engineering	39	$76,674	$101,653national $98,442	$19,392
Education, General	37	$48,769	—national $49,808	$23,916
Agricultural Engineering	35	$66,380	$81,691national $84,624	$13,000
English Language and Literature, General	34	$36,768	$42,541national $48,590	$19,750
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	34	$40,699	$53,349national $62,582	$18,981
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	34	—	—national $86,176	$17,500
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	32	$48,737	$49,910national $55,000	$20,832
Architectural Engineering	30	—	—national $89,406	$24,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	30	—	—national $48,471	$19,450
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	30	—	—national $60,190	$19,500
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	29	$44,179	$46,044national $50,983	$21,796
Music	29	$33,307	$41,073national $42,892	$21,500
Nutrition Sciences	27	—	—national $60,053	$20,500
Nuclear Engineering	26	—	$94,105national $99,297	$19,500
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	25	—	$87,699national $81,171	$25,000
Food Science and Technology	24	$49,575	$63,531national $70,873	—
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services	24	$46,813	$56,800national $64,926	$18,375
Geography and Cartography	23	$49,819	—national $57,853	$19,424
Fine and Studio Arts	23	$30,013	—national $41,367	—
Physics	22	$38,558	$103,167national $76,786	$18,250
Communication and Media Studies	20	$43,210	$61,096national $56,359	$16,000
Agricultural Business and Management	17	—	$72,311national $66,647	—
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	14	$43,375	$50,421national $51,710	—
Visual and Performing Arts, General	14	—	$35,819national $41,688	—
Engineering, Other	11	—	$94,278national $93,989	—
Social Sciences, General	9	—	$51,005national $53,366	—
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	—	$36,919	$59,184national $54,945	—
Apparel and Textiles	—	—	$55,367national $57,640	—
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	—	$36,765	—national $62,172	$18,500

Undergraduate certificates (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Geography and Cartography	66	—	—national $58,705	$28,764

Master's degrees (18)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	91	$108,582	$104,745national $103,485	$41,000
Public Health	71	$71,489	$79,623national $82,751	$41,000
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	62	$62,347	$65,878national $60,111	$61,500
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	57	$66,953	$68,968national $72,563	$25,587
Statistics	46	$94,693	—national $123,816	$27,334
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	39	$58,015	$61,045national $59,916	$40,601
Industrial Engineering	39	$118,916	—national $119,184	—
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	35	$75,080	—national $74,607	—
Mechanical Engineering	34	$84,166	$119,847national $115,974	—
Civil Engineering	32	$85,627	$98,705national $98,323	—
Public Policy Analysis	25	$69,918	—national $93,020	—
Education, General	19	$53,882	$54,923national $65,824	—
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	18	$54,424	—national $55,035	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	15	$58,727	$65,430national $63,707	—
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	15	—	—national $127,347	$41,000
Forestry	14	—	$74,416national $67,466	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	13	$55,177	$61,280national $71,685	—
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other	—	$56,735	—national $60,509	—

First professional degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Veterinary Medicine	66	$122,004	$131,069national $131,316	$168,667
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	56	$113,244	$155,014national $138,348	$136,167
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	43	—	—national $81,641	$120,654

Doctoral degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	12	$77,437	—national $83,794	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	12	—	$97,886national $92,039	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 159 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 2 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 1500 SW Jefferson Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: (541) 737-0123
Institutional accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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