Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Corvallis, OR
Population 95,000
Map of the United States

Weather

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

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,500 (6%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 24,262
Men / Women 51% / 49%
From State 57%
From Region 27%
Athletes 2.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 63%
Hispanic 13%
Asian 8%
Mixed 8%
International 4%
Black 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural Sciences 717 34% / 66% 3% $51,070 32 92%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 82 +1 44% / 56% 4% $48,067 23 85%
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology 7 57% / 43% 14% $55,748 46
Biotechnology 6 50% / 50% 0% $54,373 42
Botany 48 +1 35% / 65% 0% $47,505 22
Agricultural Business and Management 11 36% / 64% 9% $68,739 74 92%
Agriculture 62 35% / 65% 2% $48,559 25 93%
Animal Science 65 11% / 89% 3% $52,134 35 99%
Crop and Soil Science 24 +1 50% / 50% 0% $51,239 33 90%
Environmental Science 163 29% / 71% 4% $53,359 39 93%
Fisheries and Wildlife Science 24 33% / 67% 0% $47,348 21 94%
Food Science 23 43% / 57% 22% $59,030 55 96%
Horticultural Science 61 39% / 61% 0% $51,239 33 90%
Range Science and Management 7 43% / 57% 0% $51,239 33 90%
Wildlife Science 116 36% / 64% 0% $50,324 30
Environmental Economics and Policy 18 39% / 61% 0% $43,387 13 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 856 58% / 42% 5% $69,417 75 95%
Accounting 97 +5 55% / 45% 3% $73,558 80 99%
Business Administration 336 +9 55% / 45% 6% $66,202 70 92%
Business Analytics 29 52% / 48% 7% $70,306 77
Business and Management $69,760 76
Finance 129 +7 74% / 26% 5% $77,871 84 96%
Hospitality Management 1 0% / 100% 100% $51,548 34
Management Information Systems and Statistics 61 +5 79% / 21% 5% $74,366 81 94%
Marketing 122 +3 44% / 56% 4% $65,639 69 99%
Operations Management 52 +1 52% / 48% 2% $66,202 70 92%
Research and Development Management 3 33% / 67% 0% $66,202 70 92%
Supply Chain and Logistics Management 26 73% / 27% 4% $66,202 70 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences 62 34% / 66% 8% $69,461 75 88%
Atmospheric Sciences 9 33% / 67% 0% $64,529 67
Earth Sciences 4 50% / 50% 0% $65,060 68 88%
Geosciences 17 41% / 59% 18% $65,060 68 88%
Marine Sciences 18 33% / 67% 0% $62,372 63
Maritime Studies 14 +1 21% / 79% 14% $88,351 92
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 94 16% / 84% 0% $52,327 36 92%
Education 34 +2 35% / 65% 0% $53,893 41 92%
Elementary Education 60 5% / 95% 0% $51,440 33 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 2,086 79% / 21% 7% $98,986 96 95%
Architectural Engineering 28 39% / 61% 0% $86,930 91
Biomedical Engineering 41 63% / 37% 0% $92,074 94 88%
Chemical Engineering 80 60% / 40% 15% $91,457 93 94%
Civil Engineering 110 77% / 23% 3% $85,639 90 100%
Electrical Engineering 139 86% / 14% 11% $100,377 97 94%
Engineering 21 90% / 10% 24% $86,593 91 96%
Engineering Science 3 33% / 67% 0% $88,490 92
Environmental Engineering 17 53% / 47% 29% $77,394 84 100%
Industrial Engineering 18 +2 89% / 11% 22% $88,623 92 94%
Manufacturing Engineering 13 +30 92% / 8% 38% $87,747 91 100%
Mechanical Engineering 332 +2 85% / 15% 3% $90,197 93 97%
Nuclear Engineering 23 96% / 4% 0% $89,933 93 96%
Computer Science 1,155 +2 79% / 21% 6% $105,094 98 94%
Biological and Ecological Engineering 27 52% / 48% 4% $76,292 83 97%
Construction Engineering Management 79 86% / 14% 0% $101,204 97 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Forestry 216 47% / 53% 1% $51,479 33 96%
Forest Engineering 49 71% / 29% 0% $74,520 81 97%
Natural Resources 159 40% / 60% 1% $43,387 13 95%
Wood Science 8 38% / 62% 0% $71,190 78 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health 760 28% / 72% 2% $64,945 68 95%
Nutrition 32 12% / 88% 6% $59,281 56
Health Sciences 182 34% / 66% 3% $98,519 96 97%
Kinesiology 196 47% / 53% 1% $58,353 53 94%
Public Health 105 +1 19% / 81% 3% $57,552 51 97%
Merchandising Management 26 +4 15% / 85% 4% $61,852 62 94%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management $52,684 37
Recreation and Tourism Management 17 41% / 59% 0% $48,514 25 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 163 12% / 88% 2% $46,826 20 93%
Apparel and Textiles $49,515 27
Fashion Design 17 24% / 76% 6% $50,903 32 89%
Interior Design 22 0% / 100% 5% $50,903 32 89%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 1,411 34% / 66% 3% $50,228 29 91%
Economics 63 +5 71% / 29% 6% $73,167 80 94%
American Studies 3 33% / 67% 0% $48,196 24
Anthropology 56 16% / 84% 2% $53,236 39 86%
Communication Studies 21 43% / 57% 0% $54,147 41 97%
Creative Writing 32 +3 28% / 72% 0% $46,990 21 91%
English 31 +3 26% / 74% 0% $42,811 12 92%
Ethnic Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $47,671 22 94%
French 16 +4 25% / 75% 0% $46,745 20 95%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 31 68% / 32% 3% $53,348 39
German 11 +1 36% / 64% 0% $47,691 22
History 78 60% / 40% 3% $49,931 29 92%
Humanities 11 18% / 82% 0% $50,310 30 88%
Interdisciplinary Studies 18 78% / 22% 0% $59,427 56 93%
International Studies 3 0% / 100% 0% $58,614 54
New Media Communications 84 +2 44% / 56% 6% $49,995 29 91%
Philosophy 17 +2 65% / 35% 0% $48,060 23
Political Science 69 +4 51% / 49% 3% $56,550 48 96%
Psychology 468 +10 22% / 78% 3% $47,207 21 91%
Public Policy 12 17% / 83% 0% $70,711 77 91%
Religion/Religious Studies 4 +4 25% / 75% 0% $49,546 27
Social Sciences 6 67% / 33% 0% $47,788 23 82%
Sociology 78 +3 33% / 67% 1% $50,049 29 90%
Spanish 28 +4 21% / 79% 0% $46,745 20 95%
Sustainability 62 29% / 71% 3% $54,021 41
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 14 +2 7% / 93% 0% $47,671 22 94%
General Education 32 31% / 69% 0% $50,310 30 88%
Art 28 +1 14% / 86% 0% $41,118 10
Design and Applied Arts 51 +1 20% / 80% 6% $50,903 32 89%
Digital Arts 13 62% / 38% 8% $35,118 4 83%
Graphic Design 34 32% / 68% 3% $50,903 32 89%
Music 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $38,467 7 86%
Music 23 74% / 26% 0% $38,467 7 86%
Music Performance 9 33% / 67% 11% $38,467 7 86%
Theatre Arts 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $37,595 6
Visual and Performing Arts $35,118 4
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 454 35% / 65% 3% $52,179 35 94%
Chemistry 41 44% / 56% 5% $67,870 73 93%
Mathematics 33 +2 70% / 30% 9% $60,526 59 100%
Physics 22 +2 86% / 14% 5% $97,121 96 88%
Biology 195 +1 33% / 67% 2% $51,804 34 94%
Microbiology 26 42% / 58% 8% $67,691 73 93%
Zoology 134 19% / 81% 1% $35,360 5 96%
Health/Medical Physics 3 0% / 100% 0% $57,552 51 97%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,129
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $40,629
Est. In-State Cost $19,571
Est. Out-of-State Cost $52,558
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

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

Earnings by Major Category

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

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.1% 1,335 30% / 70% 2% $49,250 27 92%
Computer Science 17.4% 1,155 79% / 21% 6% $105,094 98 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 14.5% 965 34% / 66% 2% $50,480 30 94%
Business & Economics 14.5% 962 58% / 42% 5% $69,089 75 95%
Engineering 12.4% 825 79% / 21% 7% $90,967 93 96%
Health Sciences 7.3% 486 36% / 64% 2% $73,217 80 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.5% 364 37% / 63% 2% $51,648 34 91%
Arts 3.0% 201 30% / 70% 4% $46,279 19 88%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 144 54% / 46% 6% $69,350 75 93%
Education 1.9% 126 20% / 80% 0% $51,815 34 91%
Professional 1.4% 93 76% / 24% 2% $99,269 97 97%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $145M #12 44% $2.9M 19 #31 218 101
Engineering $80.0M #63 79% $4.0M 76 #53 398 33
Physical Sciences & Math $66.1M #56 88% $0.2M 40 #76 313 30
Life & Natural Sciences $43.1M #87 68% $0.9M 18 #116 190 17
Health Sciences $10.0M #138 78% $0.5M 23 #82 78 22
Humanities & Social Sciences $7.2M #171 62% $0 23 #170 136 7
Computer Science $5.2M #130 78% $0.1M 17 #58 127 4
Education $4.0M #114 95% $0 30 #140
Business & Economics $1.5M #183 27% $0 5 #188 22
Total $362M #82 65% $8.7M 251 #94 1,482 214

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 75% 75% 75%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 14%
SAT Range 1140 – 1400
SAT Math Range 560 – 700
SAT RW Range 580 – 700