Beaver Brag Points
Lots to Brag About!
We all love to share the Oregon State story. From spreading the word about OSU’s prominent presence in our community and our philanthropic passions to bragging about our amazing university and innovations, we present a batch of talking points for the not-so-bashful Beavers.
Whether you are talking with friends and family or sharing the OSU mission at a cocktail party, we’ve got you covered.
OSU students and campus life
- Nearly 39,000 students attend OSU from around the world
- More students choose to enroll each year — and that has been true for 29 years in a row
- Almost a quarter of all students are among the first generation in their families to attend college
- OSU is ranked as the best school for veterans in Oregon
- Corvallis is the No. 2 college town in the country and No. 1 in Oregon
- OSU is home to more than 500 student clubs and seven cultural resource centers
- OSU makes constant efforts to commit to diversity and inclusion initiatives — such as the university-wide effort called “Moving Forward Together” — and has won the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award five times
Academic and research excellence
Worldwide
- Ranked in the top 1.4% of universities globally
- No. 2 forestry program in the world
- No. 3 oceanography program in the world
Online
- No. 6 best online bachelor’s program in the U.S. — in the top 10 nationally for 12 consecutive years
- No. 1 online bachelor’s program in psychology
- No. 4 online bachelor’s program in business
- No. 5 online master’s program in public health
In the U.S.
- A Tier 1 Research University and recipient of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for the third year in a row
- No. 1 forestry program
- No. 4 agricultural college
- No. 6 plant sciences program
- No. 16 robotics engineering program
- No. 1 bachelor’s program in natural resource management
- No. 1 bachelor’s program in fisheries sciences
- No. 2 bachelor’s program in manufacturing engineering
- No. 4 bachelor’s program in construction engineering
In Oregon
- Oregon State receives more research funding than all of the state’s comprehensive public universities combined, with funding topping $400 million in each of the past two fiscal years
- No. 1 liberal arts and social sciences programs
- No. 1 best computer science program
- No. 5 best value college
Notable alumni