Oregon State University
School info
4
Overall Quality
Reputation
4
Food
3.4
Clubs
3.7
Facilities
4.3
Internet
4
Location
3.9
Opportunities
3.9
Safety
4.2
Social
3.8
Happiness
4.2
Basic Information
Location
- Corvallis, OR
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public land-grant research university
- Established: October 27, 1868; 155 years ago (October 27, 1868) (official designated charter day)
- Founder: Corvallis Academy, Freemasons, John Wesley Johnson
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 200 undergraduate-degree programs and more than 90 graduate majors
Key Area
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Clean Energy
- Clean Water
- Health-related Engineering
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 37,121 (Spring 2023)
- Undergraduates: 32,014 (Spring 2023)
- Postgraduates: 4,439 (Spring 2023)
- Academic Staff: Nearly 5,000
Notable Alumni
- Linus Pauling
- Jensen Huang
- Gary Payton II
- Colby Covington
- Douglas Engelbart
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Good reviews
Overall 5
I'm an online student, but I really like OSU and its eCampus. Excellent courses and instructors.
Overall 5
What's great about this school are the faculty. I've gotten lots of one on one with the professors. I'm on the Ecampus and both the instructors & TAs are very helpful. Proctorio is the test proctoring service they use and its very easy to use and quick compared to other proctor services I've used.
Overall 5
BEST SCHOOL OUT THERE GO BEAVS!!!
Overall 5
So many opportunities and the professors really care. Great support with tutors. So much better than I expected. It's obvious why OSU was rated the best college town.
Overall 5
Go Beavs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overall 5
I am an online student through Oregon State University, so I am not familiar with the physical campus. I do appreciate the organization and offering of classes through the online programs. The faculty is very attentive and make themselves available to help ensure success.
Overall 5
I love Oregon State so much. I transferred here from George Fox (horrible school) and I couldn't be happier. The people here are so friendly. The teachers are so caring. The campus is so beautiful. The opportunities are endless. Compared to my other university experience, I am in heaven at OSU.
Overall 4.9
All around great!
Overall 4.9
awesome
Overall 4.9
I love OSU. The food is pretty average but besides that I'm really happy here!
Bad reviews
Overall 1
The materials and texts taught perpetuate an antiquated and oppressive Boomer mentality. More fees for less service is what their online courses offer. Arbitrary grading that's subject to the teacher's biases punishes critical thinking.
Punitive grading for questioning oppressive tropes is not the education I thought I was paying for.
Overall 1
For the sake of everything good. If you DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO YET. A university is not the place to "find yourself." It's 4 years of glorified alcoholism and one night stands. Don't get me wrong I love waking up in a bush plastered at 4am but its not worth 40k. Meet people, build a network, find your passion then enroll, or do trade etc.
Overall 1.2
Do not attend their business school. It is full of bad advice that they make you pay for. There are free online courses that can get you the skills you'd learn, and you can always hit Sherwin-Williams or Enterprise Holdings up without needing OSU as an intermediary.
Overall 1.7
Registrar office at OSU is by far the worst I've experienced through any campus. OSU does not help YOU as a student if unexpected life situations come up. Registrar staff make statements they don't stand behind and never get ahold of you. If you want bare minimum help, ask student services (billing office). Good luck if you go here!