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Acceptance Rate History

Oregon State University Acceptance Rate: 78.9% in 2025 (2013–2025 history)

OR · Current rate: 78.9%

College Scorecard · IPEDSU.S. Dept. of Education
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What is Oregon State University's acceptance rate in 2025?

Oregon State University's acceptance rate in 2025 is 78.9%, up from 77.3% in 2024.

Common Data Set 2025-2026

What is Oregon State University's out-of-state acceptance rate?

  • In-state: 83.6% (7,199 admitted of 8,610 applicants)
  • Out-of-state: 77.6% (15,849 admitted of 20,412 applicants)
  • International: 36.5% (124 admitted of 340 applicants)

Out-of-state applicants were admitted at a lower rate than in-state applicants. International applicants were admitted at a lower rate than in-state applicants.

Fall 2025 · Oregon State University Common Data Set (2025-26), section C1. Rates are our calculation from the counts the college reported.

Year-by-Year Data

YearAcceptance RateApplicantsAdmitted
202578.9%29,31823,139
202477.3%30,29323,418
202378.9%29,02522,886
202282.5%25,65121,169
202189.2%23,18820,687
202082.2%17,37414,284
201982.3%15,78612,996
201880.6%14,89012,006
201778.8%14,88811,738
201677.5%14,59511,308
201578.4%14,05811,016
201477.8%14,11610,976
201378.9%12,4149,799

Source: IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · College Scorecard

Cost

Sticker pricePublished cost of attendance — tuition, fees, housing and food. (AY 2023–24)
$31,653/yr
What families actually payAvg. for families receiving federal aid (AY 2023–24)
$19,604/yrin-state figure
4-year totalSticker cost of attendance × 4 years. (AY 2023–24)
$126,612
Tuition (in-state)(AY 2024–25)
$14,400/yr
Tuition (out-of-state)(AY 2024–25)
$38,190/yr
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entryFormer students, federal earnings records. (measured 2020–21, entry cohort 2009–11)
$64,010/yr

The same school, two different prices

Family income under $30k: $12,107/yr · Family income over $110k: $27,459/yr (AY 2023–24)

Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard). In-state students only. International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.

High-income families typically pay closer to sticker.

Aid for international students

Oregon State University awarded institutional aid to 361 international undergraduates, averaging $8,996 (2025-2026 Common Data Set).

These figures describe only the international students who actually received aid — not what a typical international admit can expect. International students outside this group pay the full sticker price.

Source: official Common Data Set filing

Admitted Student Profile

SAT Range · Middle 50% (25th–75th)

1270–1360

Common Data Set 2025-2026

Admitted students at Oregon State University scored between 1270 and 1360 on the SAT (middle 50%).

Source: College Scorecard · U.S. Dept of Education

What this school weighs — Oregon State University

Course rigor and GPA are not in this table. Nearly every school rates both at the top, so they tell you nothing about this one. These six are where schools differ.

Common Data Set 2025–26
Class rankConsidered
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayImportant
RecommendationsConsidered
Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
Character / personal qualitiesImportant

Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025–26, section C7

How to read these numbers

  • The 2025 rate covers Oregon State University's whole applicant pool — early and regular applications counted together in one figure. It is not the rate of any single round.
  • 1270–1360 is the middle half of admitted scores, not a cutoff: a quarter of admitted students scored below 1270, and a quarter scored above 1360.
  • The table above holds 13 reported years, 2013 through 2025. Across them Oregon State University's rate ranged from 77.3% to 89.2%, so any single year is one point inside that range.

Each figure above describes a class a school already admitted in a completed cycle. It is a record of who was admitted, not a measurement of any one application.

Source: College Scorecard · IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · U.S. Dept. of Education

Where do you stand?

School

Oregon State University

Oregon State University

SAT

40016001270–1360

Middle 50% of admitted students scored 1270–1360.

GPA

No published GPA data for this school.

This is SAT only — one slice of an application, not the whole of it.

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Trend Analysis

Oregon State University's acceptance rate has remained relatively stable at around 78.9% from 2013 to 2025. The most notable shift occurred in 2021.

Analysis compiled from official data trends.

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