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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#138 Best Value Schools
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#139 National Universities
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#99 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#33 Most Innovative Schools
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#176 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#64 Top Public Schools
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#112 Business Programs
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#66 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
Oregon State University is ranked #139 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
45
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
170
Graduation and retention rank
176
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
65%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
84%
Social Mobility Rank
176
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
59%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
62%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
280
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
96
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
87.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
86%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
31.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
20%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
17:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
163
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1080-1310
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
28%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
132
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
147
Average alumni giving rate
8.6%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
