Graduate Programs at Oregon State University

Graduate School Overview

Oregon State University (referred to as Oregon State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Corvallis, OR.

The school is accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (9/1/1924 - Current).

Oregon State Directory Information
School Name	Oregon State University (Oregon State)
Address	1500 SW Jefferson Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone	541-737-0123
Web	https://oregonstate.edu
Online Application	https://oregonstate.force.com/AppLogin
Financial Info	https://financialaid.oregonstate.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Oregon State is $15,795 for Oregon residents and $31,698 for out-of-state students. The school has 5,387 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 34,292 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 265 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 10 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$31,698 $15,795 for Oregon Residents
Student Population	5,387
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	265 graduate programs (10 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Oregon State is $15,795 for Oregon residents and $31,698 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $498 for Oregon residents and $1,046 for out-of-state students.

Oregon State offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Oregon Residents	$15,795
Out-of-State	$31,698
Tuition per Credit Hour
Oregon Residents	$498
Out-of-State	$1,046

Oregon State offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	10 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Oregon State University is $15,795 for Oregon residents and $31,698 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.99% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Oregon Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$12,555	$1,776	$23,787	$1,776
2019-2020	$12,933	$1,869	$24,975	$1,869
2020-2021	$13,257	$2,012	$26,109	$2,012
2021-2022	$13,446	$2,123	$27,297	$2,123
2022-2023	$13,446	$2,239	$28,242	$2,239
2023-2024	$13,446	$2,349	$29,349	$2,349

The graduate school tuition & fees of Oregon State is average compared to public graduate schools in Oregon. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Oregon graduate tuition is $26,845 (public) / $22,682 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Oregon State University	$15,795	$31,698
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Oregon Graduate Schools	$19,235	$23,389
Public	$19,050	$26,845
Private	$22,682

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,111 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Oregon State.

On-campus living costs are increased by 6.04% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,111. Off-campus living costs are increased by 6.04% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,904	$2,622	$12,351	$2,622
2019-2020	$12,306	$2,694	$12,906	$2,694
2020-2021	$13,200	$2,742	$13,200	$2,742
2021-2022	$13,860	$2,754	$13,860	$2,745
2022-2023	$14,238	$2,841	$14,238	$2,841
2023-2024	$15,075	$3,036	$15,075	$3,036

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $501 for Oregon residents and $1,088 for other students at Oregon State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.02% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Oregon Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$465	$881
2019-2020	$479	$925
2020-2021	$492	$967
2021-2022	$498	$1,011
2022-2023	$498	$1,046
2023-2024	$501	$1,088

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at Oregon State.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Oregon State University
	Oregon Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$26,892	$2,239	$43,920	$2,239
Veterinary Medicine	$26,181	$2,239	$52,368	$2,239

Graduate Programs at Oregon State

Oregon State University offers 174 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,130 students have completed their study at Oregon State University.

Offered Degrees at Oregon State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	75	2	1,129
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	59	0	292
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	172
Post Bachelor's Degree	38	6	537
Total	174	8	2,130

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Oregon State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Geographic Information Science and Cartography program with 104 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 103 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 95 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Oregon State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	104	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	73	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	68	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	68	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	48	-

Popular Master's Programs at Oregon State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	103	$64,800
Computer Science	✕	88	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	67	$43,500
Public Health	✕	61	$54,400
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	56	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Oregon State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	95	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	77	-
Computer Science	✕	20	-
Chemistry	✕	19	-
Public Health	✕	17	-

Oregon State University offers 174 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,130 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,129 students have earned/completed Master's program.
172 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
537 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	3	-
Animal Sciences	✕	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	✕	16	-
Plant Sciences	✕	5	-
Range Science and Management	✕	3	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	3	-
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine	✕	6	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (1 completers)	127 completers	-
Environmental Science	✔	27	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	37	$40,900
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	12	-
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	9	-
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	✕	14	-
Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology	✕	4	-
Forestry (other)	✕	5	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)	✕	15	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	92 completers	-
Artificial Intelligence	✕	4	-
Computer Science	✕	88	-
Education [+]	✕	179 completers	-
Education	✕	15	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	10	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	67	$43,500
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	11	$42,600
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	56	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	13	$45,300
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	7	-
Engineering [+]	✕	230 completers	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	3	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	12	-
Civil Engineering	✕	54	$64,300
Water Resources Engineering	✕	4	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	48	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	5	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	54	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	8	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	27	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	✕	15	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	6	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	4	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	17 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	13	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Botany/Plant Biology (other)	✕	5	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Microbiology	✕	5	-
Entomology	✕	-	-
Toxicology	✕	6	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	11	-
Statistics	✕	13	-
Statistics (other)	✕	32	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	16	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	2	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Ethics	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	51 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	16	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✔	1	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	8	-
Physics	✕	14	-
Materials Science	✕	9	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	5	-
Human Services [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	19	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	4	-
Applied Economics	✕	2	-
Geography	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	97 completers	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	14	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	1	-
Public Health	✕	61	$54,400
Health/Medical Physics	✕	21	-
Business [+]	✕	154 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	103	$64,800
Management Science	✕	51	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	1	-
	Total	1,129

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	2	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	✕	2	-
Plant Sciences	✕	4	-
Range Science and Management	✕	1	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	2	-
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine	✕	3	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	6	-
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	6	-
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	✕	2	-
Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology	✕	2	-
Forestry (other)	✕	6	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	4	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Artificial Intelligence	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	20	-
Education [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Education	✕	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	17	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	9	-
Civil Engineering	✕	17	-
Water Resources Engineering	✕	2	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	16	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	10	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	6	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	3	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	5	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	6	-
Botany/Plant Biology (other)	✕	5	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	3	-
Entomology	✕	-	-
Toxicology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Statistics	✕	4	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	19	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	5	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✕	4	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Materials Science	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Applied Economics	✕	4	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	5	-
Public Health	✕	17	-
Health/Medical Physics	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	-	-
	Total	292

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	77 completers	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	77	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	95 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	95	-
	Total	172

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (2 completers)	109 completers	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	8	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✔	7	-
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	16	-
Forestry (other)	✔	5	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	73	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Women's Studies	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	16	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	6	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Statistics (other)	✕	3	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Ethics	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Public Health	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
	Total	537

Graduate Student Population at Oregon State

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,387 students enrolled into Oregon State University graduate schools where it has total 34,292 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,344 full-time and 2,043 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,507 male and 2,880 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,387	2,507	2,880
Full-time	3,344	1,634	1,710
Part-tme	2,043	873	1,170

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,836 White (52.65%), 104 Black/African American (1.93%), 515 Hispanic (9.56%), 356 Asian (6.61%), and 1,576 students with other races. 1,145 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,387	2,507	2,880
American Indian/Native American	24	6	18
Asian	356	119	237
Black/African American	104	56	48
Hispanic	515	185	330
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	2	9
White	2,836	1,212	1,624
Two More	232	95	137
Un-Known	164	85	79
Non-resident Alien	1,145	747	398

Oregon State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,816 graduate students (33.71% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 566 graduate students (10.51% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	5,387
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,816
Enrolled Some Online Courses	566
Not in Online Courses	3,005

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Oregon State University. 1,374 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.51% of total students), 3 students are aged below 20 (0.06%), 218 students are aged above 50 (4.05%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Oregon State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,387	2,507	2,880
Age 18-19	3	2	1
Age 20-21	92	34	58
Age 22-24	1,282	586	696
Age 25-29	1,938	932	1,006
Age 30-34	948	457	491
Age 35-39	476	233	243
Age 40-49	430	176	254
Age 50-64	171	64	107
Over 64	47	23	24

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