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# Oregon State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Oregon State?

Oregon State’s reported acceptance rate is 77.3%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
77.3%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
29,362

**Admitted**
23,172

Source: Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 29,362 first-year applicants, 23,172 admitted applicants, and 4,452 enrolled students. Oregon State University admitted 77.3% of applicants, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The admission rate describes an outcome across the applicant pool rather than an individual forecast.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Oregon State students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores fell between 1128 and 1360. Only 8% of the entering class submitted SAT scores, so the range describes a small slice of the cohort.

For the 4% of enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 24 to 31. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported high-school class rank, 28% finished in the highest tenth and 58% in the highest quarter.

Applicants can compare their own standing with these figures, keeping in mind that they describe enrolled students who reported a rank, not the entire entering class.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Oregon State. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**8% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1128

**Median**
1270

**75th percentile**
1360

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**4% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
24

**Median**
28

**75th percentile**
31

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Oregon State?

**Pell Grant recipients**
22.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
43.3%

**First-year retention**
87.8%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Transfer pathways are a prominent part of the undergraduate mix at Oregon State University. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,596 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 4,595 admitted, and 2,805 enrolled.

Federal enrollment data list 30,743 undergraduates. Pell Grant recipients account for 22.8% of undergraduates, while an estimated 43.3% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group indicates that many entrants began college elsewhere.

Most students who start at Oregon State University stay and finish. The first-year retention rate is 87.8%, and the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 70.1%.

Both figures sit above the medians for comparable institutions, which are 83.1% for retention and 65.0% for completion. Pell Grant recipients in that cohort complete at 55.2%, which is 14.9 percentage points below the overall rate.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 89% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. An enrolled student can expect a campus where most classmates return for a second year and where the majority finish a degree within six years.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).