Oregon Agricultural College

Oregon State University

Type	Public Land-grant Sea-grant Space-grant Sun-grant
Established	1868
Academic affiliations	APLU
Endowment	$549.4 million (2017)
Budget	$1.1 billion
President	Edward John Ray
Provost	Edward Feser
Students	30,896 (Fall 2017)
Undergraduates	25,838 (Fall 2017)
Postgraduates	4,458 (Fall 2017)
Other students	600 (Fall 2017)
Location	Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. 44°33′50″N 123°16′44″W / 44.564°N 123.279°W / 44.564; -123.279Coordinates: 44°33′50″N 123°16′44″W / 44.564°N 123.279°W / 44.564; -123.279
Campus	College town, 400 acres (160 ha)
Colors	Orange and Black
Nickname	Beavers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – Pac-12 Conference
Mascot	Benny Beaver
Website	www.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University (OSU) is a coeducational, public research university in the northwest United States, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It is also the largest university in the state, with a total enrollment exceeding 28,000. More than 230,000 people have graduated from OSU since its founding. The Carnegie Foundation designates Oregon State University as a "Community Engagement" university and classifies it as a doctoral university with a status of "Highest research activity". This same designation is shared by 114 other top U.S. academic institutions.

OSU is one of 73 land-grant universities in the United States. The school is also a sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant institution, making it one of only three U.S. institutions to obtain all four designations and one of two public universities to do so (Cornell and Penn State are the only others with similar designation. Penn State is the only public university with matching designations). OSU received $441 million in research funding for the 2017 fiscal year.

The university's roots date back to 1856, when it was established as the area's first community school for primary and preparatory education. Throughout the university's history, the name changed eleven times. Like other early established land-grant colleges and universities, the majority of name changes occurred through the 1920s. Generally, name changes were made to better align a school with the largest available federal grants in agriculture research.

Early names

*Unofficial title 1868-1885