Oregon State University's admit rate has fallen 10.2 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 77.3% | 4,778 | 70.1% | 87.8% | 1,280 |
| 2023-2024 | 78.8% | 4,689 | 70.6% | 87.5% | 1,280 |
| 2022-2023 | 82.5% | 4,513 | 70.0% | 86.8% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 89.1% | 3,965 | 68.2% | 86.8% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 83.6% | 3,574 | 69.3% | 84.5% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Oregon State University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 41.8% admit to 88.6% admit — a 46.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 6.3 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Oregon State University's admit rate fell from 83.6% (2020-2021) to 77.3% (2024-2025) — a 6.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 83.6 → 89.1 → 82.5 → 78.8 → 77.3. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 14 percentage points.
Oregon State University's 70.1% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 13.8 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Oregon State University's 77.3% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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