Oregon State University Student Population

How many students at Oregon State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Oregon State University has a total enrollment of 37,163 students, including 31,253 undergraduate and 5,910 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 18,579 male students (50%) and 18,584 female students (50%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 22,796 White students (61.3%) and 4,676 Hispanic students (12.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 31,253 undergraduate students (84.1%) and 5,910 graduate students (15.9%).
• Class Delivery: 13,083 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 8,697 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - Oregon State's body is relatively large.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 18,579 male (49.99%) and 18,584 female (50.01%) students are attending Oregon State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 99.97.

By class level, 31,253 (84.10%) are undergraduate students and 5,910 (15.90%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 50.78% are male and 49.22% are female, while among graduate students, 45.85% are male and 54.15% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 22,796 White, 819 Black, and 2,867 Asian students out of a total of 37,163 are attending at Oregon State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Oregon State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Oregon State has 272 students under 18 years old and 66 students over 65 years old. There are 24,464 students under 25 years old, and 12,699 students over 25 years old out of 37,163 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 272 students are younger than 18 and 22 students are older than 65. Oregon State has 22,955 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 8,298 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,509 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,401 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Oregon State University, 13,083 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,697 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,461 students who live in Oregon or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,622 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 31,253 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,763 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.84%.1,811 students have transferred in as full-time status and 952 students transferred in as part-time status.