Oregon State acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Oregon State admitted 23,172 of 29,362 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 78.9%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Oregon State counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Oregon State acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29,362 | 23,172 | 78.9% | 4,452 | 19.2% |
| 2024-25 | 30,293 | 23,418 | 77.3% | 4,778 | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29,025 | 22,886 | 78.8% | 4,689 | 20.5% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Oregon State
Early decision counts: Not published. Oregon State’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Oregon State waitlist
Oregon State SAT and ACT scores
What Oregon State says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Oregon State rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Academic GPA
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Application essay, Character/personal qualities
- 2024-25
- Very important: Academic GPA
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Application essay, Character/personal qualities
- 2023-24
- Very important: Academic GPA
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Application essay, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
Oregon State testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: providing SAT/ACT scores is the applicant's choice (CDS C8 lists SAT/ACT as not required but considered if submitted).
From Oregon State’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Oregon State offers early action, not early decision. The 2025-26 SAT 25th percentile is printed as 1127.5 and shown as printed. 2023-24 reports no waitlist policy.
Oregon State acceptance rate questions
- What is the Oregon State acceptance rate?
- Oregon State's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 29,362 first-year applicants and 23,172 admitted, an acceptance rate of 78.9%. It was 77.3% in 2024-25 and 78.8% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Oregon State students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1127.5 to 1360, and ACT submitters scored 24 to 31. 8.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Oregon State waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Oregon State offered 764 applicants a place on the waitlist; the number who accepted is not published, and 292 were admitted from it.
- Does Oregon State require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: providing SAT/ACT scores is the applicant's choice (CDS C8 lists SAT/ACT as not required but considered if submitted).
Applying to Oregon State?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Oregon State says it weighs.
Source: Oregon State Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Oregon State. All official acceptance rates