{"id":2404,"date":"2023-11-07T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2024-08-05T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:15:50","slug":"2023-ecampus-enrollment-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2023-ecampus-enrollment-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State University enrollment reaches a new record, topping 36,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Editor’s note:<\/strong> This article was originally published by OSU News and Research Communications<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Nov. 7, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 Oregon State University\u2019s fall 2023 enrollment has reached a record for the 27th consecutive year, topping 36,000, with growth spread across its Corvallis and Bend campuses and its online education unit.<\/p>\n

With 36,636 students enrolled, up 1,397 students, or 4% over last year, Oregon State is the largest university in the state for the 10th consecutive year.<\/p>\n

The enrollment includes students at OSU locations in Corvallis, Bend, Portland, La Grande and through the university\u2019s nationally ranked online Ecampus unit<\/a>. (For the remainder of this news release, enrollment numbers specified as Oregon State include all these locations except OSU-Cascades. Numbers from OSU-Cascades are broken out separately in the news release.)<\/p>\n

Ecampus, OSU\u2019s online education offering, continues to be the lead contributor to enrollment growth, rising 7% to 11,430 students this fall. Ecampus enrollment has increased more than 40% in the past five years.<\/p>\n

Enrollment on the Corvallis campus increased 2.5% to 24,188 students this fall. At OSU-Cascades in Bend, enrollment climbed to 1,313, up 3.3% from last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese record enrollment numbers are evidence that Oregon State is delivering on its commitment to expand access to the highest quality higher education,\u201d said OSU President Jayathi Murthy. \u201cThe continued demand for Ecampus enrollment is particularly exciting, especially at a time when the university is launching a new strategic plan that calls for more than doubling Ecampus enrollment by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oregon State enrolls students from all 50 states and 102 countries and 17,884 Oregon residents from 35 of the state\u2019s 36 counties.<\/p>\n

Enrollment of students outside of Oregon jumped 8.3% this fall to 15,561. The top 5 states from which Oregon State enrolls students are California (4,373), Washington (2,634), Texas (744), Colorado (722) and Hawaii (554).<\/p>\n

Fall enrollment at Oregon State includes 10,557 students of color, an increase of 547 students and a 5.3% increase over last year. Students of color now make up nearly 30% of OSU\u2019s enrollment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter three straight years of record new undergraduate enrollment, we expect to see continued high demand for OSU education offerings,\u201d said Jon Boeckenstedt, vice provost of enrollment management. \u201cAs we begin to reach our capacity for growth on the Corvallis campus, we are focused on creating additional pathways to an OSU degree on other campuses and especially online.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oregon State\u2019s fall 2023 enrollment also includes:<\/p>\n