Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. Undergraduate enrollment averages close to 32,000, making it the state’s largest university. Out-of-state students make up over one-quarter of the undergraduates and an additional 5,500 students are engaged in graduate coursework at the university.[7] Since its founding, over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU.[8][9] Oregon State is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity” with an additional, optional designation as a “Community Engagement” university. As a land-grant university, OSU also participates in the sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant research consortia; it is one of only four such universities in the country (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University are the others). Admission to Oregon State is rated “selective” by U.S. News & World Report.[50] In fall 2019, total student enrollment was 31,719,[4] the largest among all Oregon universities. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked OSU tied for 139th nationally, tied for 71st top public and tied for 58th “most innovative” university in the U.S., and tied for 277th best globally.