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Oregon State University
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Oregon State University (OSU) is a public research and degree-granting four-year university in the Oregon University System, located in Corvallis, Oregon. Total student enrollment (undergraduate and graduate) in 2002 was 18,979, 79% of which were Oregon residents and 6% from other countries. With over 200 academic degree programs, engineering, environmental sciences, forestry, and pharmacy remain some of the most notable fields of study. OSU has more majors, minors, and special programs than any other college in Oregon and offers a University Exploratory Studies Program for students who wish to investigate their options for a major field. The university also receives more research grant funds annually than the rest of the Oregon University System schools combined.
The 577 acre (2.34 kmē) campus, located in the middle of the fertile Willamette Valley, is in close proximity to a good deal of farmland, an excellent foundation for its noted agricultural programs. Corvallis has over 50,000 permanent residents, is noted for its extensive public library, and is home to the second largest Hewlett-Packard manufacturing site in the world. OSU was recently rated the "Safest campus in the Pac-10The Pacific Ten Conference Pac-10 is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-A. Current members University of Arizona Arizona State University University of California, Berkeley (" in a study by the University of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California (also known as USC or Southern Cal , Southern California's oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. University of Southern California Motto''Palmam qui meruit fera.
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher EducationThe Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is a report classifying all accredited degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States. It is widely used as a basis for comparison of colleges and universities. The Carnegie C classifies Oregon State as Doctoral/Research-Extensive, one of only four such universities in the Pacific NorthwestThe northwestern part of the United States is known as the Pacific Northwest . Its boundaries are imprecise: the Pacific coast states of Washington and Oregon are always included, with Idaho a common addition. Extreme western Montana, near Missoula, is al. Research is done by the university at many locations throughout the state, including its Seafood Laboratory in AstoriaAstoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon 6, situated near the mouth of the Columbia River. It was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,813. History The Lewis and Clark, Food Innovation Laboratory in PortlandPortland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. It is a major Pacific seaport located about sixty miles from the west coast of the United States, situated on both sides of the Willamette River, just south of its confluence wit, and at the Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay in NewportNewport is a city located in Lincoln County, Oregon. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,532, a growth of nearly 13% over its 19. OSU manages approximately 14,000 acres (57 kmē) of forest, including the McDonald-Dunn research forest . OSU has a branch campus (OSU-Cascades Campus) in Bend, OregonBend is a city located in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. The name Bend was derived from "Farewell Bend," the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town eventually was platted, one of the.