Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally OSU, OK State, Oklahoma State) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act. Originally known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M), it is the flagship institution of the Oklahoma State University System that holds more than 35,000 students across its five campuses with an annual budget of $1.7 billion.[2] The main campus enrollment for the fall 2019 semester was 24,071, with 20,024 undergraduates and 4,017 graduate students. OSU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[8] According to the National Science Foundation, OSU spent $198.8 million on research and development in 2021.[9]
For the U.S. state, see Oklahoma. For the university system, see Oklahoma State University System.
Former names
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (1890–1958)
"Scholarship, Instruction, Service"
December 25, 1890
$1.71 billion (system-wide, 2023)[1]
$1.70 billion[2]
1,337 (2019)[3]
25,359 (Fall 2022)[4]
20,801 (Fall 2022)[4]
4,558 (Fall 2022)[4]
Distant town[6], 1,489 acres (6.03 km2)[5]
Orange and black[7]
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls have won 53 national championships, which ranks fifth in most NCAA team national championships after Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and University of Texas at Austin, tied with Pennsylvania State University.[10] As of 2021, Oklahoma State students and alumni have won 34 Olympic medals (21 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze).[11] The university has produced and 48 Fulbright Scholars,[12][13] astronauts,[14] and a billionaire.[15]
Students spend part of the fall semester preparing for OSU's Homecoming celebration, begun in 1913, which draws more than 40,000 alumni and over 70,000 participants each year to campus and is billed by the university as "America's Greatest Homecoming Celebration."[16] The Oklahoma State University alumni network exceeds 250,000 graduates.
Colleges[edit]
The medical campus has an affiliation with Oklahoma State University Medical Center for clinical training and offers residency/fellowship opportunities. Also with the medical school, OSU established a campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation and the nation's first, and currently only, tribally-affiliated medical school.[42]
In 2020, the College of Education and Human Sciences was created, which merged the College of Human Sciences and College of Education, Health, and Aviation into a single college. In August 2021, the university announced the creation of the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE).[43]
Admissions[edit]
For the class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), OSU received 15,277 applications and accepted 10,691 (70.0%), with 4,200 enrolling.[44] The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolling freshmen was 530–635 for evidence-based reading and writing, 510–630 for math, and 1040–1255 for the composite.[44] The middle 50% ACT score range was 19–27 for math, 21–27 for English, and 21–28 for the composite.[44]
Academic rankings
118–144
177
185 (tie)
226
501–600
851–900
601–800
633 (tie)
Fight songs[edit]
Notable among several songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: The Waving Song, Ride 'Em Cowboys (the Oklahoma State University fight song), and the OSU Chant.[65] At the end of every sporting event win or lose, OSU student-athletes face the student section and sing the alma mater along with other students, faculty, alumni, and staff.
