Oregon State University Reviews

Constant budget crunches, furlows, and hiring freezes. Football seems to be a bigger priority than education. Drama prone academic administration -- fired department heads, local newspaper publishing letter to the editor, leading to fired deans. Little opportunity for upward promotion -- faculty and administration seem retire on death's bed, so don't expect to progress anywhere quickly as most positions are treated as national searches. Administrative functions seem poorly managed, and underinvested in.

If you are coming from anywhere outside of Oregon but especially California give yourself and extend grace, there’s a leaning curve to the niceties and performativity around kindness. The campus is resource rich in STEM and not so great everywhere else. This makes an impact on the entire experience. OSU is comfortable with mediocrity a lot of the time, and sadly does a terrible job in retaining BIPOC and LGBTQ+ talent.