Oregon State University

Public research university Oregon State University (OSU) is situated in Oregon, USA. OSU's ranking declined from 151-200 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking) from 2016 to 2018 to 201-300 in 2020 and 2021. The ranking of Oregon State fell from 441st in 2018 to 499th in 2021, according to QS (Top Universities). Similarly to this, OSU's ranking in Times Higher Education (THE) dropped from 301-350 in 2019 to 401-500 in 2021. This illustrates how OSU has fallen short regarding the criteria used to determine university rankings.

OSU has been included among the top 300 colleges worldwide by US News & World Report since 2018. From 2018 to 2021, US News kept OSU outside of the top 200 institutions in the US.

Since 2018, Oregon State University's position at 201+ in the QS Global MBA ranking has remained constant. Similarly, OSU was maintained by US News between 99 and 131 in 2019 and 2021. (data for 2020 not available). This means that OSU has maintained its performance on the key metrics used by US News and QS to determine MBA and business school rankings, including employability, entrepreneurship, teaching, research, and citations. OSU has been ranked lower by Times Higher Education (THE), from 251-300 to 401-500 in 2021. OSU was ranked by US News from 2018 to 2021 in the bottom 120 spots for UG Business. In the US, business courses at Oregon State are highly well-liked.

In 2019 and 2020, QS (Top Universities) ranked OSU's engineering programmes between 451 and 500. From 2018 to 2021, THE also gave OSU a PG Engineering and Technology ranking between 301 and 400. In its PG Computers ranking, THE has consistently placed OSU between positions 501 and 600 since 2019. This shows that OSU's performance on important ranking factors, including teaching, research, and citation, has remained consistent. In addition, US News did not rank OSU among the top 100 universities for PG engineering in 2021.