3,700 expected to participate in OSU’s graduation ceremony Saturday

Oregon State University will graduate 7,338 students during its university-wide commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Reser Stadium on the Corvallis campus.

More than 3,700 students are expected to participate in the ceremony that will honor the university’s 154th class. The event is free to attend, open to the public and held rain or shine. Gates will open at 9 a.m. and tickets are not required. The ceremony will be livestreamed in English and Spanish.

The 7,338 graduates will receive 7,583 degrees. There will be 238 students receiving two degrees, two receiving three degrees and one receiving four.

The commencement address will be given by OSU alumnus Dr. Charity Dean, who helped guide the state of California’s strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean is the CEO and founder of The Public Health Company, which seeks to protect communities and businesses from infectious disease.

Some facts and figures about Oregon State’s class of 2023:

• Of the 7,583 degrees that will be awarded, 5,961 will go to students receiving bachelor’s degrees; 1,190, master’s degrees; 285, doctor of philosophy degrees; 73, doctor of pharmacy degrees; 71, doctor of veterinary medicine degrees; and three, doctor of education.
• OSU’s 2023 graduates represent 34 of Oregon’s 36 counties, 50 states and 71 countries.
• A total of 1,335 identify as Asian; 702, Latino; 245, First Nations including Alaskan Native; 187, Black or African American; and 113, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
• The oldest graduate is 72 years old; the youngest is 18 years old; the average age is 26.
• The graduating class includes 193 veterans of U.S. military service.
• A record total of 1,892 degrees were awarded to Oregon State students in 60 academic degree programs this year through Ecampus, the university’s online education provider. The graduates hail from 48 states and 18 countries.
• OSU-Cascades in Bend will award degrees to 248 undergraduate students and 62 graduate students on Sunday, June 18.
• OSU’s Honors College is graduating 245 students.
• The graduating class includes 1,216 students who are the first in their family to earn a college degree; 4,194 Oregon residents; and 3,145 non-resident students of which 724 are international students.
• The College of Engineering has the most graduates with 1,792, followed by: College of Liberal Arts (1,107); College of Business (866); College of Science (652); College of Public Health and Human Sciences (564); College of Agricultural Sciences (505); College of Forestry (250); College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (167); and College of Education (58).