Wednesday, November 20, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
OSU-Cascades’ first-year students up 28%
By Christine Coffin
Correspondent
B E N D 4 F a l l t e r m
enrollment at Oregon State
University 3 Cascades has
increased 4.1 percent and
includes 28 percent more
first-year students than a year
ago.
The cohort of 145 incom-
ing first-year students
dropped the average age of
OSU-Cascades students from
25 to 24.
In total, 1,311 students are
enrolled at the Bend campus.
Eighty-two percent of
OSU-Cascades9 first-year
students are Oregonians, and
26.9 percent are students of
color. Overall enrollment of
students of color at OSU-
Cascades increased slightly
to 17.5 percent. The fall 2019
enrollment includes 306
undergraduate students who
are the first in their families to
attend college.
The average unweighted
high school GPA of OSU-
Cascades9 first-year class
increased from 3.46 to 3.49.
First-year students with a high
school GPA of 3.75 or higher
increased to 28 percent.
Thirteen percent of first-
year students came to OSU-
Cascades with enough college
credit to enter at the sopho-
more or junior level. Nearly
61 percent of first-year stu-
dents earned college credit
while in high school.
Of the 578 transfer students
at OSU-Cascades, 62 percent
are from Central Oregon and
previously attended Central
Oregon Community College.
Sixty-five percent of
undergraduate students pursue
their studies full-time when
combining credits from OSU-
Cascades, OSU Ecampus and
COCC. Through a degree
partnership program with
COCC, 270 students are tak-
ing at least one class at the
community college.
Eighty-five percent of
OSU-Cascades students are
from Oregon, with 61 per-
cent coming from the Central
Oregon region. Fifteen per-
cent of students are from out-
of-state, including students
from 34 states, as well as nine
countries.
OSU-Cascades9 enroll-
ment increase was spread
across disciplines, with the
most popular majors being
biology, business administra-
tion, energy systems engineer-
ing, computer science, natural
resources, and kinesiology.
Newly launched under-
graduate degree programs in
elementary education, and
in art, media and technology
attracted 19 and 17 students
respectively, which are the
highest starting enrollments
of any major launched at the
campus.
This fall term marks
the third year that the OSU
Honors College undergradu-
ate degree is offered at OSU-
Cascades. Twenty-seven stu-
dents are enrolled in the rig-
orous degree program 4 a 35
percent increase from a year
ago.
OSU-Cascades enrolled
285 graduate students in fall
2019. The counseling degree
program is the largest with
80 students. Forty students
are enrolled in the Master of
Arts in teaching program. The
low-residency Master of Fine
Arts in creative writing pro-
gram has 21 enrolled students
this fall. The average age of a
graduate student is 39.
Seventy-seven student
veterans are enrolled at
OSU-Cascades.
The youngest enrolled stu-
dent is 16 and the oldest is 79.
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Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Game Night until 8 p.m. Bring
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Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke
Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional
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Hood Avenue Sisters Christmas Parade 2 p.m. Following
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142 E. Main Ave. Three Sisters Lions Club Holiday Faire
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