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The Code calls. How will you answer?

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Why OSU?

Ranked No. 1 for Best College and Most Affordable in Oklahoma (Research.com, 2026), OSU is a place that’s big on opportunity and making a difference. There are countless reasons to join the Cowboy family, and we can't wait to welcome you to campus so you can make meaningful connections and build your future.

Life on Campus

OSU stands not only as a bastion of academic excellence but also as a cultivator of character and tradition. With these interviews, we embark on a journey to uncover the stories of students, teachers and faculty members who have embraced the Cowboy Code as a guiding philosophy in their daily lives.

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What's your major?

Curious about majors at OSU? Hear from current students.

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Why was OSU right for your student?

Parents and families share why OSU was the perfect choice for their students.

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What are you most excited for this fall?

We asked students what makes fall on campus so memorable—here's what they said.

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How do scholarships make a difference?

Hear from students how this support helps them succeed.

WE ARE ALL
COWBOYS

Learn the code

Apply in July

Your journey starts here.

High school seniors: apply to Oklahoma State this July and get admitted by September 15 to receive a free OSU gift in the mail! Submit your application for admission and scholarship consideration during July, then complete your remaining documents when the fall semester begins. Get a head start. Don’t delay!

Keepers of the Code

Answering the call every day

From a boardroom to a launchpad, our determined spirit shows up wherever Cowboys go. These four members of the Cowboy family, an entrepreneur, a professor, a landscape director and a rising researcher, are shaped by a different path but bound by the same set of values. Their stories look nothing alike on the surface, yet the same thread runs through all of them: showing up, doing what's right and giving it their all. They are proof the Code is a way of living.


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CEAT launches Innovation Award to turn student ideas into startups Wed, Jul 29, 2026

Beginning in fall 2026, the award will recognize some of CEAT's most promising student entrepreneurs with $20,000 to $30,000 in milestone-based funding. This will allow students to transform engineering concepts into viable businesses,

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EVERY COWBOY ANSWERS THE CALL

In everything we make, do and say, we’re answering a call: to unlock possibilities, unleash ambitions and turn big dreams into great deeds. At Oklahoma State University, your gift is more than generosity, it’s groundbreaking and sky-scraping, changing Cowboys’ lives for good.