Eastern Oregon University

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Eastern Oregon University

Former names	Eastern Oregon Normal School (1929–1939) Eastern Oregon College of Education (1939–1956) Eastern Oregon College (1956–1973) Eastern Oregon State College (1973–1997)
Type	Public university
Established	1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Accreditation	NWCCU
Academic affiliations	HECC Space-grant
Endowment	$16.1 million (2021)[1][2]
President	Kelly Ryan
Provost	Sarah Witte
Academic staff	131
Students	3,741 (Fall 2015) [3]
Undergraduates	3,488 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	253 (Fall 2015)
Location	La Grande , Oregon , United States 45°19′12″N 118°05′31″W / 45.320°N 118.092°W / 45.320; -118.092
Campus	Remote town[4], 110 acres (0.45 km2)
Other campuses	Bend Burns Enterprise Gresham Hermiston John Day Ontario Pendleton Clackamas Roseburg Salem
Newspaper	The Voice
Colors	Gold and navy blue
Nickname	Mountaineers
Sporting affiliations	NAIA – Cascade Frontier
Mascot	Monty the Mountaineer
Website	www.eou.edu

Eastern Oregon University (EOU) (officially designated as Oregon’s Rural University)^[5] is a public university in La Grande, Oregon. It was formerly part of the Oregon University System, since dissolved. EOU was founded in 1929 as a teacher’s college and today serves as a center for education, culture, and scholarship in rural areas of Oregon.

The university offers bachelor's and master's degrees. Most students obtain a B.S. degree, which requires one quarter of science, whereas a B.A. degree requires two years of a foreign language. In 2016, the university also began work to introduce a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) degree with a vocational bent.