Oregon Institute of Technology - Klamath Falls, OR
N 42° 15.257 W 121° 47.098
10T E 600225 N 4678724
Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) is Oregon's southernmost public university campus and home of the Hustlin Owls.
Waymark Code: WMK7AH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2014
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The following text comes from OIT's website history
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Oregon Institute of Technology is the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. It has successfully evolved through several stages since its beginning in 1947 – first, as a vocational rehabilitation school for World War II veterans known as Oregon Vocational School; then as a regionally-accredited institution, known as Oregon Technical Institute, offering associate degree programs; then as a four-year technical school known as Oregon Institute of Technology.
Today, Oregon Tech is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. At its main campus in Klamath Falls, Oregon Tech offers bachelor's degree programs in engineering, engineering technology, health professions, management, communication, and applied sciences. Bachelor's degree-completion programs in selected fields are offered online and through Oregon Tech Wilsonville. The university also offers Dental Hygiene in La Grande and Salem. Oregon Tech offers an in-house bachelor's degree-completion program in Seattle at the Boeing facilities. Oregon Tech also offers a Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology at its locations in Klamath Falls, Wilsonville, and Seattle, and offers a Master of Science in Renewable Energy Engineering at the Wilsonville campus.
The OIT campus moved to its current location from its former location along Old Fort Road in 1964. The campus name also changed from Oregon Technical Institute to Oregon Institute of Technology. The campus is also credited with being the only institution to rely fully on geothermal energy to heat its entire campus and recently installed a large number of solar panels to further become self sufficient in campus-wide energy consumption.
OIT Quick Stats:
Offer a quality education with small class sizes and a low student to faculty ratio of 20:1.
Graduates enjoy a 90% graduate success rate (employed or continuing education within six months after graduation).
New graduates earn an average starting salary of $56,000 per year.
OIT is also proud to have a national championship basketball team in the NAIA Div. II league having won the title three times in the past 15 years. The OIT Softball team has also won a national championship. OIT is known as the home of the Hustlin' Owls.
My posted coordinates place you at the south main entrance to the campus where visitors can park in a designated parking area and tour the campus.