All degrees are conferred by OSU, while the students remains on the EOU campus. A majority of the upper division and classes specific to the degree are taught by OSU faculty, who are resident in LaGrande. Some classes are offered through distance education from the Corvallis campus with on-campus faculty facilitating. The objective of the OSU Agriculture Program at Eastern is to prepare graduates for positions in farming, ranching, government agencies or agricultural service industries. Graduates are ready for entry-level and promotion to management positions.
Students are active in a variety of clubs , and student government.
Students pay EOU tuition for their entire program and are eligible for scholarships through both EOU and OSU College of Agriculture . There were 200 students enrolled in this program as of Fall 1998.