The average acceptance rate of the 16 Oregon colleges that have competitive admission is 80.83% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 3.83%. The acceptance rate at 6 Oregon colleges increased and the rate of 10 colleges decreased.
Reed College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 27.16%. Multnomah University (49.84%) and Bushnell University (66.36%) are following it in the list of Tightest Oregon Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Reed College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Multnomah University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $43,889 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,443 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Reed College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year | 27.16% 3.64% | 12.87% | 1,410 | $67,020 | 1,534 | 79.00% | 9 to 1 |
2 1 | Multnomah University Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year | 49.84% 3.54% | 36.71% | - | $30,310 | 608 | 38.00% | 12 to 1 |
3 1 | Bushnell University Eugene, ORPrivate, 4-year | 66.36% 0.49% | 16.57% | 1,120 | $34,740 | 699 | 51.00% | 12 to 1 |
4 1 | Lewis & Clark College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year | 74.53% 5.94% | 11.71% | 1,310 | $62,350 | 3,595 | 73.00% | 13 to 1 |
5 2 | Oregon State University Corvallis, ORPublic, 4-year | 78.85% 3.68% | 20.49% | - | $35,664 ($13,494) | 34,292 | 70.00% | 19 to 1 |
6 - | Willamette University Salem, ORPrivate, 4-year | 79.11% 1.49% | 15.51% | 1,320 | $48,268 | 1,909 | 76.00% | 11 to 1 |
7 3 | Southern Oregon University Ashland, ORPublic, 4-year | 82.66% 5.30% | 22.30% | - | $30,723 ($12,093) | 5,204 | 46.00% | 23 to 1 |
8 1 | University of Oregon Eugene, ORPublic, 4-year | 85.11% 1.18% | 15.01% | 1,240 | $41,194 ($14,751) | 23,163 | 73.00% | 20 to 1 |
9 2 | Linfield University McMinnville, ORPrivate, 4-year | 87.93% 0.76% | 19.99% | - | $51,416 | 1,754 | 70.00% | 10 to 1 |
10 8 | Corban University Salem, ORPrivate, 4-year | 89.74% 54.97% | 28.57% | - | $37,208 | 963 | 54.00% | 15 to 1 |
Average | 72.13% | 19.97% | 1,280 | $43,889 ($13,446) | 7,372 | 63.00% | 14 to 1 |