Oregon Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Oregon Institute of Technology

Oregon Institute of Technology operates as a public institution located in Klamath Falls, Oregon (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 2,892 students of which 8,669 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Oregon Institute of Technology is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 95.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,150 and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,706, with published in-state tuition of $13,260 and a Pell grant recipient share of 17.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.0%. Graduates earn a median of $72,273 ten years after enrolling, compared with $68,301 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 165600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.