Colleges in Oregon
This page aggregates every Title IV–eligible college and university with a primary campus in Oregon, drawing from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, IPEDS institutional reports, and de-identified IRS earnings linkage for federal-aid recipients. Coverage includes public flagships, regional comprehensives, community and technical colleges, private nonprofit institutions, and for-profit schools.
The state-aggregate statistics below include all reporting institutions in Oregon as a single denominator — community colleges, public universities, private nonprofits, and for-profit institutions are pooled. State averages are therefore useful for high-level framing (in-state tuition is X, average admission rate is Y, average earnings are Z) but should not be read as representative of any specific sector or institution. Drill into individual school profiles for the full picture: admissions, costs (sticker and net), federal-aid usage, completion, retention, demographics, and earnings outcomes 6 and 10 years after enrollment.
The most-recent Scorecard release is from September 2024. Tuition figures reflect institutional reports for the 2022–23 academic year and may differ from current-year prices. Earnings data has an inherent lag — the 10-year earnings horizon reflects students who enrolled approximately a decade prior to the data publication, as the IRS-matching process requires time to accumulate post-enrollment income.
Largest Colleges in Oregon by Enrollment
Highest Earnings 10-Year Median — Oregon
What the IPEDS Data Shows for Colleges in Oregon
Oregon has 70 Title IV-participating postsecondary institutions in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the federal directory that captures every college eligible to award federal student aid. The ownership mix is 26 public institutions, 0 private nonprofits, and 0 private for-profit schools — a structural split that drives most of the tuition variation visible in the table below. Public institutions typically report substantially lower in-state tuition because state appropriations subsidize the published price, while private nonprofits often show higher sticker prices that are partially offset by institutional aid.
Cost and selectivity signals vary widely even within a single state. The average in-state tuition across Oregon institutions is $20,040, and the average admission rate (weighted by institutions that report one) sits at 81.7%. Admission rates from IPEDS exclude open-enrollment institutions, which is why community colleges and many for-profits show as unreported rather than at 100 percent. Looking at the table, the acceptance-rate column is blank for schools that don’t screen applicants, a meaningful distinction when evaluating selectivity alongside earnings.
Post-graduation outcomes tie cost to return. Graduates of Oregon colleges earn a mean of $43,880 ten years after enrollment, based on U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal aid applicants through the College Scorecard data file. Because earnings depend heavily on field of study and local labor markets, state-level averages should be read alongside each school’s program mix. The table sorts every institution with reported IPEDS enrollment so prospective students can compare acceptance rates, enrollment scale, and median earnings side by side rather than relying on third-party rankings.
All Schools in Oregon
| School Name | City | Type | Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | 10yr Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | Corvallis | Public | 30,743 | 77.3% | $64,010 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene | Public | 20,497 | 88.3% | $61,324 |
| Portland Community College | Portland | Public | 19,531 | — | $44,592 |
| Portland State University | Portland | Public | 13,182 | 90.9% | $57,906 |
| Chemeketa Community College | Salem | Public | 6,610 | — | $40,968 |
| Lane Community College | Eugene | Public | 6,064 | — | $38,075 |
| Linn-Benton Community College | Albany | Public | 5,174 | — | $41,363 |
| Clackamas Community College | Oregon City | Public | 4,963 | — | $42,886 |
| Mt Hood Community College | Gresham | Public | 3,856 | — | $41,125 |
| Central Oregon Community College | Bend | Public | 3,789 | — | $38,940 |
| Rogue Community College | Grants Pass | Public | 3,559 | — | $36,845 |
| Western Oregon University | Monmouth | Public | 3,103 | 98.1% | $51,815 |
| University of Portland | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 2,957 | 89.2% | $82,804 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | Klamath Falls | Public | 2,892 | 95.0% | $72,273 |
| Southern Oregon University | Ashland | Public | 2,751 | 88.6% | $49,175 |
| George Fox University | Newberg | Private Nonprofit | 2,699 | 93.5% | $59,761 |
| Umpqua Community College | Roseburg | Public | 2,219 | — | $36,676 |
| Eastern Oregon University | La Grande | Public | 2,172 | 98.3% | $50,112 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 2,120 | 78.5% | $62,205 |
| Linfield University | McMinnville | Private Nonprofit | 1,621 | 85.2% | $78,638 |
| Willamette University | Salem | Private Nonprofit | 1,592 | 77.1% | $56,911 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove | Private Nonprofit | 1,516 | 89.6% | $60,583 |
| Reed College | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 1,320 | 24.6% | $62,927 |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College | Coos Bay | Public | 1,270 | — | $38,349 |
| Treasure Valley Community College | Ontario | Public | 1,193 | — | $36,738 |
| Klamath Community College | Klamath Falls | Public | 1,130 | — | $34,357 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bend | Public | 1,044 | 63.1% | $64,010 |
| Blue Mountain Community College | Pendleton | Public | 962 | — | $38,375 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | Public | 836 | — | $101,028 |
| American College of Healthcare Sciences | Portland | Private For-Profit | 759 | 53.5% | — |
| Corban University | Salem | Private Nonprofit | 678 | 93.9% | $48,917 |
| Columbia Gorge Community College | The Dalles | Public | 543 | — | $44,440 |
| Sumner College | Portland | Private For-Profit | 532 | 88.9% | $46,639 |
| Bushnell University | Eugene | Private Nonprofit | 517 | 67.3% | $53,623 |
| Clatsop Community College | Astoria | Public | 493 | — | $39,477 |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 420 | 74.9% | $34,883 |
| Oregon Coast Community College | Newport | Public | 376 | — | — |
| Warner Pacific University | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 375 | 71.1% | $55,204 |
| Tillamook Bay Community College | Tillamook | Public | 294 | — | — |
| Institute of Technology | Salem | Private For-Profit | 267 | — | $37,507 |
| Carrington College-Portland | Portland | Private For-Profit | 254 | — | $36,625 |
| Aveda Institute-Portland | Portland | Private For-Profit | 238 | — | $33,003 |
| East West College of the Healing Arts | Portland | Private For-Profit | 236 | — | $28,483 |
| Phagans School of Hair Design | Happy Valley | Private For-Profit | 212 | — | $22,912 |
| Concorde Career College-Portland | Portland | Private For-Profit | 172 | 97.0% | $42,362 |
| Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 144 | 59.4% | $55,204 |
| Northwest College-Eugene | Springfield | Private For-Profit | 139 | — | $24,421 |
| Phagans Central Oregon Beauty College | Bend | Private For-Profit | 101 | — | $20,551 |
| Northwest College-Medford | Medford | Private For-Profit | 95 | — | $24,421 |
| Beau Monde Academy of Barbering and Cosmetology | Portland | Private For-Profit | 92 | — | $24,565 |
| Summit Salon Academy-Portland | Tigard | Private For-Profit | 66 | — | $24,106 |
| Johnny Matthew's Hairdressing Training School | Salem | Private For-Profit | 60 | — | — |
| Phagans Beauty College | Corvallis | Private For-Profit | 59 | — | $33,102 |
| College of Hair Design Careers | Salem | Private For-Profit | 58 | — | $23,915 |
| New Hope Christian College-Eugene | Eugene | Private Nonprofit | 56 | 80.0% | $31,115 |
| Premiere Aesthetics Institute | Bend | Private For-Profit | 45 | — | — |
| Phagans Grants Pass College of Beauty | Grants Pass | Private For-Profit | 43 | — | $23,595 |
| National University of Natural Medicine | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 41 | — | — |
| Portland Fashion Institute | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 39 | 80.0% | — |
| Mount Angel Seminary | Saint Benedict | Private Nonprofit | 38 | 100.0% | $57,436 |
| Phagans School of Beauty | Salem | Private For-Profit | 38 | — | $23,393 |
| Northwest College-Beaverton | Beaverton | Private For-Profit | 37 | — | $24,421 |
| Northwest College-Clackamas | Happy Valley | Private For-Profit | 35 | — | $24,421 |
| Northwest College-Tualatin | Tualatin | Private For-Profit | 35 | — | $24,421 |
| Pacific Bible College | Medford | Private Nonprofit | 22 | 100.0% | — |
| Christian Culinary Academy | Cannon Beach | Private Nonprofit | 22 | 90.9% | — |
| Portland Actors Conservatory | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 11 | 75.0% | — |
| University of Western States | Portland | Private Nonprofit | 0 | — | $27,382 |
| Western Seminary | Portland | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Bushnell University - Roseburg Campus | Roseburg | Private Nonprofit | — | — | $53,623 |
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About This Data
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS institutional characteristics files. Enrollment, admissions, and earnings figures are the most recently available. Earnings represent median income 10 years after enrollment for students who received federal financial aid, drawn from U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal student aid applicants.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.