The average acceptance rate of the 6 public Oregon colleges that have competitive admission is 90.25% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.09%. The acceptance rate at 2 public Oregon colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.
Oregon State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 77.30%. University of Oregon (88.30%) and Southern Oregon University (88.62%) are following it in the list of Tightest Oregon Public 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.
Oregon State University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Oregon ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $33,105 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,908 for the academic year 2024-2025.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Oregon State University Corvallis, ORPublic, 4-year | 77.30% 1.55% | 20.40% | 1,290 | $38,190 ($14,400) | 37,163 | 70.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 2 1 | University of Oregon Eugene, ORPublic, 4-year | 88.30% 3.19% | 14.40% | 1,260 | $42,516 ($15,320) | 24,404 | 72.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Southern Oregon University Ashland, ORPublic, 4-year | 88.62% 5.96% | 29.33% | - | $31,887 ($12,762) | 5,113 | 43.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 4 - | Portland State University Portland, ORPublic, 4-year | 90.87% 0.04% | 18.21% | - | $29,136 ($11,118) | 19,951 | 53.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 - | Western Oregon University Monmouth, ORPublic, 4-year | 98.10% 0.59% | 18.62% | - | $32,169 ($11,514) | 3,722 | 47.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 6 - | Eastern Oregon University La Grande, ORPublic, 4-year | 98.31% 0.45% | 20.10% | - | $24,729 ($11,184) | 2,894 | 43.00% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | 90.25% | 20.18% | 1,275 | $33,105 ($12,716) | 15,541 | 54.67% | 17 to 1 |