Oregon Public Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate

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.

Comparison between Tightest Oregon Public Colleges To Get In

Table. Tightest Oregon Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Oregon State University Corvallis, ORPublic, 4-year 77.30%
1.55%		20.40%1,290$38,190
($14,400)		37,16370.00%18 to 1
2
1		University of Oregon Eugene, ORPublic, 4-year 88.30%
3.19%		14.40%1,260$42,516
($15,320)		24,40472.00%19 to 1
3
1		Southern Oregon University Ashland, ORPublic, 4-year 88.62%
5.96%		29.33%-$31,887
($12,762)		5,11343.00%23 to 1
4
-		Portland State University Portland, ORPublic, 4-year 90.87%
0.04%		18.21%-$29,136
($11,118)		19,95153.00%17 to 1
5
-		Western Oregon University Monmouth, ORPublic, 4-year 98.10%
0.59%		18.62%-$32,169
($11,514)		3,72247.00%13 to 1
6
-		Eastern Oregon University La Grande, ORPublic, 4-year 98.31%
0.45%		20.10%-$24,729
($11,184)		2,89443.00%14 to 1
Average90.25%20.18%1,275$33,105
($12,716)		15,54154.67%17 to 1