Eastern Oregon University
Public College in La Grande, OR. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $50,112.
Students who entered Eastern Oregon University land at a median of $50,112 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $20,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 98%, Eastern Oregon University takes nearly everyone who applies. 1,599 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 20% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 71% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 27% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 45% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,201 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,125 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,563 at the $0–30k band to $21,835 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $9,600. 42% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 256 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,563 |
| $30–48k | $11,150 |
| $48–75k | $14,208 |
| $75–110k | $22,566 |
| $110k+ | $21,835 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 932 of these 2,201 students, totalling $6,878,228 — an average of $7,380 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Union County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)