Linfield University
Private College in McMinnville, OR. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $78,638.
Ten-year median earnings of $78,638 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is a strength: 71% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Linfield University admits 85% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 2,629, typical for a school of this reach. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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 runs to 71% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 80% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 1,678 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,637 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,936 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $20,059 while those at $110k+ pay $32,519. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $31,574 on average. Most students borrow — 86% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 345 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 | $20,059 |
| $30–48k | $18,664 |
| $48–75k | $22,806 |
| $75–110k | $26,070 |
| $110k+ | $32,519 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,408 of these 1,637 students, totalling $10,056,885 — an average of $7,143 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Yamhill 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)