Oregon Institute
of Technology
Public College in Klamath Falls, OR. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $72,273.
A decade after enrolling, the median Oregon Institute of Technology student earns $72,273 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,500, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.5% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Oregon Institute of Technology admits 95% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 5,098 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 11% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 7% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 500–650 | 39 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 500–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–27 | 26 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 54% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 24% 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 23% 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 2,913 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,831 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,085 at the $0–30k band to $22,431 at $110k+. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,040 — common but not automatic. 39% 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 · 403 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 | $9,085 |
| $30–48k | $8,729 |
| $48–75k | $14,385 |
| $75–110k | $18,925 |
| $110k+ | $22,431 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,125 of these 2,913 students, totalling $8,174,354 — an average of $7,266 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Klamath 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)