Oregon State
University-Cascades Campus
Public College in Bend, OR. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $64,010.
A decade after enrolling, the median Oregon State University-Cascades Campus student earns $64,010 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 56% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,221, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
63% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 2,342, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 5% 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 | 605–670 | 10 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 538–648 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus →Academics
Completion is middling: 56% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 75% — 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 22% 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. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,054 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,772 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $11,497 while those at $110k+ pay $24,478. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,117 — common but not automatic. 32% 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 · 176 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 | $11,497 |
| $30–48k | $11,716 |
| $48–75k | $16,694 |
| $75–110k | $20,055 |
| $110k+ | $24,478 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 334 of these 1,054 students, totalling $2,174,118 — an average of $6,509 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Deschutes County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026