University of Oregon
Public Research University in Eugene, OR. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $61,324.
Ten-year median earnings of $61,324 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 72% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,139, 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
With an acceptance rate of 88%, University of Oregon takes nearly everyone who applies. 40,021 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 8% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 580–690 | 412 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 550–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–30 | 271 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 72% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 17% 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 60% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 19,759 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,605 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,909 at $0–30k versus $31,021 at $110k+. About 70% get grants averaging $10,356, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 30% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 4,979 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 | $15,909 |
| $30–48k | $15,760 |
| $48–75k | $18,364 |
| $75–110k | $24,704 |
| $110k+ | $31,021 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 5,847 of these 19,759 students, totalling $37,134,508 — an average of $6,351 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lane 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)