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Oregon Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Oregon. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
University of Portland, has the lowest yield rate of 9.62% for academic year 2024-2025 in Oregon. Lewis & Clark College is positioned second with 9.70% yield and Warner Pacific University follows them with 12%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in Oregon.
Oregon Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Portland
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
9.62% 8,289 7,391 711 89.17%
2Lewis & Clark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
9.70% 6,328 4,967 482 78.49%
3Warner Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
11.64% 447 318 37 71.14%
4Reed College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
13.05% 9,431 2,321 303 24.61%
5Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsForest Grove, OR
13.12% 2,988 2,676 351 89.56%
6Willamette University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, OR
14.25% 3,832 2,954 421 77.09%
7University of Oregon
Public, four-yearsEugene, OR
14.40% 40,021 35,337 5,087 88.30%
8Linfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcMinnville, OR
17.02% 2,629 2,239 381 85.17%
9George Fox University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewberg, OR
18.07% 4,207 3,934 711 93.51%
10Portland State University
Public, four-yearsPortland, OR
18.21% 9,077 8,248 1,502 90.87%