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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 8.68% for academic year 2022-2023 in Oregon. Lewis & Clark College is positioned second with 13.70% yield and Reed College follows them with 14%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in Oregon.
Oregon Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Portland
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
8.68% 10,122 9,364 813 92.51%
2Lewis & Clark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
13.70% 6,663 4,570 626 68.59%
3Reed College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
14.18% 9,023 2,779 394 30.80%
4Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsForest Grove, OR
15.44% 2,759 2,546 393 92.28%
5Willamette University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, OR
16.28% 3,994 3,219 524 80.60%
6University of Oregon
Public, four-yearsEugene, OR
16.57% 37,154 32,061 5,313 86.29%
7Warner Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
16.83% 436 315 53 72.25%
8George Fox University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewberg, OR
19.27% 3,542 3,249 626 91.73%
9Linfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcMinnville, OR
20.19% 2,122 1,882 380 88.69%
10Western Oregon University
Public, four-yearsMonmouth, OR
20.71% 3,262 2,719 563 83.35%