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Tightest Oregon Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Oregon colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Reed College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 30.80% for academic year 2022-2023 in Oregon. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Oregon.
Tightest Oregon Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Reed College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
30.80%9,0232,77939414.18%
2Corban University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, OR
34.77%1,66557915226.25%
3Lewis & Clark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
68.59%6,6634,57062613.70%
4Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Public, four-yearsBend, OR
79.02%2,0971,65718811.35%
5Willamette University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, OR
80.60%3,9943,21952416.28%
6Oregon State University
Public, four-yearsCorvallis, OR
82.53%25,65121,1694,51321.32%
7Western Oregon University
Public, four-yearsMonmouth, OR
83.35%3,2622,71956320.71%
8University of Oregon
Public, four-yearsEugene, OR
86.29%37,15432,0615,31316.57%
9Southern Oregon University
Public, four-yearsAshland, OR
87.96%2,1261,87056730.32%
10Linfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcMinnville, OR
88.69%2,1221,88238020.19%