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Tightest Oregon Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following 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 24.61% for academic year 2023-2024 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 (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Reed College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
24.61%9,4312,32130313.05%
2Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Public, four-yearsBend, OR
63.11%2,3421,47820413.80%
3Bushnell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEugene, OR
67.28%87158610918.60%
4Pacific Northwest College of Art
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
74.85%48536310228.10%
5Willamette University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, OR
77.09%3,8322,95442114.25%
6Oregon State University
Public, four-yearsCorvallis, OR
77.30%30,29323,4184,77820.40%
7Lewis & Clark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, OR
78.49%6,3284,9674829.70%
8Linfield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcMinnville, OR
85.17%2,6292,23938117.02%
9University of Oregon
Public, four-yearsEugene, OR
88.30%40,02135,3375,08714.40%
10Southern Oregon University
Public, four-yearsAshland, OR
88.62%2,3202,05660329.33%