Admissions & selectivity
University of Oregon Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Oregon?
Oregon’s reported acceptance rate is 88.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 88.3%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: University of Oregon Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Oregon admits a larger share of applicants than its comparable-institution median. Its admission rate is 88.3%, above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 39,952 first-year applicants and 35,287 admitted applicants.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Oregon students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, University of Oregon reported score ranges that describe enrolled first-year students who submitted scores, not admission minimums. The reported average high-school GPA was 3.73 among enrolled first-year students who reported a GPA; it is an average, not a cutoff.
Among SAT submitters, the middle half scored from 1130 to 1360, and 8% of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores. Among ACT submitters, the corresponding range was 23 to 30, with 5% submitting ACT scores.
Applicants should place an SAT result beside the university's 1130 to 1360 range as context for recent enrolled submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Oregon. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
8% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1130
- Median
- 1250
- 75th percentile
- 1360
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
5% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 23
- Median
- 27
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Oregon Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Oregon?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 21.3%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 15.0%
- First-year retention
- 86.4%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, University of Oregon recorded 2,602 degree-seeking transfer applicants; 1,650 were admitted and 835 enrolled, making transfer entry a visible route into the university. Federal figures list 20,497 undergraduates.
Pell Grant recipients account for 21.3% of that population, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 15.0%. The mix includes people using federal grant aid as well as those continuing college work begun elsewhere.
At University of Oregon, 71.7% of the first-time full-time cohort completes within six years, compared with a peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—of 65.0%. That completion record sits alongside 86.4% first-year retention among full-time bachelor’s-seeking entrants; the comparable-institution median is 83.1%.
Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort complete within six years at 64.9%, below the overall rate by 6.8 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect returning after the first year and completing within six years to run above the comparison medians, alongside a lower completion figure for Pell recipients.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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