University of Oregon Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Aid covers about 36% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, a reduction of $12,611 from the sticker price. That average masks a spread of $15,112 between the lowest and highest income bands.

The lowest band, families earning under $30,000, averages $15,909, while the highest band, over $110,000, averages $31,021. Net prices are lower at lower incomes, and more support flows to families with fewer resources.

At University of Oregon, the published cost of attendance is $34,793, with aid recipients facing different average net prices by family-income band. The average net price is $15,909 in the lowest family-income band, $15,760 in the next-lowest band, $18,364 in the middle band, $24,704 in the upper-middle band, and $31,021 in the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $15,112. Azimuth ranks the university #825 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 36% of the published cost and offsets $12,611 from the sticker price. Across first-time, full-time aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $22,182.

The peer median net price, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $15,634, and the university’s average is $6,548 above it. Aid reduces the published cost, though the average price remains above the peer median.

Among federal-loan borrowers who completed, median federal student debt is $20,139, and 85.1% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. The peer median debt for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $20,076, placing the university $63 above that figure.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $229 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $44,405.

Federal borrowing is widespread at University of Oregon, and completion debt sits just below the peer reference. 85.1% of federal aid recipients take federal loans.

At completion, borrowers’ median federal student loan debt is $20,139. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $20,076, leaving the university $63 above that figure.

For Parent PLUS borrowers, a separate parent-borrower population, median debt is $44,405. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 40% of graduates borrowed from any source, including 38% with federal loans and 6% with private loans.

Average cumulative borrowing was $28,197 per borrower; average federal borrowing was $19,031 and average private borrowing was $61,065.

The investment picture at University of Oregon is shaped by earnings that sit near the national midpoint and borrowing that is close to the peer norm. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $62,174, a figure in the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

That is $3,436 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $1,106 less than the model expects for similar students, an outcome in the 51st percentile.

Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, stretch from $48,761 in a downside case to $82,448 in an upside case. Borrowers who finish carry a median of $20,139 in federal student loans, $63 above the $20,076 median for comparable institutions.

If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $229 a month.

Among parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $44,405. For student borrowers, median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $229 a month if repaid over ten years.

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.

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