Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 5.1-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 36 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 34 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 5.6%
- No Data34 · 94.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Action history · 2
- Jan 2019Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Oct 2018Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 244 students received $1.4M in Pell grants, alongside $5.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 187 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Reed College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus41
- Public property1
Includes 18 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion4
- Ethnicity3
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Birchwood Apartments 6-211 fireElectricalDamage $0-$99
- Birchwood Apartments 22-291 fireElectricalDamage $100,000-$249,999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Reed College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Reed College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectReed College | 71% | — | 1,358 | $33,013 | Baccalaureate |
| 70% | 85.2% | 1,709 | $26,536 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 77.1% | 2,180 | $25,121 | Baccalaureate | |
| 75% | 78.5% | 3,504 | $36,013 | Baccalaureate | |
| 81% | 38.1% | 1,561 | $33,313 | Baccalaureate | |
| 91% | 9.6% | 1,393 | $28,849 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 73% | 77.1% | 1,635 | $30,931 |
Institutions like Reed College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Reed College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateOregon
Linfield University
Grad rate70%Admit rate85.2%Enrollment1,709Net price$26,536View data - BaccalaureateOregon
Willamette University
Grad rate71%Admit rate77.1%Enrollment2,180Net price$25,121View data - BaccalaureateOregon
Lewis & Clark College
Grad rate75%Admit rate78.5%Enrollment3,504Net price$36,013View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Whitman College
Grad rate81%Admit rate38.1%Enrollment1,561Net price$33,313View data - BaccalaureateCalifornia
Claremont McKenna College
Grad rate91%Admit rate9.6%Enrollment1,393Net price$28,849View data
Reed College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
In higher education, institutional research provides information that supports institutional planning, policy formulation, and decision-making.
Visit IR office page- Mike TamadaDirector of Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Reed College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C19,606 applied → 2,804 admitted (29.2%) → 342 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Selective — 29.2% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1320–1490 (median 1410).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 29–34 (median 32).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C25,305 offered a waitlist spot, 2,597 accepted it, 110 admitted (4.2% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Source publications
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