Southern Oregon University
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
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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 86 Title IV programs, 24 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 62 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing24 · 27.9%
- No Data62 · 72.1%
- 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
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 3
- Mar 2024Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Oct 2016Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
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, 1,243 students received $7.0M in Pell grants, alongside $17.0M 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 1,215 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (1.6%) 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 Southern Oregon
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
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 campus16
- Public property3
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Southern Oregon vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Southern Oregon 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern Oregon University | 43% | — | 5,113 | $16,732 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 47% | 98.1% | 3,722 | $17,237 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 90.6% | 6,058 | $12,319 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 49% | 98.2% | 6,237 | $13,171 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 58% | 93.4% | 5,891 | $12,885 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 59% | 97.4% | 7,713 | $13,663 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 53% | 97.4% | 5,975 | $13,417 |
Institutions like Southern Oregon
Explore the federal data for institutions in Southern Oregon's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsOregon
Western Oregon University
Grad rate47%Admit rate98.1%Enrollment3,722Net price$17,237View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Grad rate65%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment6,058Net price$12,319View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt
Grad rate49%Admit rate98.2%Enrollment6,237Net price$13,171View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
Sonoma State University
Grad rate58%Admit rate93.4%Enrollment5,891Net price$12,885View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
California State University-Monterey Bay
Grad rate59%Admit rate97.4%Enrollment7,713Net price$13,663View data
Southern Oregon Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides historical enrollment data of Southern Oregon University, including enrollment summaries and facts at a glance. Public records requests can be sent to the provided email, and several specific reports and data sets including the Common Data Set and Fact Books are linked for public access.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Southern Oregon's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H15% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H584% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $25,194 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 38%; first-year retention 68%.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I346% of classes have under 20 students; 4% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B15,302 undergraduates and 562 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1689 transfer applicants → 650 admitted (94.3%) → 497 enrolled
Source publications
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