Western 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 7.1-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 71 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 53 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing16 · 22.5%
- No Data53 · 74.6%
- Failing2 · 2.8%
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.
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
- Jul 2023Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Apr 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, 1,544 students received $8.6M in Pell grants, alongside $15.5M 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 1,448 borrowers who entered repayment, 37 (2.5%) defaulted within three years — above 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 Western 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 · 9
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 campus8
Includes 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Gender identity2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Heritage Hall1 fireA student ignited materials in a trash can that spread to a chair in their dorm room.Damage $100-$999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Western Oregon vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Western 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWestern Oregon University | 47% | — | 3,722 | $17,237 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 43% | 88.6% | 5,113 | $16,732 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 90.6% | 6,058 | $12,319 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 59% | 97.4% | 7,713 | $13,663 | 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 | |
| Peer group median | 53% | 93.4% | 5,975 | $13,417 |
Institutions like Western Oregon
Explore the federal data for institutions in Western Oregon's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsOregon
Southern Oregon University
Grad rate43%Admit rate88.6%Enrollment5,113Net price$16,732View 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 University-Monterey Bay
Grad rate59%Admit rate97.4%Enrollment7,713Net price$13,663View 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
Western Oregon Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Research works with the WOU community to collect, analyze and synthesize institutional data for internal decision-making and external reporting requirements. The Institutional Research office strives to meet data requests from campus stakeholders in a timely, accurate, and consistent manner in order to support institutional planning.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Western Oregon's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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