Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $64,010 ten years after enrolling, more than at 77% of colleges; 67% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.9 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$21.2K
According to Oregon State University's most recent Common Data Set, 41% of its Class of 2025 graduates (3,184 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $25,935 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
68 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 18 more are enrolled at another college. (6,816 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
49 of 100 finish within 4 years, 66 within 6, and 68 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 49% | 66% | 68% |
| Started in college here | 45% | 68% | 71% |
| Transferred in | 54% | 63% | 65% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Of 100 Pell Grant recipients who entered in fall 2019, 35 finished within 4 years and 58 within 6. First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2019.
- Pell Grant recipients666 students
58% · 35% within 4 years · 14 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant531 students
66% · 47% within 4 years · 5 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,843 students
72% · 48% within 4 years · comparison group
Within 4 years
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White2,184 students
71% · 4 points above all students
- Asian346 students
78% · 10 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino365 students
62% · 6 points below all students
- Black43 students
53% · 14 points below all students
- Two or more races308 students
71% · 3 points above all students
- International55 students
53% · 15 points below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native16 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander9 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Oregon State University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Oregon State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)