The Most Selective Colleges in Oregon
Every eligible Oregon four-year that reports an admission rate, ranked hardest to get into first and easiest last — not a prestige Top 25. Selectivity here is the published rate, not a magazine composite.
Ranked by acceptance rate · 18 of 28 Oregon institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Reed CollegePortland, OR · Private27.2%Compare nearby
- 2American College of Healthcare SciencesPortland, OR · For-profit58.2%Compare nearby
- 3Bushnell UniversityEugene, OR · Private66.4%Compare nearby
- 4Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, OR · Private74.5%Compare nearby
- 5Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR · Public78.8%Compare nearby
- 6Willamette UniversitySalem, OR · Private79.1%Compare nearby
- 7Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, OR · Public82.7%Compare nearby
- 8University of OregonEugene, OR · Public85.1%Compare nearby
- 9Sumner CollegePortland, OR · For-profit86.7%Compare nearby
- 10Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, OR · Private87.9%Compare nearby
- 11Corban UniversitySalem, OR · Private89.7%Compare nearby
- 12Portland State UniversityPortland, OR · Public90.9%Compare nearby
- 13Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, OR · Public91.7%Compare nearby
- 14Pacific UniversityForest Grove, OR · Private91.8%Compare nearby
- 15University of PortlandPortland, OR · Private95.4%Compare nearby
- 16George Fox UniversityNewberg, OR · Private96.4%Compare nearby
- 17Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, OR · Public98.7%Compare nearby
- 18Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande, OR · Public98.8%Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Acceptance rate — sorted lowest to highest
- Source variable
ADM_RATE- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Oregon institutions in this universe (28 schools).
- Oregon four-year main campuses only. Rank order is published admission rate; on an exact tie, higher SAT average ranks above, and missing SAT does not drop a school. SAT is not shown because it is not the ranked measure. Schools without a published ADM_RATE are omitted rather than estimated.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded — the same size floor as the national selectivity list — even when they report an admission rate. That cut is not a median-stability adjustment.
- 18 of 28 Oregon institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking (report the measure and pass any enrollment floor); the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
A single measure is a narrow way to judge a college. Read this alongside the others, and see the methodology for what these figures do and do not capture.
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