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Best Education Colleges in Oregon

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 11 schools · Agent Insights
11
Schools Analyzed
$52,779
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
49%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$20,619
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 11 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 11
Avg. earnings at 10yr $52,779
Avg. graduation rate 49%
Avg. net price $20,619
Avg. median debt $20,057

How We Ranked

Education programs in Oregon ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEEastern OregonUniversity ofWestern OregonSouthern OregonPacific University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Eastern Oregon University40%University of Portland80%Western Oregon University46%Southern Oregon Universi…43%Pacific University66%Corban University61%George Fox University70%Blue Mountain Community …27%Columbia Gorge Community…22%Chemeketa Community Coll…22%Bushnell University59%

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Full Rankings

#1

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, OR · 2,172 students · Public

98% accepted 40% graduate $50,112 earnings
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#2

University of Portland

Portland, OR · 2,957 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 80% graduate $82,804 earnings
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#3

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, OR · 3,103 students · Public

98% accepted 46% graduate $51,815 earnings
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#4

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, OR · 2,751 students · Public

89% accepted 43% graduate $49,175 earnings
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#5

Pacific University

Forest Grove, OR · 1,516 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 66% graduate $60,583 earnings
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#6

Corban University

Salem, OR · 678 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 61% graduate $48,917 earnings
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#7

George Fox University

Newberg, OR · 2,699 students · Private nonprofit

94% accepted 70% graduate $59,761 earnings
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#8

Blue Mountain Community College

Pendleton, OR · 962 students · Public

27% graduate $38,375 earnings
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#9

Columbia Gorge Community College

The Dalles, OR · 543 students · Public

22% graduate $44,440 earnings
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#10

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, OR · 6,610 students · Public

22% graduate $40,968 earnings
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#11

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR · 517 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 59% graduate $53,623 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics.

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.