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August 19, 2013

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	Oregon	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Oregon	Nation
Total (State rank: 27)	3,871,859	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Oregon	Nation
Up to 4	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.4%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.6%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.3%	26.5%
65 and older	14.3%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Oregon	Nation
American Indian	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.9%	4.8%
Black	1.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
White	84.7%	74.1%
More than one race	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	12.0%	16.7%
Other	4.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Oregon	Nation
8th grade or less	4.2%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	25.1%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	26.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.2%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	18.4%	17.9%
Master’s degree	7.6%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.0%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Oregon	Nation
	14.9%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Oregon	Nation
(State rank: 34)	$38,786	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Oregon	Nation
	17.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Oregon	Nation
Total for 2013-14	37,261	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	7.4%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Oregon	Nation
	7,892	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Oregon	Nation
	4.7%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$103,110	$118,822
Associate professor	$77,366	$81,373
Assistant professor	$68,246	$70,325
All	$74,685	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$70,273	$89,076
Associate professor	$57,749	$71,297
Assistant professor	$46,568	$60,506
All	$55,607	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$77,297	$91,161
Associate professor	$66,741	$71,963
Assistant professor	$56,649	$58,901
All	$64,882	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Oregon	Nation
Public	$62,775	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$74,741	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Oregon	Nation
Public	$64,664	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Oregon	Nation
Undergraduate	229,335	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	29,726	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	102,656	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	112,810	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	33,624	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	5,717	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	4,254	396,832
Total	259,061	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public	83%	72%
4-year	55%	64%
2-year	45%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Oregon	Nation
Associate	10,945	942,217
Bachelor’s	19,542	1,712,538
Master’s	7,326	730,635
Doctorate	1,849	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 68% of all freshmen enrolled in Oregon in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 77% of all Oregon residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Oregon	Nation
All	57.5%	59.0%
Men	55.5%	56.4%
Women	59.2%	61.2%
American Indian	47.9%	40.6%
Asian	61.2%	69.7%
Black	41.4%	40.2%
Hispanic	49.7%	51.4%
White	58.3%	62.3%
2 or more races	68.8%	64.0%
Race unknown	55.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Oregon	Nation
American Indian	3,717	174,629
Asian	12,241	1,133,719
Black	6,829	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,687	61,179
Hispanic	20,055	2,695,637
White	174,588	11,519,372
2 or more races	7,342	405,812
Race unknown	23,563	1,409,094
Foreign	9,039	738,624
Total	259,061	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Oregon	Nation
Women	54.8%	57.0%
American Indian	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	4.7%	5.4%
Black	2.6%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic	7.7%	12.8%
White	67.4%	54.9%
2 or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Race unknown	9.1%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	20.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	11.8%	27.2%
Full-time	61.6%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 21.4 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 38% of Oregon’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1044 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 57% of Oregon’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public 4-year	$7,444	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,291	$2,419
Private 4-year	$29,738	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Oregon	Nation
State funds	$582,208,397	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	2.9%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Oregon	Nation
Need-based grants	$43,751,591	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$44,356	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$78,910,875	$1,737,198,826
Total	$122,706,822	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Oregon	Nation
Total	$739,733,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	6.2%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Oregon	Nation
Federal government	74.2%	62.6%
State and local governments	6.0%	5.9%
Industry	3.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.1%	5.9%
Institution itself	10.0%	19.1%
Other	1.7%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Oregon	Nation
Engineering	5.3%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	7.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	63.7%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	6.5%	3.6%
Physical sciences	4.9%	7.3%
Psychology	1.5%	1.7%
Social sciences	3.5%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.7%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.2%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon Foundation	$477,599,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon	$109,528,743
Oregon State University	$101,633,511
Oregon Health & Science University	$91,560,215

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public 4-year	9	679
Public 2-year	17	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	24	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	6	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	6	669
Total	62	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon	21,895
Oregon State University	20,204
Portland State University	17,316

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of Oregon

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Almanac 2013 »

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	Oregon	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Oregon	Nation
Total (State rank: 27)	3,871,859	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Oregon	Nation
Up to 4	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.4%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.6%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.3%	26.5%
65 and older	14.3%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Oregon	Nation
American Indian	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.9%	4.8%
Black	1.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
White	84.7%	74.1%
More than one race	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	12.0%	16.7%
Other	4.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Oregon	Nation
8th grade or less	4.2%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	25.1%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	26.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.2%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	18.4%	17.9%
Master’s degree	7.6%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.0%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Oregon	Nation
	14.9%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Oregon	Nation
(State rank: 34)	$38,786	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Oregon	Nation
	17.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Oregon	Nation
Total for 2013-14	37,261	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	7.4%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Oregon	Nation
	7,892	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Oregon	Nation
	4.7%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$103,110	$118,822
Associate professor	$77,366	$81,373
Assistant professor	$68,246	$70,325
All	$74,685	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$70,273	$89,076
Associate professor	$57,749	$71,297
Assistant professor	$46,568	$60,506
All	$55,607	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Oregon	Nation
Professor	$77,297	$91,161
Associate professor	$66,741	$71,963
Assistant professor	$56,649	$58,901
All	$64,882	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Oregon	Nation
Public	$62,775	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$74,741	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Oregon	Nation
Public	$64,664	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Oregon	Nation
Undergraduate	229,335	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	29,726	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	102,656	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	112,810	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	33,624	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	5,717	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	4,254	396,832
Total	259,061	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public	83%	72%
4-year	55%	64%
2-year	45%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Oregon	Nation
Associate	10,945	942,217
Bachelor’s	19,542	1,712,538
Master’s	7,326	730,635
Doctorate	1,849	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Oregon	Nation
All	57.5%	59.0%
Men	55.5%	56.4%
Women	59.2%	61.2%
American Indian	47.9%	40.6%
Asian	61.2%	69.7%
Black	41.4%	40.2%
Hispanic	49.7%	51.4%
White	58.3%	62.3%
2 or more races	68.8%	64.0%
Race unknown	55.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Oregon	Nation
American Indian	3,717	174,629
Asian	12,241	1,133,719
Black	6,829	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,687	61,179
Hispanic	20,055	2,695,637
White	174,588	11,519,372
2 or more races	7,342	405,812
Race unknown	23,563	1,409,094
Foreign	9,039	738,624
Total	259,061	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Oregon	Nation
Women	54.8%	57.0%
American Indian	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	4.7%	5.4%
Black	2.6%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic	7.7%	12.8%
White	67.4%	54.9%
2 or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Race unknown	9.1%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	20.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	11.8%	27.2%
Full-time	61.6%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public 4-year	$7,444	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,291	$2,419
Private 4-year	$29,738	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Oregon	Nation
State funds	$582,208,397	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	2.9%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Oregon	Nation
Need-based grants	$43,751,591	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$44,356	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$78,910,875	$1,737,198,826
Total	$122,706,822	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Oregon	Nation
Total	$739,733,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	6.2%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Oregon	Nation
Federal government	74.2%	62.6%
State and local governments	6.0%	5.9%
Industry	3.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.1%	5.9%
Institution itself	10.0%	19.1%
Other	1.7%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Oregon	Nation
Engineering	5.3%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	7.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	63.7%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	6.5%	3.6%
Physical sciences	4.9%	7.3%
Psychology	1.5%	1.7%
Social sciences	3.5%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.7%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.2%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon Foundation	$477,599,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon	$109,528,743
Oregon State University	$101,633,511
Oregon Health & Science University	$91,560,215

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Oregon	Nation
Public 4-year	9	679
Public 2-year	17	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	24	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	6	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	6	669
Total	62	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Oregon
University of Oregon	21,895
Oregon State University	20,204
Portland State University	17,316

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of Oregon

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.