University of Portland
Portland, OR
University of Portland is a private, Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, a large city, with 2,957 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 28% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times its share across the colleges we cover. 80% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $82,804 ten years after starting.
University of Portland admitted 7,054 of 7,686 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (91.8%).
- Acceptance rate
- 91.8%
- Fall 2025 class
- Tuition and fees
- $58,100
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $28,210
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1205–1325
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Portland is known for
Measured by the 945 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
28.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing25026.5% of degrees$103,823+17% vs $88,910 nationally
- Biology10110.7% of degrees$58,051About the $57,214 national median
- Psychology707.4% of degrees$50,579About the $50,706 national median
- Marketing525.5% of degrees$72,891+5% vs $69,303 nationally
- Computer Science384.0% of degrees$125,929+18% vs $107,009 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering323.4% of degrees$93,119About the $92,135 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Portland, OR
Undergraduates
2,957
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, medium programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
9 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Portland
Three things University of Portland published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
85 admitted from a waitlist of 202.
A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
4% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 1% sent an ACT. University of Portland files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $28,210 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
91.8%
7,054 admitted of 7,686 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1205–1325
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
28–33
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.69
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Portland?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Portland costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $58,100, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $73,224. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $28,210 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$58,100
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$73,224
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$28,210
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $73,224 full cost.
- Under $30k$20,070Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$16,577Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$23,858Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$27,021Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$37,284Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
80%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
88%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$82,804
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,370
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 75% to 95%.
What University of Portland says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 202
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 85
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: you would write 1, and 1 is not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Oregon
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Pacific University91.8%
- Oregon Institute of Technology91.7%
- Portland State University90.9%
- Corban University89.7%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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