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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Ashland, OR
Population 200,000
Website https://www.sou.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,342 (18%)
Days Without Precipitation 211 (7% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,594
Men / Women 36% / 64%
From State 62%
From Region 30%
Athletes 19.4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 53%
Hispanic 14%
Mixed 11%
Native American 2%
Black 2%
Asian 1%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2012 Men: 41.0% 41.0% 2013 Men: 44.0% 44.0% 2014 Men: 39.1% 39.1% 2015 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2016 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2017 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 Men: 38.0% 38.0% 2019 Men: 38.9% 38.9% 2020 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2021 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2022 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2023 Men: 38.8% 38.8% 2024 Men: 42.9% 42.9%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 2.0% 2.0% 2012 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2013 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2014 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2016 Native: 3.0% 3.0% 2017 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2018 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Native: 3.4% 3.4% 2011 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2012 Asian: 6.5% 6.5% 2013 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2014 Asian: 6.2% 6.2% 2015 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2016 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2017 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2019 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2014 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2016 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2018 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2020 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2021 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2011 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2012 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2013 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2014 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2015 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2016 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7% 2017 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7% 2018 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2019 Hispanic: 14.5% 14.5% 2020 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2021 Hispanic: 12.9% 12.9% 2022 Hispanic: 15.0% 15.0% 2023 Hispanic: 15.9% 15.9% 2024 Hispanic: 14.1% 14.1% 2011 White: 84.6% 84.6% 2012 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2013 White: 81.2% 81.2% 2014 White: 76.6% 76.6% 2015 White: 79.1% 79.1% 2016 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2017 White: 66.1% 66.1% 2018 White: 68.8% 68.8% 2019 White: 64.8% 64.8% 2020 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2021 White: 64.0% 64.0% 2022 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2023 White: 65.5% 65.5% 2024 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2016 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 Native: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 Native: 2.8% 2.8% 2025 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2022 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2023 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2025 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 Hispanic: 13.0% 13.0% 2021 Hispanic: 13.1% 13.1% 2022 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2023 Hispanic: 14.0% 14.0% 2024 Hispanic: 13.8% 13.8% 2025 Hispanic: 13.8% 13.8% 2020 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2021 White: 58.0% 58.0% 2022 White: 56.9% 56.9% 2023 White: 55.8% 55.8% 2024 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2025 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2020 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2025 International: 1.4% 1.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Southern Oregon University 592 37% / 63% 2% $48,357 31 94%
Computer Science 13 — 92% / 8% 8% $70,953 80 94%
Mathematics and Computer Science 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $75,619 85 —
Chemistry 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $56,332 54 —
Financial Mathematics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $68,794 78 —
Mathematics 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $61,170 65 94%
Biology 24 — 46% / 54% 0% $59,284 61 100%
Environmental Studies 16 — 56% / 44% 0% $42,000 15 97%
Kinesiology 33 — 48% / 52% 0% $42,806 16 90%
Business Administration 76 — 42% / 58% 8% $58,984 61 91%
Economics 3 — 67% / 33% 33% $61,124 65 —
Health Administration 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $54,002 48 —
Recreation Management 17 — 65% / 35% 0% $33,823 5 96%
Anthropology — — — — $45,780 24 —
Communication 32 — 56% / 44% 9% $42,490 16 94%
Creative Writing 17 — 41% / 59% 0% $43,015 17 —
Digital Communication 36 — 50% / 50% 0% $41,163 13 —
English 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $39,567 11 71%
History 11 +1 45% / 55% 0% $40,651 12 96%
Human Services 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $49,122 34 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies 11 — 18% / 82% 0% $46,620 26 —
International/Global Studies — — — — $53,498 47 —
Political Science 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $54,014 48 —
Psychology 83 — 17% / 83% 0% $48,959 33 94%
Social Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,620 58 96%
Sociology and Anthropology 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $41,190 13 100%
Spanish — — — — $46,699 26 —
Sustainability Studies 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,813 42 —
Women's Studies 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $46,873 27 —
Early Childhood Education 14 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,970 42 90%
Education 35 — 14% / 86% 0% $58,812 60 94%
Elementary Education — — — — $51,970 42 90%
Film Production 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $33,215 5 —
Music 12 — 67% / 33% 0% $33,662 5 100%
Studio Art 9 — 11% / 89% 0% $27,825 2 82%
Theater 34 — 32% / 68% 0% $35,788 7 98%
Criminal Justice 32 — 41% / 59% 0% $50,175 37 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,408
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $33,923
Est. In-State Cost $17,345
Est. Out-of-State Cost $43,883
ROI Percentile 31th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 68%
4-Year Graduation Rate 21%
6-Year Graduation Rate 42%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 33.1% 33.1% 2012 Graduated: 31.7% 31.7% 2013 Graduated: 36.7% 36.7% 2014 Graduated: 39.6% 39.6% 2015 Graduated: 37.1% 37.1% 2016 Graduated: 38.8% 38.8% 2017 Graduated: 37.9% 37.9% 2018 Graduated: 40.1% 40.1% 2019 Graduated: 45.8% 45.8% 2020 Graduated: 46.6% 46.6% 2021 Graduated: 41.0% 41.0% 2022 Graduated: 46.4% 46.4% 2023 Graduated: 44.2% 44.2% 2024 Graduated: 42.5% 42.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 29.0% 29.0% 2012 Men: 26.2% 26.2% 2013 Men: 33.6% 33.6% 2014 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2015 Men: 35.4% 35.4% 2016 Men: 34.3% 34.3% 2017 Men: 30.5% 30.5% 2018 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2019 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2020 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2021 Men: 36.4% 36.4% 2022 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2023 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2024 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2011 Women: 36.0% 36.0% 2012 Women: 35.9% 35.9% 2013 Women: 39.0% 39.0% 2014 Women: 41.8% 41.8% 2015 Women: 38.4% 38.4% 2016 Women: 41.8% 41.8% 2017 Women: 42.8% 42.8% 2018 Women: 42.3% 42.3% 2019 Women: 46.2% 46.2% 2020 Women: 48.1% 48.1% 2021 Women: 44.0% 44.0% 2022 Women: 48.6% 48.6% 2023 Women: 46.5% 46.5% 2024 Women: 44.8% 44.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Asian: 41.3% 41.3% 2013 Asian: 48.3% 48.3% 2014 Asian: 38.1% 38.1% 2015 Asian: 16.7% 16.7% 2016 Asian: 31.0% 31.0% 2017 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2018 Asian: 53.8% 53.8% 2019 Asian: 72.7% 72.7% 2020 Asian: 45.0% 45.0% 2021 Asian: 58.3% 58.3% 2022 Asian: 75.0% 75.0% 2023 Asian: 76.9% 76.9% 2024 Asian: 63.6% 63.6% 2011 Hispanic: 18.2% 18.2% 2012 Hispanic: 28.6% 28.6% 2013 Hispanic: 31.2% 31.2% 2014 Hispanic: 34.6% 34.6% 2015 Hispanic: 46.0% 46.0% 2016 Hispanic: 41.8% 41.8% 2017 Hispanic: 27.6% 27.6% 2018 Hispanic: 32.3% 32.3% 2019 Hispanic: 43.0% 43.0% 2020 Hispanic: 53.2% 53.2% 2021 Hispanic: 40.6% 40.6% 2022 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2023 Hispanic: 46.1% 46.1% 2024 Hispanic: 40.2% 40.2% 2011 White: 34.3% 34.3% 2012 White: 32.0% 32.0% 2013 White: 35.4% 35.4% 2014 White: 40.8% 40.8% 2015 White: 38.2% 38.2% 2016 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2017 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2018 White: 41.3% 41.3% 2019 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2020 White: 46.5% 46.5% 2021 White: 41.7% 41.7% 2022 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2023 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2024 White: 44.6% 44.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 41.0% 243 31% / 69% 1% $45,664 24 93%
Business & Economics 17.6% 104 44% / 56% 7% $54,550 50 92%
Arts 10.8% 64 36% / 64% 0% $33,908 5 96%
Education 8.3% 49 10% / 90% 0% $56,857 56 93%
Health Sciences 5.6% 33 48% / 52% 0% $42,806 16 90%
Professional 5.4% 32 41% / 59% 0% $50,175 37 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.1% 24 46% / 54% 0% $59,284 61 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 2.7% 16 56% / 44% 0% $42,000 15 97%
Computer Science 2.5% 15 87% / 13% 7% $71,575 81 94%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.0% 12 67% / 33% 0% $59,386 62 94%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.8M #344 65% $0.1M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.2M #510 98% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #471 96% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0 #547 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.0M #557 73% $0.1M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (Unbound) 28%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 59.5% 59.5% 2012 Acceptance: 74.6% 74.6% 2013 Acceptance: 73.0% 73.0% 2014 Acceptance: 77.4% 77.4% 2015 Acceptance: 95.2% 95.2% 2016 Acceptance: 78.2% 78.2% 2017 Acceptance: 78.5% 78.5% 2018 Acceptance: 76.5% 76.5% 2019 Acceptance: 78.2% 78.2% 2020 Acceptance: 90.4% 90.4% 2021 Acceptance: 89.7% 89.7% 2022 Acceptance: 88.0% 88.0% 2023 Acceptance: 82.7% 82.7% 2024 Acceptance: 88.6% 88.6% 2011 Yield: 50.8% 50.8% 2012 Yield: 37.4% 37.4% 2013 Yield: 35.2% 35.2% 2014 Yield: 31.4% 31.4% 2015 Yield: 35.8% 35.8% 2016 Yield: 31.2% 31.2% 2017 Yield: 33.1% 33.1% 2018 Yield: 30.5% 30.5% 2019 Yield: 32.9% 32.9% 2020 Yield: 27.4% 27.4% 2021 Yield: 30.2% 30.2% 2022 Yield: 30.3% 30.3% 2023 Yield: 22.3% 22.3% 2024 Yield: 29.3% 29.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,537 2,537 2012 Applicants: 2,681 2,681 2013 Applicants: 2,615 2,615 2014 Applicants: 2,731 2,731 2015 Applicants: 2,411 2,411 2016 Applicants: 2,766 2,766 2017 Applicants: 2,779 2,779 2018 Applicants: 2,779 2,779 2019 Applicants: 2,514 2,514 2020 Applicants: 2,320 2,320 2021 Applicants: 1,913 1,913 2022 Applicants: 2,126 2,126 2023 Applicants: 3,564 3,564 2024 Applicants: 2,320 2,320 2011 Admitted: 1,509 1,509 2012 Admitted: 1,999 1,999 2013 Admitted: 1,910 1,910 2014 Admitted: 2,113 2,113 2015 Admitted: 2,296 2,296 2016 Admitted: 2,163 2,163 2017 Admitted: 2,181 2,181 2018 Admitted: 2,125 2,125 2019 Admitted: 1,966 1,966 2020 Admitted: 2,098 2,098 2021 Admitted: 1,716 1,716 2022 Admitted: 1,870 1,870 2023 Admitted: 2,946 2,946 2024 Admitted: 2,056 2,056 2011 Enrolled: 767 767 2012 Enrolled: 748 748 2013 Enrolled: 673 673 2014 Enrolled: 663 663 2015 Enrolled: 823 823 2016 Enrolled: 675 675 2017 Enrolled: 723 723 2018 Enrolled: 648 648 2019 Enrolled: 647 647 2020 Enrolled: 574 574 2021 Enrolled: 519 519 2022 Enrolled: 567 567 2023 Enrolled: 657 657 2024 Enrolled: 603 603

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 890 890 2012 25th: 890 890 2013 25th: 910 910 2014 25th: 910 910 2015 25th: 900 900 2016 25th: 900 900 2017 25th: 870 870 2018 25th: 920 920 2019 25th: 980 980 2020 25th: 980 980 2021 25th: 980 980 2011 75th: 1130 1130 2012 75th: 1150 1150 2013 75th: 1130 1130 2014 75th: 1130 1130 2015 75th: 1140 1140 2016 75th: 1130 1130 2017 75th: 1120 1120 2018 75th: 1150 1150 2019 75th: 1200 1200 2020 75th: 1200 1200 2021 75th: 1230 1230

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 440 440 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 460 460 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 440 440 2016 25th: 440 440 2017 25th: 440 440 2018 25th: 430 430 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 480 480 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 560 560 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 560 560 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 560 560 2018 75th: 550 550 2019 75th: 580 580 2020 75th: 580 580 2021 75th: 600 600

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 450 450 2012 25th: 450 450 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 460 460 2016 25th: 460 460 2017 25th: 430 430 2018 25th: 490 490 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 500 500 2011 75th: 580 580 2012 75th: 590 590 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 580 580 2015 75th: 580 580 2016 75th: 580 580 2017 75th: 560 560 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 620 620 2020 75th: 620 620 2021 75th: 630 630

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 53.0% 53.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.