Portland State University

  • Details

    • Name: Portland State University
    • Location: Portland, OR 97201
    • Control: Public
    • Accreditation: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  • Attendance

    • Admissions Rate 90.91%
    • Average SAT Scores No data
    • Four Year Completion Rate 35.05% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
    • Six Year Completion Rate 53.13% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
    • Eight Year Completion Rate 56.96% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
    Average
    4 Year
    35.0%
    6 Year
    53.1%
    8 Year
    57.0%
  • Costs

    • Yearly Costs: $22,449 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
    • Out of State Tuition: $30,138 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
    • In State Tuition: $11,238 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
    • Median Debt Total: $15,457 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
    • Median Debt for Graduates: $20,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Median Debt for Withdrawals: $11,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Net Price Quintile 1 $11,558 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
    • Net Price Quintile 2 $12,186 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
    • Net Price Quintile 3 $13,162 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
    • Net Price Quintile 4 $15,351 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
    • Net Price Quintile 5 $19,412 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
  • Earnings

    • Median 6 Year Earnings $46,937 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 7 Year Earnings $44,981 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 8 Year Earnings $52,927 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 9 Year Earnings $49,881 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 10 Year Earnings $57,906 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income

Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.

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What Graduates Earn By Family Background

Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.

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Name Credential Debt Mean Debt Median Earnings
Real Estate Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Area Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Communication and Media Studies Bachelor's Degree $30,027 $15,716 $36,472
Computer Science Bachelor's Degree $25,212 No data $76,452
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data $28,412
Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $32,692
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Bachelor's Degree $48,152 $42,721 $27,557
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree $34,301 No data $62,670
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $30,216
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Special Education and Teaching Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $61,483
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $55,612
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $25,916
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's Degree $22,345 $14,344 $28,107
International/Global Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Philosophy Bachelor's Degree No data No data $23,484
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $35,657
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Bachelor's Degree No data No data $24,757
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $26,377
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor's Degree $32,028 $14,018 $31,991
Mathematics Bachelor's Degree $29,616 No data $35,768
Physics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geography and Cartography Bachelor's Degree No data No data $26,943
Political Science and Government Bachelor's Degree $35,197 $24,715 $31,308
Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Design and Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree $41,570 No data $36,317
Fine and Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data $22,381
Visual and Performing Arts, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Health and Medical Administrative Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,851
Public Health Bachelor's Degree $35,959 $23,275 $32,558
Business Administration, Management and Operations Bachelor's Degree $20,626 $13,575 $46,148
Finance and Financial Management Services Bachelor's Degree $19,338 No data $49,432
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $81,059
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biology, General Bachelor's Degree $34,914 $24,033 $30,441
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Anthropology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $28,090
International Relations and National Security Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data $28,778
Marketing Bachelor's Degree $33,296 $27,000 $36,870
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $72,696
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $26,896
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $33,771
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,299
Biological and Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree $46,507 No data $32,021
Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Community Organization and Advocacy Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,429
Social Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $21,660 $13,000 $31,905
Economics Bachelor's Degree $18,971 No data $32,245
Sociology Bachelor's Degree $30,860 No data $26,965
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $21,507
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Human Resources Management and Services Bachelor's Degree $27,262 $24,687 $44,051
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's Degree $27,124 $18,614 $33,967
Chemistry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $44,198
Psychology, General Bachelor's Degree $39,778 $25,735 $30,278
Criminal Justice and Corrections Bachelor's Degree $27,391 $16,999 $36,250
Social Work Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,548
Dance Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Film/Video and Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree $39,966 No data $24,124
Music Bachelor's Degree No data No data $21,913
Accounting and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $28,118 $10,872 $47,209
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,501
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $43,127 No data No data
Management Information Systems and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data $44,849
History Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,076