College · Private nonprofit · Eugene, OR · City
Bushnell University
Eugene, OR
Religious affiliation
Admit rate67%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size517
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 67% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1020 · ACT 18.
If you get in
517 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$189k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$83k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$105k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.8k
- Room & board
- $11.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,050
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans61%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 517
- Location
- Eugene, OR
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Also known as
- Bushnell
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White60%
- Hispanic17%
- Two or more races9%
- International4%
- Asian3%
- Black3%
- Unknown2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33
What you can study.
- Business Administration and Management$64k · 5-yr
- Journalismearnings not reported
- Organizational Communicationearnings not reported
- Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Designearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Physiologyearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Bible/Biblical Studiesearnings not reported
- Missions/Missionary Studiesearnings not reported
- Religious/Sacred Musicearnings not reported
- Theology/Theological Studiesearnings not reported
- Pastoral Studies/Counselingearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Clinical Psychologyearnings not reported
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, Generalearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurseearnings not reported
- Business/Commerceearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Otherearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported