College · Private nonprofit · Salem, OR · City
Corban University
Salem, OR
Religious affiliation
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size678
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 24.
If you get in
678 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 $52k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$208k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$112k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$96k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $40.3k
- Room & board
- $12.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,215
How students pay for it.
Pell grants25%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans34%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention80%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$49k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out1%
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
- 678
- Location
- Salem, 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
- Warriors
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White60%
- Hispanic16%
- Unknown13%
- Two or more races6%
- Black3%
- Asian1%
- International1%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time10%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$67k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 32
What you can study.