College · Private nonprofit · Newberg, OR · Town
George Fox University
Newberg, OR
Religious affiliation
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$54k
Net price / yr$32k
Undergrad size2,699
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $32k/yr for a shot at a $54k 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 SAT 1197 · ACT 23.
If you get in
2,699 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $59k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $32k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$235k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$127k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$108k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $42.8k
- Room & board
- $14.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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?
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$54k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$60k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,699
- Location
- Newberg, OR
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Also known as
- GFU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- Hispanic16%
- Two or more races7%
- Asian5%
- Unknown2%
- Black2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- International1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students28%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$66k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 63
What you can study.