College · Private nonprofit · Portland, OR · City
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$36k
Undergrad size2,120
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $36k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 30.
If you get in
2,120 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $80k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $36k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$320k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$144k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$176k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $64.8k
- Room & board
- $15.6k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants20%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans66%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr75%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$62k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out21%
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
- 2,120
- Location
- Portland, OR
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Also known as
- Lewis and Clark College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White63%
- Hispanic13%
- Two or more races9%
- International6%
- Asian5%
- Black3%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$76k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 28
What you can study.