College · Public · Klamath Falls, OR · Town
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$68k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size2,892
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $68k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1150 · ACT 25.
If you get in
2,892 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 $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$110k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$63k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$47k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.3k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $37.2k
- Room & board
- $12.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants18%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans22%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$68k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$72k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out24%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 2,892
- Location
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Also known as
- OIT · Oregon Tech
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Hispanic18%
- Asian7%
- Two or more races6%
- Black2%
- Unknown1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- International1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time25%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$36k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 28
What you can study.