Eastern Oregon University Overview

Eastern Oregon University is a public institution located in La Grande, Oregon. The location of EOU is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Eastern Oregon University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at EOU is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at EOU is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, EOU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $47,898 a year. That's about 17% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Eastern Oregon University?

Contact details for EOU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One University Blvd, La Grande, OR 97850
Phone:	541-962-3672
Website:	www.eou.edu

How Do I Get Into EOU?

You can apply to EOU online at: www.eou.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for EOU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into EOU?

Since EOU has an acceptance rate of 98%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Can I Afford Eastern Oregon University?

The overall average net price of EOU is $29,491. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At EOU, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $6,565 a year. That adds up to $26,260 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at EOU is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Eastern Oregon University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,540 undergraduate students at EOU, with 1,514 being full-time and 1,026 being part-time.

There are also 285 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,514 full-time undergraduates at EOU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Eastern Oregon University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	18
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	223
White	1,006
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	213

Geographic Diversity

Oregon students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern Oregon University. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at EOU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Japan, and Barbados.

Online Learning at Eastern Oregon University

There are 63 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at EOU. In 2020-2021, 2,143 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at EOU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in Oregon for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of EOU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Eastern Oregon University was 5.5%. This is the #794 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at EOU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.