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Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Students (in the fall of:)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Head Count 3373 3468 3654 3741 3762 3851 3757 3773 3536 3565 3352
Gender (%)
Female 59.3 58.5 58.6 58.8 59.6 59.9 60.2 60.9 61.5 62.2 64.1
Male 40.7 41.5 41.4 41.2 40.4 40.1 39.8 39.1 38.5 37.8 35.9
Other - - - - - - <1 <1 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Amer Indian or Alaskan Native <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
Asian 9.3 9.8 9.9 11.1 11.8 13.1 14.1 16.2 18.0 19.5 19.9
Black or African Amer 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.3
Hispanic or Latino 8.7 9.8 10.3 11.1 11.9 12.7 12.9 13.4 14.0 14.8 17.0
Two or More Races 6.6 7.8 8.6 8.2 8.8 8.5 8.1 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.7 2.5 1.3 1.3 1.3
Non-US Resident 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.4 2.8 2.6 1.5 2.3 2.7 3.2
Unknown 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.5
White 66.5 63.7 62.2 60.5 59.0 57.6 57.0 53.3 51.6 48.5 44.7
State Residency* (%)
Oregon 34.1 33.1 31.1 29.1 27.0 26.0 26.6 26.0 27.0 28.0 29.5
Washing-ton 26.8 24.6 23.4 23.8 22.8 23.1 22.1 19.8 18.4 18.3 16.7
California 16.5 18.5 20.3 22.3 25.3 25.8 26.4 28.9 30.0 28.9 27.8
Hawaii 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.9 8.5 8.2 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.5
Rest of USA 12.1 12.3 12.8 11.9 11.6 11.4 14.1 11.3 11.1 11.8 13.6
Other 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 2.6 4.6 4.0 3.8 2.9

 

*The "Other" state residency category includes non-US locations that are not states (e.g. military address, etc).

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Full and Part-time Incoming First-Year Students (in the fall of:)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Head Count 874 835 1082 941 961 1003 1004 1004 809 911 813
Gender (%)
Female 58.7 55.8 59.9 60.4 61.6 59.1 60.2 63.4 64.9 62.7 65.8
Male 41.3 44.2 40.1 39.6 38.4 40.9 39.8 36.6 35.1 37.3 34.2
Other - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Amer Indian or Alaskan Native <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1
Asian 10.0 12.9 10.9 11.8 12.3 16.4 14.8 20.1 20.1 19.9 18.3
Black or African Amer 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.7 1.1 2.1 3.6 3.1
Hispanic or Latino 10.9 12.0 11.9 10.8 13.1 14.1 13.6 15.1 14.3 17.8 21.3
Two or More Races 6.3 10.2 10.1 7.3 9.3 7.9 8.1 11.1 8.3 9.7 10.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1.1 2.3 2.1 1.7 2.5 2.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 2.0 1.1
Non-USA Resident 3.5 3.4 3.0 3.6 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.2
Unknown 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.2
White 64.1 55.6 58.6 61.3 56.9 53.0 56.4 47.0 49.3 42.6 40.8
State Residency* (%)
Oregon 31.6 28.4 24.2 23.8 23.2 23.4 25.8 22.5 29.2 28.9 30.4
Washing-ton 28.1 19.5 22.8 24.0 23.7 22.1 20.2 16.2 16.4 20.3 16.0
California 16.5 24.4 25.7 25.1 27.9 27.8 29.3 34.4 31.9 23.2 25.1
Hawaii 5.9 8.7 8.7 7.3 8.7 10.7 7.5 12.0 8.0 9.5 9.3
Rest of USA 13.6 12.6 13.4 13.4 12.0 11.7 13.9 11.0 10.8 10.6 16.5
Other 4.2 6.3 5.3 5.5 4.5 4.4 3.3 4.0 3.7 4.5 2.7
Religion** (%)
Catholic 45.4 46.7 44.2 44.0 42.5 41.1 44.3 39.3 36.6 34.4 29.7 32.5

*The "Other" state residency category includes non-US locations that are not states (e.g. military address, etc).

** Catholic % is collected when students are incoming first-year students. Extra data points reported indicate an additional data collection such as the NSSE.

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