35.6% / 50.8%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications9,606
Overall admit rate29.2%
In-state admit rate35.6%
Out-of-state admit rate50.8%
Enrolled342 · 12.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist110 of 5,305
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#44
Princeton Review
Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#6326
NicheBest Colleges in America#14026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#22626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingOregon colleges7
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$0
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionFebruary 15 → May 1
Early decision11/15 → 12/20 · binding
Early decision 212/20
Early action11/15 → 2/15
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyNot used for admission
Admissions URLhttps://www.reed.edu/admission-aid/how-t…
Admissions emailadmission@reed.edu
Admissions phone503-777-7511
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Oberlin College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Oberlin College OH · Private (nonprofit)33.0%14202K
Whitman College WA · Private (nonprofit)40.2%—1K
Wesleyan University CT · Private (nonprofit)16.5%1420—
Carleton College MN · Private (nonprofit)21.8%15001K
Bard College NY · Private (nonprofit)52.1%—2K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Lewis & Clark College OR · Private (nonprofit)71.2%—1K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.