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Southern Oregon University is one of the leading colleges in Oregon with the acceptance rate of 78%. Deadlines for application are . For more information, call (541)552-6411 or send email at admissions@sou.edu.

2766 Enrolled 78% Acceptance Rate 19 - 25 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 2,766
    • Average HS GPA: 3.32
    • Acceptance Rate: 78%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 17% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 18% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 21% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 22% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 20% — 2.50 - 2.99
    • 1% — 2.00 - 2.49

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    460 - 580
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    440 - 550
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    19 - 25

Academics

  • Majors

    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
    Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other.
    Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
    Biochemistry.
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.
    Biology, General.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Biomedical Sciences, General.
    Botany/Plant Biology, Other.
    Botany/Plant Biology.
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
    Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other.
    Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
    Ecology.
    Environmental Biology.
    Zoology/Animal Biology, Other.
    Zoology/Animal Biology.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
    Management Information Systems, General.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Broadcast Journalism.
    Communication and Media Studies.
    Communication, General.
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
    Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.
    Journalism, Other.
    Journalism.
    Photojournalism.
    Radio and Television.
    Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other.
    Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.
    Computer and Information Sciences, General.
    Computer Programming/Programmer, General.
    Information Science/Studies.
    Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design.
    EDUCATION.
    Early Childhood Education and Teaching.
    Education, General.
    Educational Administration and Supervision.
    Environmental Education.
    Special Education and Teaching.
    Teacher Education, Multiple Levels.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    Creative Writing.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    English Language and Literature/Letters, Other.
    General Literature.
    Literature.
    Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing.
    Rhetoric and Composition.
    Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other.
    Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
    Writing, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    French Language and Literature.
    German Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
    Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other.
    Corrections.
    Criminal Justice and Corrections.
    Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration.
    Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
    Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics, General.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    Environmental Studies.
    PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
    Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General.
    Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Other.
    Health and Physical Education/Fitness.
    Outdoor Education.
    Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.
    Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other.
    Sport and Fitness Administration/Management.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Geology/Earth Science, General.
    Physical Sciences, Other.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Criminology.
    Economics, General.
    International Relations and Affairs.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Social Sciences, General.
    Social Sciences, Other.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Design and Visual Communications, General.
    Digital Arts.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Fine/Studio Arts, General.
    Music Pedagogy.
    Music Performance, General.
    Music Theory and Composition.
    Music, Other.
    Visual and Performing Arts, General.
    Visual and Performing Arts, Other.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's
    • Certificate
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Eli Lilly
    Founder of Lilly Corp.
    Leonard Abramson
    Founder of US Health Care
    Robert McNeil
    Founder of McNeil Corp.
    William H. Rorer
    Founder of Rhone/Pholenc/Rorer
    Silas Burroughs
    Fouder of Burroughs/Wellcome
    Henry Wellcome
    Founder of Burroughs/Wellcome
    William Warner
    Founder of Warner/Lambert Corp.

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Mar 2

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $6813
    Required Fees
    $1710
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $999
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    $3603
    Transportation for Commuters
    $3252
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $11610

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • Federal Perkins Loans
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 76/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    5314
    Foreign Countries Represented
    12

  • Demographics

    • Asian 1.15%
    • African-American 1.76%
    • Hispanic 2.47%
    • Caucasian 11.89%
    • Male 41%
    • Female 59%
    • Аre out of state 40

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    17%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    No
    Quality of life rating 80/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    N/A
    Campus Environment
    Suburban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    No
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    64
    Number of Honor Societies
    13
    Number of Social Sororities
    0

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    NAIA
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (5)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Wrestling
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (6)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups: The Queer Resource Center on the web at https://inside.sou.edu/qrc/index.html
    Minority Support Groups: Various multicultural clubs and organizations located on the web at https://inside.sou.edu/mrc/index.html
    Army ROTC Offered on-campus

  • Sustainability

    Surrounded by snow-capped mountains, whitewater rivers, and some of the most beautiful and diverse ecosystems in the world, students at Southern Oregon University (SOU) are reminded every day of the magnificence of nature. An ACUPCC signatory, SOU’s Climate Action Plan promises a carbon-neutral campus by 2050. In order to help achieve this goal students initiated a Green Fund, which provides funding for SOU students to do sustainability projects on campus. Recent projects have included creation of a sustainability center, solar installations, and becoming the first university to offset 100 percent of its water use. A massive 56-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array (producing more than 70,000 kilowatt hours per year of useful energy) was installed on the roof of the Higher Education Center. The array helped earn the center LEED Platinum—the first building to achieve this highest level of LEED certification in the Oregon University system. SOU’s new Green House learning community offers students in all majors a unique and innovative approach to education. The Green House promotes active learning by taking students out of the classroom to learn about sustainability through hands-on projects and site visits, on campus and throughout the region. Proactive students can join the Ecology and Sustainability Resource Center (ECOS), a student organization striving to expand awareness of local and global issues while viewing sustainability through a diversity of lenses. ECOS manages a productive community garden learning laboratory, operates a bicycle program and sponsors educational events.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    N/A
    Graduate in 5 years
    N/A
    Graduate in 6 years
    N/A

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: Varies
      • Average Length: 1 hour
      Campus Tours
      • N/A

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Not Available
      Times
      N/A
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