Oregon has 25 private and 9 public 4-year colleges that enroll 16,516 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $27,746 for in-state students and $47,195 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Oregon charge around $30,633 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Oregon provided $9.3 million in financial aid to 2,642 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $147.7 million in grants and scholarships to 11,005 students.

Oregon receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 4,176 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $19.9 million in pell grant ($4,852 per student on average), and 6,181 students received a total amount of $30.8 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($6,573 per student on average).