Reed College
Portland, Oregon
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,320 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 25%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $32,800per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 73%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $64,97710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Reed does not distribute regular grade reports to students in order to foster studying for knowledge rather than grades.
Source: Glossary of helpful terms and links - Office of the Registrar
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 25%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1290–1520Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $32,800full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $89,016sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $71,770Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 73%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 88%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $64,97710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,122federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,320Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 16%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- Not reportedparents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Willamette University Salem, OR — admits 77%
- Pacific University Forest Grove, OR — admits 90%
- Linfield University McMinnville, OR — admits 85%
- Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR — admits 78%
Also worth a look
- Pitzer College Claremont, CA — admits 25%
- Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA — admits 28%
- Kenyon College Gambier, OH — admits 31%
- Haverford College Haverford, PA — admits 12%
- Huston-Tillotson University Austin, TX — admits 39%
- Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY — admits 21%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Reed College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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