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title: Oregon State University-Cascades Campus — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Bend, OR
control: Public
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# Oregon State University-Cascades Campus

Bend, OR · Public · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $64,010 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $39,922 – $92,783 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $15,000 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $9,500 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 56% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $29,798 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 78% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.23× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $36,010 | derived |

**56% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $15,000 (≈ 23% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $22,904 to $114,696 across 72 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | First Professional Degree | $114,696 | $145,667 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Master's Degree | $87,539 | not reported |
| Computer Science. | Bachelor's Degree | $74,600 | $22,721 |
| Construction Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $73,542 | $25,000 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $70,654 | $22,664 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $66,476 | $23,168 |
| Industrial Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $65,943 | $21,899 |
| Civil Engineering. | Master's Degree | $65,164 | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $64,131 | $46,000 |
| Civil Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,966 | $22,500 |
| Engineering, Other. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,172 | $28,067 |
| Chemical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $62,085 | $24,000 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $54,066 | $17,500 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | Master's Degree | $50,591 | $51,500 |
| Forest Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $50,115 | $19,196 |
| Agricultural Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $49,575 | $24,057 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Master's Degree | $49,542 | $20,500 |
| Public Health. | Master's Degree | $49,105 | $36,176 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $49,025 | $21,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | Master's Degree | $48,706 | not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $48,601 | $19,962 |
| Education, General. | Master's Degree | $48,362 | $30,818 |
| Forestry. | Master's Degree | $47,934 | not reported |
| Nuclear Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $47,169 | $27,000 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy. | Master's Degree | $46,635 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Master's Degree | $45,662 | $35,450 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $45,073 | $21,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $43,896 | $21,500 |
| Chemistry. | Bachelor's Degree | $43,213 | $23,916 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,541 | not reported |
| Marketing. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,969 | $19,250 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | Master's Degree | $40,508 | not reported |
| Forestry. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,710 | not reported |
| Agriculture, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,422 | $23,500 |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,302 | $20,500 |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,770 | $16,455 |
| Education, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,091 | not reported |
| Food Science and Technology. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,600 | $20,945 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,398 | $19,828 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,215 | $24,000 |
| Public Health. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,574 | $21,500 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,545 | $21,500 |
| Plant Sciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,397 | $24,005 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,527 | $20,500 |
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,441 | $24,250 |
| Political Science and Government. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,568 | $22,286 |
| Mathematics. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,408 | $19,166 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | Bachelor's Degree | $33,227 | $21,666 |
| Geography and Cartography. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,965 | not reported |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,584 | $18,864 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,612 | $22,442 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,321 | $25,666 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,413 | $23,028 |
| Animal Sciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,345 | $21,391 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,198 | $20,211 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,758 | $22,992 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,634 | $15,000 |
| Music. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,603 | $19,384 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,532 | $20,104 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,518 | $22,127 |
| History. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,343 | $22,431 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,252 | $23,069 |
| Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,857 | $26,639 |
| Anthropology. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,550 | $25,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,169 | $21,500 |
| Botany/Plant Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $26,293 | not reported |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,977 | $22,731 |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,537 | $20,500 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,267 | $24,596 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,077 | $21,875 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | Bachelor's Degree | $23,198 | not reported |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,904 | not reported |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore Oregon State University-Cascades Campus by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?440828

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