The value of a University of Oregon education
- College graduates on average earn an estimated $1 million more than high school graduates over a lifetime.
- The university’s 2008 graduating class will generate nearly $288 million in income tax revenue over their careers Oregon taxpayers receive $3.87 in tax revenue for every $1 of state funding invested in a UO student, a 387 percent return.
- There are more than 77,000 UO graduates living in Oregon, and more than 45 percent of them live in the Portland metropolitan area.
- In academic year 2006-7, the university conferred 5,433 undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees -- 29 percent of all degrees conferred by Oregon University System institutions.
