| SELECTIVITY
OF FRESHMAN APPLYING FOR FALL 1996: |
| Number
of Applicants |
8,360 |
| Percentage
Accepted |
90% |
| SAT
Ranges (2nd & 3rd quartiles) |
V/M:
490-610 |
| Mean
High School GPA |
3.31 |
| AVERAGE
CLASS SIZES (1996) |
| Freshman
Classes |
28 |
| STUDENT-TEACHER
RATIO: |
19:1 |
| GRADUATION
& RETENTION RATES |
| Percentage
Graduating in Five Years or Less |
56%
|
| Percentage
of Returning Freshmen |
84% |
| At
the UO, we are proud of the high quality of faculty we are able to provide
for our students. The degree to which that faculty is recognized on a national
level for excellence is but one measure of the quality UO students can expect
to encounter in their instructors. |
| CURRENT
FACULTY QUALITY INDICATORS |
| Guggenheim
Fellowships |
27
|
| Pulitzer
Prizes Awarded |
2 |
| Fulbright
Fellowships |
132
|
| American
Academy of Arts & Sciences Members |
7 |
| National
Academy of Sciences Members |
7 |
| American
Cancer Society Professorships |
|
| Alumni
achievement reflects upon the ability of the university to plant the seeds
of excellence in its student body. Here is just a sampling of the kinds
of achievement UO graduates go on to realize. |
| ALUMNI
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS |
| Nobel
Prize Winners |
2 |
| Pulitzer
Prize Winners |
1 |
| Rhodes
Scholars |
18 |
| State/US
Government Representatives |
26 |
| Presidential
Cabinet Members |
2 |
| Olympic
Track & Field Athletes |
79
|
