Source: IPEDS, as of September 29, 2026. Cost is resident tuition plus required fees, 2023-24.
Bachelor's Degrees in Oregon
2
Meet the Ranking Threshold
2
Median Resident Tuition and Fees
$37,955
General Studies Bachelor's Degrees in Oregon
General studies bachelor's degrees in Oregon are two small programs at private universities in Portland, and neither awarded the 10 degrees a year the national ranking requires, so they're ranked here within Oregon on the national formula. The University of Portland ranks first at 44.2: it awarded 3 degrees in the latest year, charges $54,900 a year in tuition and required fees for 2023-24, a cost in the 2nd percentile of the national pool, and graduates 80% of first-time, full-time students, the 97th percentile, which carries the score. Warner Pacific University ranks second at 27.8, with 1 degree, a $21,010 price and a 49% graduation rate, the 48th percentile. Both charge residents and non-residents the same and teach on campus.
No public university in Oregon awards a general studies bachelor's degree, which shapes this level. The state's 13 general studies associate degrees are almost all at public community colleges, and the transfer structures they run on, the AAOT, the Oregon Transfer Module and the Major Transfer Maps, are written for the public universities, so an associate graduate who wants a public-university bachelor's finishes in a different major.
So a general studies bachelor's in Oregon means one of these two private programs or an online program from outside the state on the national bachelor's ranking. The jobs at the end pay well here: social and community service managers in Oregon earn a median of $87,010 against $80,390 nationally, and training and development specialists $76,360 against $69,280.
The 2 Best General Studies Bachelor's Degrees in Oregon
The general studies bachelor's degrees in Oregon are ranked below within the state. Each awarded fewer than the 10 degrees a year the national bachelor's degree ranking requires, so none is on the national list, but each is scored on the same formula and against the same national programs, so a score here means what it means there. The number on each card is the program's place in Oregon.
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University of Portland
Oregon
44.2- Private nonprofit
- College graduation rate
- 80%
- In-state tuition and fees
- $54,900 a year
- Degrees awarded, latest year
- 3
About the Program
Based in Portland, Oregon, University of Portland is a private nonprofit university with 3,285 students on its rolls. It conferred 3 bachelor's degrees in the latest reported year, which is more than 1% of the bachelor's programs ranked at this level. Across the whole college, 80% of students finish, which is a higher rate than 97% of the institutions behind this list. Tuition and fees are $54,900 a year for every student, residents and nonresidents alike. Applicants are admitted at a rate of 89%, which leaves room for a rejection. Strongest of its measures is the graduation rate of its college, which lands at the 97th percentile.
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Warner Pacific University
Oregon
27.8- Private nonprofit
- College graduation rate
- 49%
- In-state tuition and fees
- $21,010 a year
- Degrees awarded, latest year
- 1
About the Program
Based in Portland, Oregon, Warner Pacific University is a private nonprofit university with 378 students on its rolls. The program's last federal report shows 1 bachelor's degrees conferred, so it is larger than 1 in every 100 programs measured here. Across the whole college, 49% of students finish, which is a higher rate than 48% of the institutions behind this list. Residents and nonresidents are both charged $21,010 a year in tuition and fees. Admission is selective enough to plan for, with 71% of applicants accepted. On the graduation rate of its college it does best, reaching the 48th percentile.
How Much Does a General Studies Bachelor's Degree Cost in Oregon?
A general studies bachelor's degree in Oregon costs a median of $37,955 a year in tuition and required fees for 2023-24, the midpoint between the only two programs: $21,010 at Warner Pacific University and $54,900 at the University of Portland. Neither charges an out-of-state premium, so an Oregon resident and a Californian pay the same at either, and neither price includes housing in Portland.
Oregon's need-based aid is the Oregon Opportunity Grant, Oregon's largest state-funded, need-based grant program for college students. It's sized to enrollment: awards are adjusted in proportion to the number of credits a student is taking if they are enrolled in less than 12 credits, so a part-time student finishing a bachelor's gets a reduced award rather than none. Against a $21,010 or $54,900 bill, the state grant is the smaller piece, and the university's own aid is the number that decides what you pay, so ask each for a net price before comparing list prices, and confirm with the aid office that the grant applies at that college.
How Does Credit Transfer Into a General Studies Bachelor's Degree in Oregon?
Credit transfers into a general studies bachelor's degree in Oregon on each university's own evaluation, because the two programs are private and every statewide transfer guarantee in Oregon is written for the public universities. Those guarantees are worth knowing anyway, since most students reach a bachelor's here from a community college. Statewide transfer degrees satisfy the lower division general education requirements of baccalaureate degrees at the public universities in Oregon. A Core Transfer Map is a set of courses adding up to at least 30 credits, and if you complete the full set courses at an Oregon community college and meet public university admissions requirements, you are guaranteed the courses will transfer as a block to any Oregon public university. And for CCN-approved courses, all Oregon community colleges and public universities are required to accept a transfer of academic credit for each course as if the credit was earned identically at the accepting institution.
None of that binds the University of Portland or Warner Pacific. What they do with an AAOT, an Oregon Transfer Module or a stack of CCN courses is their decision, so ask each in writing how many credits it accepts from a completed AAOT and how many land inside the general studies major rather than as electives. If the answer leaves you repeating general education, put that extra year into the price.
What Do Jobs With a General Studies Bachelor's Degree Pay in Oregon?
Jobs open to a general studies bachelor's degree in Oregon pay the state medians below, from the May 2025 federal wage survey, with the national median beside each for comparison. Each row links to the salary guide for that job.
How to Choose a General Studies Bachelor's Degree Program in Oregon
To choose a general studies bachelor's degree program in Oregon, start with the price gap, because the University of Portland costs $33,890 a year more than Warner Pacific and the question is what that buys. On the figures, it buys completion: the University of Portland graduates 80% of its students and Warner Pacific 49%, which is why Portland ranks first in the state, 44.2 to 27.8, despite its price. Both programs are tiny, 3 and 1 degrees in the latest year, so ask each how many students are enrolled in the general studies major now and whether it's taking new ones, because a program that small can change shape year to year.
Neither program is online, and both are in Portland, so if you can't be in the city the choice is the national bachelor's ranking, not this page. If you can, ask each university for a net price after its own aid, how it treats an AAOT or Oregon Transfer Module, and what fields the general studies degree lets you combine. The Oregon Opportunity Grant is pro-rated below 12 credits, so a part-time finish still draws a share of it.
If you're starting with an associate degree, the general studies associate degrees in Oregon have their own page.