PathwayOregon 2018 Report
Fellow Ducks, I am filled with heartfelt gratitude and pride sharing this report with you on the impact the PathwayOregon program is having on our students. Our generous donors continue to help advance the University of Oregon’s goals of increased access for deserving students, enhanced excellence at all levels, and an improved UO experience for thousands of students. This past June, as I watched the Pathway class of 2017 celebrate their accomplishments at their graduation, I was once again reminded that none of this would have been possible without the generosity of our scholarship donors. We can truly say that the University of Oregon is among the leaders in our nation by providing comprehensive student access. We originally estimated that Pathway would serve 400 to 500 new students annually. Those numbers have been exceeded for the past several years with more than 700 new students per year. This program is thriving and we now serve more than 2,300 Pathway
“The PathwayOregon program is incredibly meaningful to me, as someone who benefited from scholarships and is committed to helping others experience the rewards of earning a college degree. I am delighted that we’ve been able to grow the program substantially thanks to our generous donors. Through their generosity, we are helping many more deserving students get an education and the support they need to thrive and graduate.”
students from nearly every county in the state of Oregon. I really want to highlight these portions of the report as they demonstrate the difference that donors have made as champions of PathwayOregon: •
Forty-five percent of new Pathway students are from racial and ethnic minorities. I’m particularly pleased that the population of African American Pathway students doubled in the past year.
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From the most recent data available, we saw an 87 percent retention rate for firstyear Pathway students, a rate that is 16 percent higher than the national average for all first-year college students attending a public college.
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Data shows that 60 percent of Pathway students who enrolled in fall 2013 graduated within four years, nearly matching the rate of their higher-income peers.
Without PathwayOregon, many deserving students would miss out on the chance to earn their college degree. This program opens doors for these students and their families, allowing their dreams to become reality. Thank you for your interest in PathwayOregon.
—Michael H. Schill, President of the University of Oregon and Professor of Law
With gratitude,
Roger J. Thompson Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management University of Oregon Alumni Association Lifetime Member
Student Profile
PATHWAYOREGON 2017 FRESHMAN STUDENTS GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN BY COUNTY COLUMBIA
CLATSOP
HOOD RIVER MULTNOMAH
PROGRAM RESTRUCTURED
5,200 STUDENTS SERVED SINCE PROGRAM’S INCEPTION
GENEROUS GIFT FROM CONNIE, BS ’84, AND STEVE BALLMER
MORE THAN
PATHWAYOREGON NEW FRESHMAN STUDENTS
UMATILLA
WASHINGTON TILLAMOOK
SHERMAN
UNION
CLACKAMAS
YAMHILL
GILLIAM
WASCO POLK
WALLOWA
MORROW
MARION WHEELER LINN
GRANT
BENTON
646
BAKER
JEFFERSON
LINCOLN
706
712
CROOK LANE
DESCHUTES 50 OR MORE 10 TO 49 0 TO 9
COOS
DOUGLAS
MALHEUR
HARNEY
LAKE
CURRY
FALL 2015
FALL 2016
FALL 2017
JOSEPHINE
JACKSON
KLAMATH
PATHWAYOREGON AWARDS TO FRESHMAN STUDENTS $2,229,808
2,000,000 1,800,000 PROGRAM RESTRUCTURED
1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000
$1,126,264
$1,072,211
$551,981
400,000
GENEROUS GIFT FROM CONNIE, BS ’84, AND STEVE BALLMER
2,200,000
PATHWAYOREGON 2017 FRESHMAN STUDENTS BY RACE–ETHNICITY $1,748,854
WHITE
$1,499,065
54%
HISPANIC O R LATINO TWO OR M ORE RACES ASIAN
22% 9%
9%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
4%
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
1%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER
200,000
RACE AND E THNICITY UNKNOWN
<1%
<1%
0 FALL 2015
FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS
FALL 2016
FALL 2017
“ PathwayOregon made it possible to graduate with very minimal loans. I can’t put a price on that. I’ll be entering the workforce without debt looming over my head. It really sets me up for success in the future. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
STUDENTS FROM RURAL COUNTIES 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4%
—AMBER STRAUB MAJORS: COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
2% 0% 2015
2016
2017
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Student
Graduation Rates
PathwayOregon freshmen, sophomores, and
The four-year graduation rates of
Ten years after the inception of the
juniors have consistently persisted at rates on
PathwayOregon students greatly exceed
PathwayOregon program, the average four-
par with their higher-income peers.
historical rates for low-income Oregonians
year graduation rate for PathwayOregon
and have, for the first time, surpassed the
recipients is now almost 50 percent. And for
graduation rate of their higher-income peers.
the cohort that entered the UO in 2013, an incredible 61 percent of them graduated last
In 2007, the year before the PathwayOregon
year—the first time PathwayOregon students
program was launched, the average four-
FRESHMAN RETENTION RATES
have ever had a higher four-year graduation
year graduation rate for Federal Pell Grant
rate than non-Pathway residents.
recipients attending the UO was 31 percent, 89%
90% 85% 85%
86%
87%
88% 87%
87%
slightly better than the rate at other Oregon
88%
87%
87%
87%
public universities.
84%
80%
FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATES
75%
70%
61%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
RETAINED TO SECOND YEAR 43%
“ PathwayOregon helped me find my community. That’s always been important to me. I’m really grateful I had this opportunity. PathwayOregon has helped me in so many ways and supported me throughout my time here.”
56%
53% 44%
2008 GRADUATED BY 2012
48%
51%
49%
2009 GRADUATED BY 2013
44%
2010 GRADUATED BY 2014
47%
50%
2011 GRADUATED BY 2015
50%
2012 GRADUATED BY 2016
2013 GRADUATED BY 2017
—HALEY CASE-SCOTT MAJOR: POLITICAL SCIENCE MINOR: NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
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