Published 2:22 pm Friday, April 24, 2026 Annual undergraduate tuition for Oregon residents at the state’s seven public universities is expected to increase nearly $600 on average from the year before Tuition will be up again at Oregon’s seven public universities this fall, marking the 12th school year in a row that each of the state’s four-year post-secondary institutions raised the cost of admission for incoming freshmen. The continued reliance on rising tuition to cover the bulk of university costs without greater investment by the state year-over-year means Oregon’s public four-year institutions are, on average, the most expensive public higher education institutions in the West, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. For six of the last 10 years, resident undergraduate tuition increases in Oregon have exceeded the rate of inflation, averaging 4.3% each year for the last decade, or about $430 more each year.…