Private · McMinnville, OR
Linfield University
Linfield University merit aid, cost of attendance, freshman GPA and SAT/ACT scores, net price by income, and graduate earnings.
Costs, merit aid & admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 85%2025-26 · CollegeData source
- Undergraduates
- 1,621
- Avg merit aid / yr
- $29,375
- Cost of attendance
- $69,090
- SAT 75th percentile
- 1210
- ACT 75th percentile
- 27
Costs are annual prices before aid. Average merit aid is the average non-need-based award to freshmen who got one — not an offer to every applicant.
Linfield University incoming freshman academic profile
- Average high school GPA
- 3.642025-26 · CollegeData source
- SAT composite middle score
- Not reported
- ACT composite middle score
- Not reported
Average GPA of enrolled freshmen (scale may be weighted or unweighted). SAT/ACT are median scores of students who submitted them — not scholarship cutoffs.
Freshman financial need & merit gifts
Reporting year unavailable financial-aid profile · CollegeData source
- Average freshman need met
- Not reported
- Average undergraduate need met
- Not reported
Merit gifts among freshmen receiving need-based aid
Not reported recipients · Not reported of freshman aid recipients.
Merit gifts to freshmen without financial need
Not reported recipients · Not reported of all freshmen.
Average award not reported
These groups use different denominators and should not be added together. Need met is an average share of assessed financial need—not a share of tuition or an aid guarantee.
Published scholarship grid · 2027–28
Linfield University merit scholarship grid
The college describes these awards as automatic for admitted students who meet the criteria. Test scores are optional for these awards.
| Award | GPA | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Presidential | 4.15+ | $32,000 |
| Trustee | 3.95–4.15 | $31,000 |
| Francis R. Linfield | 3.50–3.95 | $29,000 |
| Faculty | 3.10–3.50 | $27,000 |
| Linfield Recognition Award | 2.90–3.09 | $26,000 |
Test optional; GPA-only column (GPA scale as displayed, above 4.0 not normalized). Renewable up to eight full-time semesters; amounts do not increase.
Linfield University's official scholarship page ↗Official calculator · 2026–27
Linfield: aid at higher family incomes
Additional gift aid disappears between $190,000 and $195,000 in this sample.
The $28,000 merit scholarship stayed at every income. Need-based cutoff not verified — Linfield doesn't label "Other Gift Aid" as need-based. Sample family only, not your offer.
| Parent income | Merit scholarship | Other gift aid* | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | $28,000 | $12,500 | $32,940 |
| $175,000 | $28,000 | $5,200 | $40,240 |
| $190,000 | $28,000 | $800 | $44,640 |
| $195,000 | $28,000 | $0 | $45,440 |
| $200,000 | $28,000 | $0 | $45,440 |
| $250,000 | $28,000 | $0 | $45,440 |
| $300,000 | $28,000 | $0 | $45,440 |
*Not confirmed as exclusively need-based. Net price = calculator cost of attendance ($73,440) minus merit scholarship and other gift aid. Loans and work-study do not reduce these prices. The calculator-year cost may differ from the older reported cost above.
Sample family assumptions & tax inputs
- Dependent student, age 18, unmarried, no children, no military or special dependency circumstances; not first-generation.
- Weighted high-school GPA 3.8; Illinois resident living on campus.
- Household of four; married parents filing jointly; oldest parent age 50; no federal benefits or additional tax schedules.
- Parent cash and savings $50,000; business, farm, and other financial assets $0. Student income and assets $0.
- Parent wages equal adjusted gross income; no additional income or offsets. Federal income tax inputs use the 2024 married-filing-jointly standard deduction and ordinary tax brackets, without credits. Taxes change with income; all other assumptions stay fixed.
2024 federal tax inputs, respectively: $150,000 income → $16,682 tax; $175,000 income → $22,182 tax; $190,000 income → $25,482 tax; $195,000 income → $26,582 tax; $200,000 income → $27,682 tax; $250,000 income → $39,677 tax; $300,000 income → $51,677 tax.
Checked October 29, 2026 (2024 finances, 2026–27 aid).
Linfield’s official net price calculator ↗Linfield University net price by family income
Historical average cost after all grants and scholarships — not need-based aid eligibility. 2024–25 academic year.
| Family income | $0–30K | $30–48K | $48–75K | $75–110K | $110K+ | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual net price | $20,669 | $18,875 | $20,457 | $24,675 | $31,216 | $24,882 |
Families earning $150,000+ should not assume they'll get need-based grants; the "Over $110K" group mixes very different incomes.
At what family income does financial aid stop at Linfield University?
There's no universal cutoff. Need-based aid depends on income, assets, family size and college rules; merit scholarships are based on grades and scores, so high income doesn't rule them out. Use Linfield University's net price calculator for a personal estimate, and the federal aid estimator for federal aid.
Graduation, earnings & student debt
- 6-year graduation
- 61.7%Fall 2019 / 2019–20 entering cohort
- First-year retention
- 79.7%Fall 2023 entering cohort; return in fall 2024
- Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
- $81,1012011–12 and 2012–13 entering cohorts; earnings in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars
- Median federal debt
- $25,000Federal fiscal years 2024 and 2025, pooled
Historical group figures, not individual predictions. Debt excludes private and Parent PLUS loans. Source: College Scorecard (ID 209065).
Colleges with acceptance rates similar to Linfield University
Linfield University accepts about 85% of applicants. These colleges have the closest reported acceptance rates.
- Butler University · Indianapolis, IN85% acceptance
- Eastern Washington University · Cheney, WA85% acceptance
- Northern Michigan University · Marquette, MI85% acceptance
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · Cincinnati, OH85% acceptance
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology · Flushing, NY85% acceptance
- Eastern Connecticut State University · Willimantic, CT85% acceptance
- Ball State University · Muncie, IN85% acceptance
- Bay Path University · Longmeadow, MA85% acceptance
- College of Our Lady of the Elms · Chicopee, MA85% acceptance
- Edward Waters University · Jacksonville, FL85% acceptance
Colleges with merit aid similar to Linfield University
Linfield University reports average merit aid of $29,375 per year. These colleges report the closest average non-need-based awards.
- North Central College · Naperville, IL$29,314 avg merit aid / yr
- Ithaca College · Ithaca, NY$29,280 avg merit aid / yr
- Loyola University Maryland · Baltimore, MD$29,547 avg merit aid / yr
- DeSales University · Center Valley, PA$29,139 avg merit aid / yr
- University of Portland · Portland, OR$29,685 avg merit aid / yr
- Southwestern University · Georgetown, TX$29,955 avg merit aid / yr
- University of Scranton · Scranton, PA$30,036 avg merit aid / yr
- Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD$30,037 avg merit aid / yr
- Marietta College · Marietta, OH$30,139.71 avg merit aid / yr
- Valparaiso University · Valparaiso, IN$28,508 avg merit aid / yr
Data sources & limitations
Admissions, costs and merit aid: collegedata.fyi (Common Data Set + federal data), imported Oct 2026. Net prices and outcomes: College Scorecard, Oct 15, 2026 release, matched by federal ID. SAT 75th percentile adds section scores; 90th-percentile and GPA match thresholds are estimates. ROI compares four years of average net price with median earnings 10 years after entry, ranked in thirds across colleges. Blank means not reported — never estimated. Confirm costs and scholarships with the college.