New Class Profile

Meet our New Undergraduate Students

Each year, Linfield University’s McMinnville campus is excited to welcome a new group of first year and transfer undergraduate students! Below is the class profile information for our Fall 2025 incoming class.

GENERAL INFORMATION

First-Year: 388

Transfer: 50

Gender

Women: 53% (234)

Men: 43% (187)

Transgender or Non-Binary: 3.2% (14)

Prefer Not to Say or Other: less than 1% (3)

Student background 

Students of Color: 44% (193)

First-Generation (First-Year): 45% (196)

Based on IPEDS classification:

• American Indian or Alaska Native: .91% (4)
• Asian: 3% (13)
• Black or African American: 2.1% (9)
• Hispanic of any race: 26% (115)
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 3.2% (14)
• Race/ethnicity unknown: 2.1% (9)
• Two or more races: 8.7% (38)
• White: 53% (233)
• Nonresident Alien: .91% (4)

WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM

Geographic Representation (20 states, 4 countries):

• Oregon: 63% (275)
• Washington: 17% (74)
• California: 5% (23)
• Hawaii: 4% (19)
• Nevada: 1.4% (6)
• Colorado: 1% (5)
• Alaska: .68% (3)

We have also admitted students from Arizona, Florida, Guam, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Illinois, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania

And from these countries: Canada, India, Japan, United Kingdom, Lithuania

First Languages and Languages Spoken at Home (13):

American Sign Language, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Farsi, Russian, Swiss German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Swahili

ACADEMIC PROFILES

First-Year Students

• Average weighted GPA: 3.52, ranging from 2.28-4.49

Transfer Students

• Average GPA: 3.43, ranging from 1.89-4.0
• Average unofficial credit transfer: 55.6 transferable credits