Every class here requires real commitment. You can’t get by without truly wanting to learn. Reed is incredibly challenging in that it forces you to question why you’re doing something, but it’s also the perfect place to figure out what you want to do.
Where challenge becomes possibility
The Vision
Reed provides one of the most demanding and rewarding educations in the country. At Reed, curiosity meets complexity—and that’s where it thrives.
This model of learning asks more of its students because it offers more in return. Through exceptional faculty mentorship, a senior thesis completed by every graduate, and signature experiences like Humanities 110, Reed prepares students not just to understand the world, but to shape it.
Sustaining our distinctive educational excellence requires continual support in the people, programs, and places that make it possible. Through you, Reed can continue asking more of its students, and supporting them as they rise to the challenge.
The Reed Difference
- 100% of Reed students complete original research before graduation.
- 80% of alumni report that Reed prepared them for lifelong learning.
- Faculty-led student research has been published in top journals across disciplines.
Your Support Advances
Endowing faculty chairs and fellowships to attract exceptional teacher-scholars.
Strengthening research opportunities across disciplines.
Reimagining learning spaces for collaboration, creativity, and discovery.
Scholarships that open Reed’s doors wider than ever before.
Make an immediate, lasting impact for Reedies with your gift to the Annual Fund.
What Students Say
Oscar Pulliam ’25
Soraya Mwangi ’26
My favorite aspect [of Reed] is the capacity to take class in different subjects regardless of your major. I love being an English major but what I love more is getting to take different classes and expand my understanding of the world around me.
Rowan Soeiro ’25
I studied abroad in Scotland. It was incredible. I think studying abroad and traveling, especially as somebody who hadn’t really been out of the country, really opened my eyes and broadened my perspective.
Reed at a Glance
9:1
student-to-faculty ratio
60%
of current students receive financial aid
$59,468
average financial aid package (2025–26)
43%
of students studied abroad during their time at Reed
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“Reed allows students to explore, consider, wander a bit, and then discover what their true calling is. That allows students to be flexible, and to meet that moment, no matter what that moment is.”
— Noelwah Netusil, Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics
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Explore our three core priority areas that are shaping Reed's future.
Defining moments from students and alumni that showcase the value of a Reed education.
Hear stories from donors who are meeting the moment for current and future Reedies.
