List of colleges and universities in Oregon

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The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Oregon. Seven public universities make up the Oregon University System, and seventeen community colleges are operated by locally elected boards. There are numerous private degree-granting institutions.

This list includes all schools that grant degrees at an associates level or higher, and are either accredited or in the process of accreditation by a recognized accrediting agency.

1 Institutions
2 Out-of-state institutions
3 Defunct institutions
4 References and Notes

[edit] Institutions

Gutenberg College

Lane Community College

Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon State University

Pacific University

Portland Community College

Portland State University

University of Oregon

University of Portland

Willamette University

School	Main location	Control	Type^[1]	Enrollment (2005)	Founded
Art Institute of Portland	Portland	Private (for-profit)	School of art	1,534	1963^[2]
Birthingway College of Midwifery	Portland	Private	Health professions school	56	1993^[3]
Blue Mountain Community College	Pendleton	Public	Associates college	2,216	1962^[4]
Central Oregon Community College	Bend	Public	Associates college	4,048	1962^[5]
Chemeketa Community College	Salem	Public	Associates college	9,228	1970^[4]
Clackamas Community College	Oregon City	Public	Associates college	6,902	1961^[4]
Clatsop Community College	Astoria	Public	Associates college	1,610	1958^[4]
Columbia Gorge Community College	The Dalles	Public	Associates college	831	1989^[4]
Concordia University	Portland	Private (Lutheran)	Masters university	1,404	1905
Corban College	Salem	Private (Baptist)	Baccalaureate college	754	1935
Eastern Oregon University	La Grande	Public	Masters university	3,338	1929
Eugene Bible College	Eugene	Private (Pentecostal)	Religious school	192	1925
George Fox University	Newberg	Private (Quaker)	Research university	2,981	1891
Gutenberg College	Eugene	Private (Protestant)	Religious school^[6]	48^[7]	1994^[8]
Klamath Community College	Klamath Falls	Public	Associates college	899	1996^[4]
Lane Community College	Eugene	Public	Associates college	9,110	1964^[4]
Lewis & Clark College	Portland	Private	Liberal arts college	3,259	1867
Linfield College	McMinnville	Private (Baptist)	Liberal arts college	2,606^[9]	1858
Linn-Benton Community College	Albany	Public	Associates college	5,391	1967^[4]
Marylhurst University	Marylhurst	Private (Catholic)	Masters university	1,245	1893
Mount Angel Seminary	St. Benedict	Private (Catholic)	Religious school	177	1887^[10]
Mount Hood Community College	Gresham	Public	Associates college	7,817	1965^[4]
Multnomah Bible College and Seminary	Portland	Private (Protestant)	Religious school	763	1936^[11]
National College of Natural Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	475	1956^[12]
Northwest Christian College	Eugene	Private (Disciples of Christ)	Baccalaureate college	459	1895
Oregon Coast Community College	Newport	Public	Associates college	627	1987^[4]
Oregon College of Art & Craft	Portland	Private	School of art	143	1907^[13]
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	258	1983^[14]
Oregon Health and Science University	Portland	Public	Medical school	2,553	1974^[15]
Oregon Institute of Technology	Klamath Falls	Public	Baccalaureate college	3,372	1947
Oregon State University	Corvallis	Public	Research university	19,590^[16]	1858
Pacific Northwest College of Art	Portland	Private	School of art	303	1909
Pacific University	Forest Grove	Private (United Church of Christ)	Research university	2,521	1849
Pioneer Pacific College	Wilsonville	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	1,015	1981^[17]
Portland Community College	Portland	Public	Associates college	24,505	1961^[4]
Portland State University	Portland	Public	Research university	23,444	1946
Reed College	Portland	Private	Liberal arts college	1,341	1911
Rogue Community College	Grants Pass	Public	Associates college	4,211	1970^[4]
Southern Oregon University	Ashland	Public	Masters university	5,154	1926
Southwestern Oregon Community College	Coos Bay	Public	Associates college	2,114	1961^[18]
Tillamook Bay Community College	Tillamook	Public	Associates college	243	1981^[4]
Treasure Valley Community College	Ontario	Public	Associates college	1,961	1962^[4]
Umpqua Community College	Roseburg	Public	Associates college	1,147	1964^[19]
University of Oregon	Eugene	Public	Research university	20,296	1876
University of Portland	Portland	Private (Catholic)	Masters university	3,343	1901
Warner Pacific College	Portland	Private (Church of God)	Baccalaureate college	512	1937
Western Culinary Institute	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	1,285	1983^[20]
Western Oregon University	Monmouth	Public	Masters university	4,768	1856
Western Seminary	Portland	Private (Christian)	Religious school	625	1927^[21]
Western States Chiropractic College	Portland	Private	Health professions school	405	1904^[22]
Willamette University	Salem	Private	Liberal arts college	2,663	1842

[edit] Out-of-state institutions

Several schools based in other states offer degree programs at locations in Oregon:

The for-profit schools Apollo College, DeVry University, Everest College, Heald College, and ITT Technical Institute have campuses in Portland, and University of Phoenix has a campus in Tigard.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida offers aviation programs at the Portland Community College campus and Portland International Airport.^[23]
Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.^[24]
Oklahoma Christian University operates Cascade College, a branch campus in Portland. The campus was formerly Columbia Christian College, which shut down due to financial problems in 1993. ^[25]
University of the Pacific in California offers a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.^[26]
Walla Walla University's School of Nursing in Washington has a campus in Portland, where its junior and senior classes are taught.^[27]

[edit] Defunct institutions

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School	Location(s)	Founded	Closed	Note
Baker Business College	Baker	1891	1976	[1]
Baker City Normal & Business College	Baker	1887	1905
Baker College	Baker	1969	1970	Formerly Magic Valley Christian College, which moved to Baker from Albion, Idaho in 1969.
Bethel College	Bethel	1855	1862	Merged with Monmouth University to form, in turn, Christian College in 1865, Oregon State Normal School in 1882, Oregon Normal School in 1911, and Oregon College of Education in 1939, which is Western Oregon University today.
Blue Mountain University	La Grande	1875	1886	[2]
Cascade Christian College	Portland	1918	1969	Unrelated to the current Cascade College.
Colegio Cesar Chavez	Mount Angel	1973	1983
College of Philomath	Philomath	1890	1912	[3]
Columbia College	Eugene	1855	1860	[4]
Columbia College of Business	Clackamas		1999
Coquille College		1890	1905
Dallas College	Dallas	1900	1914	[5]
Eastern Oregon College	La Grande	1892	1898
Jefferson Institute	Jefferson	1846
Judson Baptist College	The Dalles	1956	1985
Liberal University	Silverton	1896	1903
Mineral Springs College	Sodaville	1892	1908
Multnomah College	Portland	1897	1969	Absorbed into the University of Portland
Oregon College of Art	Ashland
Oregon Denturist College	Milwaukie		1993
Oregon School of Design	Portland		1992
Pacific College of Art & Design	Medford
Philomath College	Philomath	1867	1929	[6]
Saint Francis College		1885	1905
Saint Joseph College		1844	1849
Sublimity College	Sublimity	1857	1871
Whitney Business College	Baker	1887	1891	[7]

[edit] References and Notes

General

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved on Sep 21, 2007.
National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Retrieved on Sep 5, 2007.
U.S. News & World Report. America's Best Colleges 2008. Retrieved on Sep 5, 2007.

Specific

^ School types are based on the categorization used by US News, which is a simplification of the 2005 Carnegie Classification. For schools not categorized by US News, the Carnegie Classification is used directly.
^ Peterson's. Peterson's Colleges in the West 2008, p. 125.
^ Birthingway College of Midwifery. History and Culture of Birthingway. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Oregon School Boards Association. Covering Education: A Reporter's Guide to Education in Oregon. Retrieved on Sep 28, 2007.
^ Central Oregon Community College. COCC at a Glance. Retrieved on Sep 26, 2007.
^ Gutenberg College is not yet categorized by the Carnegie Classification, but its affiliation with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools suggests it will be categorized as a faith-related institution.
^ Gutenberg College. Facts. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Gutenberg College. Gutenberg's History. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ The enrollment count for Linfield College includes 528 in the Adult Degree Program and 422 at the Portland campus, which are listed as separate schools in IPEDS.
^ Mount Angel Abbey & Seminary. History and Facilities. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary. Multnomah's History and Future. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ National College of Natural Medicine. A Brief History of NCNM. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Oregon College of Art & Craft. History. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. About Us. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Oregon Health and Science University. OHSU: An historical chronology. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ The enrollment count for Oregon State University includes 437 at the Cascades Campus in Bend, which is listed as a separate school in IPEDS.
^ Pioneer Pacific College. History. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Southwestern Oregon Community College. Southwestern's History. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Umpqua Community College. About UCC. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Western Culinary Institute. Our History & Reputation. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Western Seminary. The History of Western Seminary. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Western States Chiropractic College. About Western States Chiropractic College. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Portland Center. Retrieved on Sep 26, 2007.
^ Emporia State University. Distance Education Locations. Retrieved on Sep 26, 2007.
^ Oklahoma Christian University. Cascade College branch campus opens. Retrieved on Sep 24, 2007.
^ University of the Pacific. Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations. Retrieved on Sep 26, 2007.
^ Walla Walla University. Nursing Program. Retrieved on Sep 25, 2007.

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