List of colleges and universities in Oregon
This 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 also numerous private degree-granting institutions.
The oldest college is Willamette University, which was established 1842, and is the oldest university in the Western United States. The oldest community college is Southwestern Oregon Community College which was established in 1959.[1] The college has about 14,500 students which have access to the over 150 acres (61 ha) of campus.
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.
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[edit] Institutions
School | Main location | Control | Type[2] | Enrollment (2005) | Founded |
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American College of Healthcare Sciences | Portland | Private (for-profit) |
Health professions school | 1,032 | 1978[3] |
Art Institute of Portland | Portland | Private (for-profit) |
School of art | 1,534 | 1963[4] |
Blue Mountain Community College | Pendleton | Public | Associates college | 2,216 | 1962[5] |
Central Oregon Community College | Bend | Public | Associates college | 4,048 | 1962[6] |
Chemeketa Community College | Salem | Public | Associates college | 9,228 | 1970[5] |
Clackamas Community College | Oregon City | Public | Associates college | 6,902 | 1961[5] |
Clatsop Community College | Astoria | Public | Associates college | 1,610 | 1958[5] |
Columbia Gorge Community College | The Dalles | Public | Associates college | 831 | 1989[5] |
Concordia University | Portland | Private (Lutheran) |
Masters university | 1,404 | 1905 |
Corban University | Salem | Private (Baptist) |
Baccalaureate college | 754 | 1935 |
Eastern Oregon University | La Grande | Public | Masters university | 3338 | 1929 |
George Fox University | Newberg | Private (Quaker) |
Research university | 3,382 | 1891 |
Gutenberg College | Eugene | Private (Protestant) |
Religious school[7] | 48[8] | 1994[9] |
Klamath Community College | Klamath Falls | Public | Associates college | 1,619[10] | 1996[5] |
Lane Community College | Eugene | Public | Associates college | 9,110 | 1964[5] |
Lewis & Clark College | Portland | Private | Liberal arts college | 3,259 | 1867 |
Linfield College | McMinnville | Private (Baptist) |
Liberal arts college | 2,606[11] | 1858 |
Linn-Benton Community College | Albany | Public | Associates college | 5,391 | 1967[5] |
Marylhurst University | Marylhurst | Private (Catholic) |
Masters university | 1,245 | 1893 |
Mount Angel Seminary | St. Benedict | Private (Catholic) |
Religious school | 177 | 1887[12] |
Mount Hood Community College | Gresham | Public | Associates college | 7,817 | 1965[5] |
Multnomah University | Portland | Private (Protestant) |
Religious school | 763 | 1936[13] |
National College of Natural Medicine | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 475 | 1956[14] |
New Hope Christian College | Eugene | Private (Pentecostal) |
Religious school | 192 | 1925 |
Northwest Christian University | Eugene | Private (Disciples of Christ) |
Baccalaureate college | 459 | 1895[15] |
Oregon Coast Community College | Newport | Public | Associates college | 627 | 1987[5] |
Oregon College of Art & Craft | Portland | Private | School of art | 143 | 1907[16] |
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 258 | 1983[17] |
Oregon Health and Science University | Portland | Public | Medical school | 2,553 | 1974[18] |
Oregon Institute of Technology | Klamath Falls | Public | Baccalaureate college | 3,372 | 1947 |
Oregon State University | Corvallis | Public | Research university | 19,590[19] | 1858 |
Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland | Private | School of art | 303 | 1909 |
Pacific University | Forest Grove | Private |
Research university | 2,521 | 1849 |
Pioneer Pacific College | Wilsonville | Private (for-profit) |
Associates college | 1,015 | 1981[20] |
Portland Community College | Portland | Public | Associates college | 24,505 | 1961[5] |
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[5] |
Southern Oregon University | Ashland | Public | Masters university | 5,154 | 1926 |
Southwestern Oregon Community College | Coos Bay | Public | Associates college | 2,114 | 1961[21] |
Tillamook Bay Community College | Tillamook | Public | Associates college | 243 | 1981[5] |
Treasure Valley Community College | Ontario | Public | Associates college | 1,961 | 1962[5] |
Umpqua Community College | Roseburg | Public | Associates college | 1,147 | 1964[22] |
University of Oregon | Eugene | Public | Research university | 20,296 | 1876 |
University of Portland | Portland | Private (Catholic) |
Masters university | 3,343 | 1901 |
University of Western States | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 405 | 1904[23] |
Warner Pacific College | Portland | Private (Church of God) |
Baccalaureate college | 512 | 1937[24] |
Western Culinary Institute | Portland | Private (for-profit) |
Associates college | 1,285 | 1983[25] |
Western Oregon University | Monmouth | Public | Masters university | 4,768 | 1856 |
Western Seminary | Portland | Private (Christian) |
Religious school | 625 | 1927[26] |
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, ITT Technical Institute, and Sanford-Brown College 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.[27]
- Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.[28]
- University of the Pacific in California offers a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.[29]
- Walla Walla University's School of Nursing in Washington has a campus in Portland, where its junior and senior classes are taught.[30]
[edit] Defunct institutions
School | Location(s) | Founded | Closed | Notes/Refs[31] |
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Albany College | Albany | 1867 | 1942 | Became Lewis & Clark College |
Ashland College & Normal School | Ashland | 1869 | Underwent name changes to Southern Oregon College (SOC) to Southern Oregon State College (SOSC) and finally to Southern Oregon University (SOU) in 1997. | |
Baker Business College | Baker | 1891 | 1976 | [32] |
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. |
Bassist College | Portland | 1998 | Now owned by Art Institutes International. | |
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 | 1873 | 1885 | [33] |
Cascade Christian College | Portland | 1918 | 1969 | |
Cascade College | Portland | 1956 | 2009 | School was operated by Oklahoma Christian University as a branch campus from 1994 to 2009. The school was formerly Columbia Christian College from 1956 to 1993.[34] |
Colegio Cesar Chavez | Mount Angel | 1973 | 1983 | First Chicano college in U.S. |
College of Philomath | Philomath | 1889 | 1912 | [35] |
Columbia Christian College | Portland | 1947 | 1993 | |
Columbia College | Eugene | 1855 | 1860 | [36] |
Columbia College of Business | Clackamas | 1999 | ||
Coquille College | 1890 | 1905 | ||
Corvallis College | Corvallis | 1859 | 1885 | Acquired by state. |
Dallas College | Dallas | 1900 | 1914 | |
Eastern Oregon College | La Grande | 1892 | 1898 | Became Eastern Oregon University |
Jefferson Institute | Jefferson | 1846 | ||
Judson Baptist College | The Dalles | 1956 | 1985 | Records at Southwestern College |
Liberal University | Silverton | 1896 | 1903 | |
Mineral Springs College | Sodaville | 1892 | 1908 | |
Mount Angel College | St. Benedict | 1887 | 1973 | |
Multnomah College | Portland | 1897 | 1969 | Absorbed into the University of Portland. |
North Pacific College | Portland | 1899 | Dental school absorbed into Oregon Health & Science University and optometry school absorbed into Pacific University. | |
Oregon College of Art | Ashland | |||
Oregon Denturist College | Milwaukie | 1993 | ||
Oregon Law School | Salem and Portland | 1902 | 1922 | Not to be confused with the University of Oregon School of Law.[37][38] |
Oregon School of Design | Portland | 1992 | ||
Pacific College of Art & Design | Medford | |||
Philomath College | Philomath | 1867 | 1927 | |
Portland University | Portland | 1891 | 1900 | Was a Methodist school with ties to Willamette University. Campus and buildings sold to the Catholic Church and became the campus for the University of Portland. |
Saint Francis College | 1885 | 1905 | ||
Saint Joseph College | 1844 | 1849 | ||
Saint Michael's College | Portland | 1871 | 1928 | |
Sublimity College | Sublimity | 1857 | 1860 | |
Whitney Business College | Baker | 1887 | 1891 | [39] |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- General
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. "The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- National Center for Education Statistics. "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System". http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
- U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/tools/search.php. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
- Specific
- ^ "Southwestern Oregon Community College". BrainTrack. http://www.braintrack.com/college/u/southwestern-oregon-community-college. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ACHS.edu. "History of ACHS". http://www.achs.edu. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
- ^ Peterson's (2007). Peterson's Colleges in the West 2008. Peterson's. p. 125. ISBN 9780768924206. http://books.google.com/books?id=hJa0fyxoztkC.
- ^ 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". http://www.osba.org/covered/colleges/establsh.htm. Retrieved September 28, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Central Oregon Community College. "COCC at a Glance". http://visitors.cocc.edu/About/Glance/default.aspx. Retrieved September 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". http://www.gutenberg.edu/about_gutenberg/facts.php. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Gutenberg College. "Gutenberg's History". http://www.gutenberg.edu/about_gutenberg/history.php. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ "Community Colleges: Individual Listings". Oregon Blue Book. http://bluebook.state.or.us/education/commcolleges/commcolleges01.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070623105900/http://www.mtangel.edu/seminary/history.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary. "Multnomah's History and Future". http://www.multnomah.edu/About/PagesInstitutionalInfo/History.asp. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ National College of Natural Medicine. "A Brief History of NCNM". http://www.ncnm.edu/about/ncnm_history.php. Retrieved September 24, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "College Profile". Northwest Christian University. http://www.northwestchristian.edu/about/profile/. Retrieved 2009-04-07.[dead link]
- ^ Oregon College of Art & Craft. "History". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071013210717/http://ocac.edu/index.asp?id=30. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. "About Us". http://www.ocom.edu/index.php?id=612. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Oregon Health and Science University. "OHSU: An historical chronology". http://www.ohsu.edu/about/history.html. Retrieved September 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". Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080113062659/http://pioneerpacificcollege.com/History.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Southwestern Oregon Community College. "Southwestern's History". Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070806221705/http://www.socc.edu/about/history.html. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Umpqua Community College. "About UCC". Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070626024833/http://www.umpqua.edu/Visitor/AboutUCC.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Western States Chiropractic College. "About Western States Chiropractic College". Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070827061835/http://www.wschiro.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ "History of Warner Pacific College". Warner Pacific College. http://www.warnerpacific.edu/subjecthtml.aspx?sctn_id=11&menu_id=16&coll_id=18&rnav_id=980&id=5679&ekmensel=c580fa7b_16_0_5679_3. Retrieved 09-04-07.
- ^ Western Culinary Institute. "Our History & Reputation". http://www.wci.edu/our_history.asp. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Western Seminary. "The History of Western Seminary". http://www.westernseminary.edu/AboutWS/history.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "Portland Center". http://www.erau.edu/ec/center/d7/. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ Emporia State University. "Distance Education Locations". http://slim.emporia.edu/programs/programlocations.htm. Retrieved September 26, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ University of the Pacific. "Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070706051135/http://www.pacific.edu/sis/mair/intercultural-relations.htm. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ Walla Walla University. "Nursing Program". http://www.wallawalla.edu/index.php?id=1047. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ^ Brown, Ray (2008-10-28). "Oregon Colleges and Universities that have Closed, Merged, or Changed their Names". List of Colleges and Universities that have Closed, Merged, or Changed their Names. Archived from the original on 2009-04-07. http://www.webcitation.org/5frjkC2nA. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ "Private and Parochial Schools in Baker County, Oregon". http://www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/historybc/private_parochial.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ "La Grande Schools, Union County, Oregon". Union County Oregon Genealogy and History. http://www.oregongenealogy.com/union/lagrande2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Oklahoma Christian University. "Cascade College branch campus opens". http://www.oc.edu/ochistory/view.asp?ID=Cascade_College_branch_campus_opens_in_Portland,_OR. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
- ^ "Philomath Strategic Plan for Community and Economic Development". http://www.ci.philomath.or.us/crt/profile.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ "Columbia College". http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Columbia.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Richardson, S. T. (1902). Oregon Law School Journal. Oregon Law School, Vol. 1, No. 1.
- ^ Mason, Alfred Findlay and Samuel Epes Turner. 5 American Law School Review 52 (1922), West Pub. Company.
- ^ "Private and Parochial Schools in Baker County, Oregon". http://www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/historybc/private_parochial.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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