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, overseen by the Oregon Office of University Coordination, are operated by boards appointed by the governor,^[1] and seventeen community colleges are operated by locally elected boards.^[2] 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 (Year conflicts with Institutions list below).^[3] The college has about 14,500 students (Enrollment conflicts with Institutions list below) which have access to the over 150 acres (61 ha) of campus.

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

Institutions

George Fox University

Gutenberg College

Lane Community College

Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon State University

Pacific University

New Hope Christian College

Portland Community College

Portland State University

University of Oregon

University of Portland

Willamette University

School	Main location	Control	Type[4]	Enrollment (2005)	Founded
American College of Healthcare Sciences	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Health professions school	1,032	1978[5]
Art Institute of Portland	Portland	Private (for-profit)	School of art	1,534	1963[6]
Blue Mountain Community College	Pendleton	Public	Associates college	2,216	1962[7]
Central Oregon Community College	Bend	Public	Associates college	4,048	1949[8]
Chemeketa Community College	Salem	Public	Associates college	9,228	1970[7]
Clackamas Community College	Oregon City	Public	Associates college	6,902	1961[7]
Clatsop Community College	Astoria	Public	Associates college	1,610	1958[7]
Columbia Gorge Community College	The Dalles	Public	Associates college	831	1989[7]
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[9]	48[10]	1994[11]
Klamath Community College	Klamath Falls	Public	Associates college	1,619[12]	1996[7]
Lane Community College	Eugene	Public	Associates college	9,110	1964[7]
Lewis & Clark College	Portland	Private	Liberal arts college	3,259	1867
Linfield College	McMinnville	Private (Baptist)	Liberal arts college	2,606[13]	1858
Linn-Benton Community College	Albany	Public	Associates college	5,391	1967[7]
Marylhurst University	Marylhurst	Private (Catholic)	Masters university	1,245	1893
Mount Angel Seminary	St. Benedict	Private (Catholic)	Religious school	177	1887[14]
Mount Hood Community College	Gresham	Public	Associates college	7,817	1965[7]
Multnomah University	Portland	Private (Protestant)	Religious school	763	1936[15]
National University of Natural Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	475	1956[16]
New Hope Christian College	Eugene	Private (Pentecostal)	Religious school	192	1925
Northwest Christian University	Eugene	Private (Disciples of Christ)	Baccalaureate college	459	1895[17]
Oregon Coast Community College	Newport	Public	Associates college	627	1987[7]
Oregon College of Art and Craft	Portland	Private	Art and Craft College	143	1907[18]
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	258	1983[19]
Oregon Health and Science University	Portland	Public	Medical school	2,553	1974[20]
Oregon Institute of Technology	Klamath Falls	Public	Baccalaureate college	3,372	1947
Oregon State University	Corvallis	Public	Research university	19,590[21]	1858
Oregon State University – Cascades	Bend	Public	Research university (A branch campus of Oregon State University)	801	2001
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[22]
Portland Community College	Portland	Public	Associates college	24,505	1961[7]
Portland State University[23]	Portland	Public	Research university	23,444	1946
Reed College	Portland	Private	Liberal arts college	1,341	1911
Rogue Community College	Grants Pass, Medford	Public	Associates college	4,211	1970[7]
Southern Oregon University	Ashland	Public	Masters university	5,154	1926
Southwestern Oregon Community College	Coos Bay	Public	Associates college	2,114	1961[24]
Sumner College	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	263	1974[25]
Tillamook Bay Community College	Tillamook	Public	Associates college	243	1981[7]
Treasure Valley Community College	Ontario	Public	Associates college	1,961	1962[7]
Umpqua Community College	Roseburg	Public	Associates college	1,147	1964[26]
University of Oregon	Eugene	Public	Research university	20,296	1876
University of Portland	Portland	Private (Catholic)	Masters university	3,911	1901
University of Western States	Portland	Private	Health professions school	405	1904[27]
Warner Pacific College	Portland	Private (Church of God)	Baccalaureate college	512	1937[28]
Western Culinary Institute	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	1,285	1983[29]
Western Oregon University	Monmouth	Public	Masters university	4,768	1856
Western Seminary	Portland	Private (Christian)	Religious school	625	1927[30]
Willamette University	Salem	Private	Liberal arts college	2,663	1842

Out-of-state institutions

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

• The for-profit schools Apollo College, 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.^[31]
• Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.^[32]
• University of the Pacific in California offers a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.^[33]
• Walla Walla University's School of Nursing in Washington has a campus in Portland, where its junior and senior classes are taught.^[34]
• Western University of Health Sciences in California operates an osteopathic medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest, in Lebanon.

Defunct institutions

School	Location(s)	Founded	Closed	Notes/Refs[35]
Albany College	Albany	1867	1942	Became Lewis & Clark College[36]
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.[37][38]
Baker Business College	Baker	1891	1976	Was in operation from 1891–1976.[39] No transcripts are available.[40]
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.[41] Today, the records for Baker College and Magic Valley Christian College are held at Oklahoma Christian University.[42]
Bassist College	Portland		1998	Called now the Art Institute of Portland, who has the Bassist College transcripts.[43]
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.[44]
Blue Mountain University	La Grande	1873	1885	[45]
Cascade Christian College	Portland	1918	1969	Records are at Seattle Pacific University.[46]
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.[47] Today, the records for both Columbia Christian College and Cascade College (the one that closed in 2009) are at Oklahoma Christian University.[42]
Colegio Cesar Chavez	Mount Angel	1973	1983	First Chicano college in U.S. An archive on this college is available through the Oregon State University archives.[48]
College of Philomath	Philomath	1889	1912	[49]
Columbia Christian College	Portland	1947	1993	The records for both Columbia Christian College and Cascade College (the one that closed in 2009) are at Oklahoma Christian University.[42]
Columbia College	Eugene	1855	1860	[50]
Columbia College of Business	Clackamas		1999	According to the Oregon Department of Education's list, the records are available at Pioneer Pacific College in Wilsonville.[51]
Coquille College		1890	1905
Corvallis College	Corvallis	1859	1885	Forerunner of Oregon State University.[52]
Dallas College	Dallas	1900	1914
Eastern Oregon College	La Grande	1892	1898	Forerunner of Eastern Oregon University.[53][54]
Jefferson Institute	Jefferson	1857	1899
Jefferson Institute	Rickreall	1846
Judson Baptist College	The Dalles	1956	1985	Records at Arizona Christian University.[55]
Liberal University	Silverton	1896	1903
Mineral Springs College	Sodaville	1892	1908
Mount Angel College	St. Benedict	1887	1973	Although the college closed, the seminary, Mount Angel Seminary, is in operation.[56]
Multnomah College	Portland	1897	1969	Records at the University of Portland.[57]
North Pacific College	Portland	1899	1945	Dental school absorbed into Oregon Health & Science University[58] and optometry school absorbed into Pacific University.[59]
Oregon City College	Oregon City	1849	1858	Assets donated to McMinnville College.[60]
Oregon College of Art	Ashland		1984	The records went to Pacific College of Art & Design,[51] and since then, Pacific College of Art & Design has likely closed (it lost its tax-exempt status).[61][62]
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.[63][64]
Oregon School of Design	Portland		1992
Pacific College of Art & Design	Medford			Lost its tax-exempt status.[61][62]
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	[65]

See also

• Lists of Oregon-related lists
• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country

References

General

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

Specific

1. "Governor nominates diverse Oregonians, others for powerful higher education boards". OregonLive.com. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
2. "Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 341 — Community Colleges". oregonlegislature.gov/bills. State of Oregon. 2014. ORS 341.125. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
3. "Southwestern Oregon Community College". BrainTrack. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
4. 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.
5. ACHS.edu. "History of ACHS". Retrieved June 24, 2008.
6. Peterson's (2007). Peterson's Colleges in the West 2008. Peterson's. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-7689-2420-6.
7. Oregon School Boards Association. "Covering Education: A Reporter's Guide to Education in Oregon". Retrieved July 15, 2012.
8. Central Oregon Community College. "COCC Quick Facts". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
9. 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.
10. Gutenberg College. "Facts". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
11. Gutenberg College. "Gutenberg's History". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
12. "Community Colleges: Individual Listings". Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
13. 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.
14. Mount Angel Abbey & Seminary. "History and Facilities". Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
15. Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary. "Multnomah's History and Future". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
16. National College of Natural Medicine. "A Brief History of NCNM". Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
17. "College Profile". Northwest Christian University. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
18. Oregon College of Art & Craft. "History". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
19. Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. "About Us". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
20. Oregon Health and Science University. "OHSU: An historical chronology". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
21. The enrollment count for Oregon State University includes 801 at the Cascades Campus in Bend, which is listed as a separate school in IPEDS.
22. Pioneer Pacific College. "History". Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
23. http://online.ccj.pdx.edu/
24. Southwestern Oregon Community College. "Southwestern's History". Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
25. "Barbur Campus". Sumner College. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
26. Umpqua Community College. "About UCC". Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
27. Western States Chiropractic College. "About Western States Chiropractic College". Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
28. "History of Warner Pacific College". Warner Pacific College. Retrieved 09-04-07. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
29. Western Culinary Institute. "Our History & Reputation". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
30. Western Seminary. "The History of Western Seminary". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
31. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "Portland Center". Retrieved September 26, 2007.
32. Emporia State University. "Distance Education Locations". Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
33. University of the Pacific. "Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
34. Walla Walla University. "Nursing Program". Retrieved September 25, 2007.
35. Brown, Ray (October 28, 2008). "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 April 7, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
36. "About Lewis & Clark". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
37. "Southern Oregon University". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
38. "Historical Campus Map Pre-1926". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
39. "Private and Parochial Schools in Baker County, Oregon". Retrieved April 7, 2009.
40. "OREGON CLOSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOLS LIST" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2014.
41. Swearingen, David (September 2008). "Alumni mark 50th anniversary of Magic Valley". christianchronicle.org. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
42. "Oklahoma Christian University" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2014.
43. "Transcript Request" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2014.
44. "A brief history of Campbell Hall". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
45. "La Grande Schools, Union County, Oregon". Union County Oregon Genealogy and History. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
46. "Guide to the Cascade College Records". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
47. Oklahoma Christian University. "Cascade College branch campus opens". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
48. "Guide to the Colegio César Chávez Collection, 1978–2005" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2014.
49. "Philomath Strategic Plan for Community and Economic Development". Retrieved April 7, 2009.
50. "Columbia College". Retrieved April 7, 2009.
51. "OREGON CLOSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOLS LIST" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2014.
52. "1850-1859". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
53. "History of EOU: Pierce Library". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
54. "Eastern Oregon Normal School". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
55. "Request a Transcript". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
56. "Mount Angel Seminary". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
57. "Registrar: Transcripts". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
58. "Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
59. "Program of Study". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
60. Lange, Erwin F. (Dec 1936). "Oregon City Private Schools, 1843–59". Oregon Historical Quarterly. Oregon Historical Society. 37 (4): 317–323. JSTOR 20611017.
61. "Search The Groups That Have Lost Their Tax-Exempt Status". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
62. "Docstoc". Retrieved March 16, 2014.
63. Richardson, S. T. (1902). Oregon Law School Journal. Oregon Law School, Vol. 1, No. 1.
64. Mason, Alfred Findlay and Samuel Epes Turner. 5 American Law School Review 52 (1922), West Pub. Company.
65. "Private and Parochial Schools in Baker County, Oregon". Retrieved April 7, 2009.

External links

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Oregon