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, 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 (Year conflicts with Institutions list below). The college has about 14,500 students (Enrollment conflicts with Institutions list below) which have access to the over 150 acres (61Â 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
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Out-of-state institutions
Several schools based in other states offer degree programs at locations in Oregon:
- The for-profit schools Carrington College and the University of Phoenix have a campuses in the Portland metro area.
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida offers aviation programs at the Portland Community College campus and Portland International Airport.
- Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.
- University of the Pacific in California offers a Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.
- Walla Walla University's School of Nursing in Washington has a campus in Portland, where its junior and senior classes are taught.
- 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
See also
- Lists of Oregon-related topics
- Higher education in the United States
- Lists of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- Lists of universities and colleges
- Lists of universities and colleges by country
References
General
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. "The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2007.Â
- National Center for Education Statistics. "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System". Retrieved September 5, 2007.Â
- U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". Retrieved September 5, 2007.Â
Specific
External links
- Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Oregon
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