Reed College
Private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, Tudor-Gothic style architecture,[5] and a forested canyon nature preserve at its center.
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Type | Private liberal arts college |
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Established | 1908; 116 years ago (1908) |
Endowment | $726 million (2022)[1] |
President | Audrey Bilger |
Academic staff | 164[2] |
Students | 1,534 (Fall 2022) |
Undergraduates | 1,523 (Fall 2022)[3] |
Postgraduates | 11 (Fall 2022)[3] |
Location | , , United States 45.48°N 122.63°W / 45.48; -122.63 |
Campus | Suburban, 116 acres (470,000 m²) |
Colors | Reed Red[4] |
Affiliations | |
Mascot | Griffin |
Website | www |
Reed has a mandatory first-year humanities program and requires a senior thesis. It features progressive politics, de-emphasis of grades, academic rigor, lack of grade inflation, and a high proportion of graduates who go on to earn doctorates and postgraduate degrees.[6]
Reed alumni include 118 Fulbright Scholars, 67 Watson Fellows, and three Churchill Scholars. Its 32 Rhodes Scholars are the second-most for a liberal arts college.[7] Reed is ranked fourth in the United States for the percentage of its graduates who earn a Ph.D., after Caltech, Harvey Mudd, and Swarthmore College.[8][9][10][11]