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 are operated by boards and seventeen community colleges are operated by locally elected boards.^[1] There are also numerous private degree-granting institutions.

The largest university in the state is Oregon State University (OSU), with an enrollment of just over 36,000 (2023).^[2] OSU has branch campuses in Portland, Bend and Newport. The largest institution of higher education in the state is Portland Community College, based in Southwest Portland. The college serves the state's largest metropolitan population, with branch campuses throughout Portland, and claims an enrollment of over 67,000 students (2023).

The oldest college in the state is Willamette University, which was established 1842, and is also the oldest university in the Western United States. OSU was the first to offer public higher education in the state. OSU opened its doors in 1856 as a community preparatory school for the Oregon Territory and was officially chartered by the state in 1868. OSU briefly served as a private school for eight years, starting in 1860. The University of Oregon was next to follow, opening in 1876. Western Oregon University (WOU), which started as a private school in 1856, was converted to a public institution in 1882. WOU is recognized as the oldest currently public college in the state, while OSU holds the distinction of being the state's first public college and has served the longest in this capacity. Central Oregon Community College (COCC) was founded in 1949 as part of the Bend School District and is the longest-standing community college in the state. The COCC College District was formed in 1959 and was officially established as the Central Oregon Area Education District by a vote of residents in 1962.

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 Building

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[3]	Enrollment[4] (Fall 2023)	Founded
American College of Healthcare Sciences	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Health professions school	1042	1978[5]
Blue Mountain Community College	Pendleton	Public	Associate's college	1,371	1962[6]
Bushnell University	Eugene	Private (Disciples of Christ)	Master's university	758	1895[7]
Central Oregon Community College	Bend	Public	Associate's college	4,053	1949[8]
Chemeketa Community College	Salem	Public	Associate's college	7,433	1970[6]
Clackamas Community College	Oregon City	Public	Associate's college	5,153	1961[6]
Clatsop Community College	Astoria	Public	Associate's college	813	1958[6]
College of Emergency Services	Clackamas	Private (for-profit)	Health professions school		1995[9]
Columbia Gorge Community College	The Dalles	Public	Associate's college	736	1989[6]
Corban University	Salem	Private (Baptist)	Master's university	866	1935
Eastern Oregon University	La Grande	Public	Master's university	2,798	1929
George Fox University	Newberg	Private (Quaker)	Research university	4,531	1891
Gutenberg College	Eugene	Private (Protestant)	Faith-related institution[10]	14[11]	1994[12]
Klamath Community College	Klamath Falls	Public	Associate's college	1,936	1996[6]
Lane Community College	Eugene	Public	Associate's college	6,507	1964[6]
Lewis & Clark College	Portland	Private	Baccalaureate college	3,526	1867
Linfield University	McMinnville Portland	Private (Baptist)	Baccalaureate college	1,726	1858
Linn–Benton Community College	Albany	Public	Associate's college	4,881	1967[6]
Mount Angel Seminary	St. Benedict	Private (Catholic)	Faith-related institution	116	1887[13]
Mt. Hood Community College	Gresham	Public	Associate's college	6,271	1965[6]
National University of Natural Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	372	1956[14]
New Hope Christian College	Eugene	Private (Pentecostal)	Faith-related institution	46	1925
Oregon Coast Community College	Newport Lincoln City Toledo Waldport	Public	Associate's college	467	1987[6]
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine	Portland	Private	Health professions school	133	1983[15]
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	Public	Medical school	2,877	1974[16]
Oregon Institute of Technology	Klamath Falls	Public	Baccalaureate college	5,103	1947
Oregon State University	Corvallis Bend Portland Newport	Public	Research university	38,125[17]	1868
Pacific Bible College	Medford	Private	Faith-related institution	44	1991[18]
Pacific Northwest College of Art	Portland	Private	School of art	524	1909
Pacific University	Forest Grove Eugene	Private	Research university	3,479	1849
Portland Bible College	Portland	Private	Faith-related institution	415	1967
Portland Community College	Portland	Public	Associate's college	20,033	1961[6]
Portland State University[19]	Portland	Public	Research university	20,519	1946
Reed College	Portland	Private	Baccalaureate college	1,458	1911
Rogue Community College	Grants Pass Medford White City	Public	Associate's college	3,790	1970[6]
Southern Oregon University	Ashland	Public	Master's university	5,371	1926
Southwestern Oregon Community College	Coos Bay	Public	Associate's college	1,489	1961[20]
Sumner College	Portland	Private (for-profit)	Associate's college	514	1974[21]
Tillamook Bay Community College	Tillamook	Public	Associate's college	559	1981[6]
Treasure Valley Community College	Ontario Caldwell	Public	Associate's college	1,131	1962[6]
Umpqua Community College	Roseburg	Public	Associate's college	2,387	1964[22]
University of Oregon	Eugene Portland	Public	Research university	23,786	1876
University of Portland	Portland	Private (Catholic)	Master's university	3,457	1901
University of Western States	Portland	Private	Health professions school	979	1904[23]
Warner Pacific University	Portland	Private (Church of God)	Baccalaureate college	630	1937[24]
Western Oregon University	Monmouth	Public	Master's university	3,857	1856
Western Seminary	Portland	Private (Christian)	Faith-related institution	770	1927[25]
Willamette University	Salem	Private	Baccalaureate college	2,112	1842

Out-of-state institutions

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

• The for-profit school Concorde Career College has a campus in Portland.^[26]
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida offers aviation programs at Portland International Airport.^[27]
• Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.^[28]
• Jessup University in California offers degrees at the former Multnomah University campus 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]
• 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[31]
Albany College	Albany	1867	1942	Became Lewis & Clark College[32]
Art Institute of Portland	Portland	1963[33]	2018	Dream Center permanently closed 18 Art Institute schools at end of 2018.
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.[34][35]
Baker Business College	Baker	1891	1976	Was in operation from 1891–1976.[36] No transcripts are available.[37]
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.[38] Today, the records for Baker College and Magic Valley Christian College are held at Oklahoma Christian University.[39]
Bassist College	Portland		1998	Called now the Art Institute of Portland, who has the Bassist College transcripts.[40]
Bethel College	Bethel	1855	1862	Merged with Western Oregon 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.[41]
Blue Mountain University	La Grande	1873	1885	[42]
Cascade Christian College	Portland	1918	1969	Records are at Seattle Pacific University.[43]
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.[44] Today, the records for both Columbia Christian College and Cascade College are at Oklahoma Christian University.[39]
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.[45]
College of Philomath	Philomath	1889	1912	Early Oregon public preparatory[46]
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.[39]
Columbia College	Eugene	1855	1860	[47]
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.[48]
Concordia University	Portland	1905	2020	[49]
Coquille College		1890	1905
Corvallis Academy	Corvallis	1856	1868	Forerunner of Oregon State University.[50]
Dallas College	Dallas	1900	1914
DeVry University	Beaverton		2015	[51][52]
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]
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Portland	Portland	1983[56]	2017	All national Le Cordon Bleu locations closed in 2017.
Liberal University	Silverton	1896	1903
Marylhurst University	Marylhurst	1893	2018
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.[57]
Multnomah College	Portland	1897	1969	Forerunner of University of Portland.[58]
Multnomah University	Portland	1936	2024	Became a branch campus of Jessup University[59]
National American University	Tigard		2016
North Pacific College	Portland	1899	1945	Dental school absorbed into Oregon Health & Science University[60] and optometry school absorbed into Pacific University.[61]
Oregon City College	Oregon City	1849	1858	Assets donated to McMinnville College.[62]
Oregon College of Art	Ashland		1984	The records went to Pacific College of Art & Design,[48] and since then, Pacific College of Art & Design has closed.[63][64]
Oregon College of Art and Craft	Portland	1907[65]	2019	Unsuccessfully tried to merge with other local universities before closing in Spring 2019.
Oregon Denturist College	Milwaukie		1993
Oregon Graduate Institute	Beaverton	1963	2001	Originally the Oregon Graduate Center until 1989. Merged with Oregon Health & Science University in 2001.
Oregon Law School	Salem and Portland	1902	1922	Not to be confused with the University of Oregon School of Law.[66][67]
Oregon School of Design	Portland		1992
Pacific College of Art & Design	Medford			Lost its tax-exempt status.[63][64]
Pioneer Pacific College	Beaverton
Philomath College	Philomath
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	[68]

See also

• Oregon portal

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