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, and seventeen community colleges are operated by locally elected boards. 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). 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. Western Oregon University (WOU) is the oldest public university in the state, which was established in 1856. 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

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.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida offers aviation programs at Portland International Airport.
Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus.
Jessup University in California offers degrees at the former Multnomah University campus 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

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.
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.