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List of colleges and universities in Oregon

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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.

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Map of Oregon, USA

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 (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.

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.
  • 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.

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    List of colleges and universities in Oregon Wikipedia
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