# 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

| School | Main location | Control | Type | Enrollment (Fall 2022) | Founded |
| American College of Healthcare Sciences | Portland | Private (for-profit) | Health professions school | 987 | 1978 |
| Blue Mountain Community College | Pendleton | Public | Associate's college | 1,227 | 1962 |
| Bushnell University | Eugene | Private (Disciples of Christ) | Master's university | 699 | 1895 |
| Central Oregon Community College | Bend | Public | Associate's college | 4,155 | 1949 |
| Chemeketa Community College | Salem | Public | Associate's college | 7,642 | 1970 |
| Clackamas Community College | Oregon City | Public | Associate's college | 4,638 | 1961 |
| Clatsop Community College | Astoria | Public | Associate's college | 714 | 1958 |
| College of Emergency Services | Clackamas | Private (for-profit) | Health professions school | | 1995 |
| Columbia Gorge Community College | The Dalles | Public | Associate's college | 1,039 | 1989 |
| Corban University | Salem | Private (Baptist) | Master's university | 963 | 1935 |
| Eastern Oregon University | La Grande | Public | Master's university | 2,674 | 1929 |
| George Fox University | Newberg | Private (Quaker) | Research university | 4,028 | 1891 |
| Gutenberg College | Eugene | Private (Protestant) | Faith-related institution | 14 | 1994 |
| Klamath Community College | Klamath Falls | Public | Associate's college | 1,580 | 1996 |
| Lane Community College | Eugene | Public | Associate's college | 6,745 | 1964 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Portland | Private | Baccalaureate college | 3,595 | 1867 |
| Linfield University | McMinnville | Private (Baptist) | Baccalaureate college | 1,754 | 1858 |
| Linn–Benton Community College | Albany | Public | Associate's college | 4,242 | 1967 |
| Mount Angel Seminary | St. Benedict | Private (Catholic) | Faith-related institution | 120 | 1887 |
| Mt. Hood Community College | Gresham | Public | Associate's college | 6,012 | 1965 |
| National University of Natural Medicine | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 374 | 1956 |
| New Hope Christian College | Eugene | Private (Pentecostal) | Faith-related institution | 38 | 1925 |
| Oregon Coast Community College | Newport | Public | Associate's college | 398 | 1987 |
| Oregon College of Oriental Medicine | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 160 | 1983 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | Public | Medical school | 2,870 | 1974 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | Klamath Falls | Public | Baccalaureate college | 4,911 | 1947 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis Bend Portland Newport | Public | Research university | +36,000 | 1868 |
| Pacific Bible College | Medford | Private | Faith-related institution | 52 | 1991 |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland | Private | School of art | 487 | 1909 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove | Private | Research university | 3,559 | 1849 |
| Portland Bible College | Portland | Private | Faith-related institution | 415 | 1967 |
| Portland Community College | Portland | Public | Associate's college | +60,000 | 1961 |
| Portland State University | Portland | Public | Research university | 21,609 | 1946 |
| Reed College | Portland | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1,534 | 1911 |
| Rogue Community College | Grants Pass, Medford | Public | Associate's college | 3,423 | 1970 |
| Southern Oregon University | Ashland | Public | Master's university | 5,204 | 1926 |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College | Coos Bay | Public | Associate's college | 1,443 | 1961 |
| Sumner College | Portland | Private (for-profit) | Associate's college | 510 | 1974 |
| Tillamook Bay Community College | Tillamook | Public | Associate's college | 538 | 1981 |
| Treasure Valley Community College | Ontario | Public | Associate's college | 1,329 | 1962 |
| Umpqua Community College | Roseburg | Public | Associate's college | 2,325 | 1964 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene | Public | Research university | 23,163 | 1876 |
| University of Portland | Portland | Private (Catholic) | Master's university | 3,793 | 1901 |
| University of Western States | Portland | Private | Health professions school | 1,096 | 1904 |
| Warner Pacific University | Portland | Private (Church of God) | Baccalaureate college | 444 | 1937 |
| Western Oregon University | Monmouth | Public | Master's university | 3,751 | 1856 |
| Western Seminary | Portland | Private (Christian) | Faith-related institution | 817 | 1927 |
| Willamette University | Salem | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1,909 | 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.
* 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

| School | Location(s) | Founded | Closed | Notes/Refs |
| Albany College | Albany | 1867 | 1942 | Became Lewis & Clark College |
| Art Institute of Portland | Portland | 1963 | 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. |
| Baker Business College | Baker | 1891 | 1976 | Was in operation from 1891–1976. No transcripts are available. |
| 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. Today, the records for Baker College and Magic Valley Christian College are held at Oklahoma Christian University. |
| Bassist College | Portland | | 1998 | Called now the Art Institute of Portland, who has the Bassist College transcripts. |
| 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. |
| Blue Mountain University | La Grande | 1873 | 1885 | |
| Cascade Christian College | Portland | 1918 | 1969 | Records are at Seattle Pacific University. |
| 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. Today, the records for both Columbia Christian College and Cascade College are at Oklahoma Christian University. |
| 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. |
| College of Philomath | Philomath | 1889 | 1912 | Early Oregon public preparatory |
| 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. |
| Columbia College | Eugene | 1855 | 1860 | |
| 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. |
| Concordia University | Portland | 1905 | 2020 | |
| Coquille College | | 1890 | 1905 | |
| Corvallis College | Corvallis | 1859 | 1885 | Forerunner of Oregon State University. |
| Dallas College | Dallas | 1900 | 1914 | |
| DeVry University | Beaverton | | 2015 | |
| Eastern Oregon College | La Grande | 1892 | 1898 | Forerunner of Eastern Oregon University. |
| Jefferson Institute | Jefferson | 1857 | 1899 | |
| Jefferson Institute | Rickreall | 1846 | | |
| Judson Baptist College | The Dalles | 1956 | 1985 | Records at Arizona Christian University. |
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Portland | Portland | 1983 | 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. |
| Multnomah College | Portland | 1897 | 1969 | Records at the University of Portland. |
| Multnomah University | Portland | 1936 | 2024 | Became a branch campus of Jessup University |
| National American University | Tigard | | 2016 | |
| North Pacific College | Portland | 1899 | 1945 | Dental school absorbed into Oregon Health & Science University and optometry school absorbed into Pacific University. |
| Oregon City College | Oregon City | 1849 | 1858 | Assets donated to McMinnville College. |
| Oregon College of Art | Ashland | | 1984 | The records went to Pacific College of Art & Design, and since then, Pacific College of Art & Design has closed. |
| Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland | 1907 | 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. |
| Oregon School of Design | Portland | | 1992 | |
| Pacific College of Art & Design | Medford | | | Lost its tax-exempt status. |
| 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 | |