page_title: List of colleges and universities in Oregon
section_title: Institutions
hierarchical_section_title: List of colleges and universities in Oregon / Institutions
caption_attribution_description: Oregon Health Sciences University.
context_page_description: 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 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. The college has about 14,500 students which have access to the over 150 acres 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.
caption: Oregon Health & Science University
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