Post Secondary Education

Lifelong learning options abound in and near the City of Beaverton. Just minutes from Beaverton, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland State University, and the Oregon State University Extension offer the highest quality undergraduate and graduate education in the area. OGI School of Science and Engineering offers graduate courses in science, engineering, and technology management. Those desiring a private secondary education need look no further than Lewis & Clark College or one of several other highly-acclaimed private colleges and universities in the Portland-Metro area. Finally, Beaverton is part of the Portland Community College (PCC) District which offers classes on wide range of diverse subjects and continuing education courses. In addition, PCC actively partners with local businesses on workforce training.

The following fields are new and/or modified descriptions of information drawn from each institution's website.

Portland Community College (PCC)
Portland Community College is Oregon's largest higher learning institution. It serves over 1.3 million college-ageresidents in five-counties of northwest Oregon. This includes Portland, as well as the state's most rapid areas of population growth. Portland Community College's enrollment tops 88,200 full-time and part-time students annually, or 1 in 15 residents.
Source: http://www.pcc.edu/about/quick-facts/demographics.html

For more information visit http://www.pcc.edu/

Portland State University (PSU)
Portland State University is the state of Oregon's only urban university, along with the largest and most diverse in the state education system. PSU offers more than 100 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees. The university serves more students and confers more master's degrees each year than any other Oregon university.
Source: http://www.oregon4biz.com/ed.htm

For more information visit http://www.pdx.edu/

University of Portland (UP)
The University of Portland boasts a close-knit community of approximately 3,200 students and 280 professors. Along with being a Catholic university that has maintained affiliation with the Congregation of Holy Cross for over a century, UP has also managed to be named among the top 5 schools in the West by U.S. News and World Report.
Source: http://www.up.edu/up_sub.asp?ctnt=37&mnu=70&chl=0&lvl=0

For more information visit http://www.up.edu/

Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
OHSU is the state's only health and research university, bringing together education, research, patient care, and community service. The university's primary education units are the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing, and OGI School of Science & Engineering.
Source: http://www.ohsu.edu/academic/

For more information visit www.ohsu.edu/academic/

Lewis and Clark College
Lewis and Clark College sits on 137 acres of wooded, residential land. The college is only six miles from downtown Portland, 80 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, and 50 west of Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountains.
Source: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/about/

For more information visit http://www.lclark.edu/

Oregon State University (OSU)
Designated a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive university, Oregon State University is respected for its teaching, research, and public service. At nearly 20,000 students, OSU is the only land, sea, and space-grant university in the Pacific Northwest.
Source: http://www.oregon4biz.com/ed.htm

For more information visit http://oregonstate.edu/