Company description
The University of Portland devotes itself to an education of the heart and mind by focusing on three central elements: teaching, faith, and service.
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- Mission
- The University of Portland, Oregon's Catholic university, has received several national faculty awards from the Carnegie Foundation in recent years, among them the US Professor of the Year (2000) and three Oregon Professor of the Year honors. Its faculty and students have earned many Fulbright, Marshall, Mitchell, and Goldwater fellowships, and have received both the Oregon's Governor's Award for more than 10,000 hours of volunteer service annually and Washington Monthly magazine's national top ranking for service to the nation. The University is renowned for its extensive study-abroad programs (in Asia, Australia, Latin America, and Europe), its award-winning cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship program, its innovative education, biology, and theater programs, its state-of-the-art nursing and science laboratories, and its booming global business and environmental ethics majors-- the latter the only one of its kind in the US The University also sponsors a creative center for freshman support, savors its NCAA national champion women's soccer team (twice in four years), and has been dedicated for more than a century to creating a campus community where 'teachable moments' in and out of the classroom are not only prized but the true epiphanies sparking lifelong learning.
- General Information
- Highly Selective, Medium School, Catholic Affiliation, Urban/Major City, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Any Cost, Study Abroad, Advanced Placement/CLEP, Reserve Officers - Training Corps (ROTC), Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Honor Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required
- Specialities
- Education, Engineering And Nursing And A Graduate School, School's Of Business, We Are The Only Oregon University To Offer A College Of Arts And Science
- Type
- Arts Performances, Business Schools, Concerts, Private Schools, Religious Schools, Science Schools, Sports Events, Theater
- Campus Description
- 92-acre, suburban campus in Portland, four miles from city center. Served by air, bus, and train. Public transportation serves campus.
- Details
- Classes: Education, Programs: Art, Programs: Communications, Programs: Engineering, Programs: Nursing
- Sport
- Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Volleyball
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $32,450
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Religious Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- Selectivity
- more selective
- Features
- Night Courses
- City Type
- Large City
- Assurances
- Accredited
- Smoking
- No Smoking
- Campus Size
- 92 acres
- Academic Calendar
- semester
- Highest Degree Offered
- Masters
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Application Deadline
- 15-Jun
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $14760
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $29400
- Setting
- urban
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $8756
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 79.06
- Year Founded
- 1901
- Founded In
- 1901
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
- $820
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $925
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 4867
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 6156
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $50
- Graduate Application Fee
- $50
- International Application Fee
- $50
- Application Fee
- $50
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.up.edu/
