| Location: | Northwest |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
| Size: | Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Pilots |
| Nickname: | UP |
The University of Portland (UP) is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,200 students. It is most widely known for its women's soccer program, which won the 2002 and 2005 Division I NCAA Women's Soccer Championships. UP is ranked 5th in the west for Universities-Master's by U.S. News and World Report.
The UP campus is located in the University Park neighborhood near St. Johns, on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River. It is the only school in Oregon to offer, at one location, a college of arts & sciences, a graduate school, and schools of business, education, engineering, and nursing.
The first institution located on Waud's Bluff was Portland University, a Methodist Episcopal Church-founded university founded in 1891. According to school tradition, Archbishop Alexander Christie, the head of the Archdiocese of Oregon City, saw a large building on the bluff from aboard a ship on the nearby Willamette River. He learned that it was called West Hall and was the site of the (by then) defunct Portland University. West Hall (later renamed "Waldschimdt Hall") was purchased with assistance from the Congregation of Holy Cross; it became Columbia University, named after the nearby Columbia River, and opened its doors on September 5, 1901, staffed with Roman Catholic priests from the archdiocese. Within a year, at the request of the archbishop, the Congregation of the Holy Cross agreed to take over ownership.
After two decades, Columbia University achieved junior college status; in 1925, the university's College of Arts and Sciences was founded, and in 1929, a class of seven men were awards the university's first bachelor's degrees.
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| Percent of Students International: | 3% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 45% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (West Coast Conference) Baseball (West Coast Conference) Track (Independent Pacific Northwest Region) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 25,562 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 24,580 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 982 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,534 | 17% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,841 | 4% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 10,563 | 95% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 7,594 | 58% | |
Any Aid: |
96% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 81% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 100% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 540, Math: 540 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 640, Math: 640 |
| Application Fee: | $ 50.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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I want to go into nursing, and I want to go to a good college for a good nursing education. The university of Portland is twice as expensive as Concordia. I'd like to go to Concordia but have never heard anything about Concordia before so I don't know where their reputation as a nursing school or as a university. Does anyone know anything about either of the schools that would alter my decision?
16 months ago
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I live in Eugene and I've spent a long time in and around schools. I've barely heard of Concordia. I looked at their web page and didn't see anything about nursing; they seemed to have majors mostly involving religious (Lutheran) education.
I am more familiar with U of Portland. A major school, it ranks up there in USNews annual college issue. If the choice were mine, I'd certainly pick UP. It also has a beautiful campus.
I'm curious about why you like both of these. Portland is Oregon's only Catholic university. And Concordia seems to be seriously Lutheran. I sure wouldn't tell either of these schools that you're interested in the other. From the Catholic viewpoint, Martin Luther is burning in the deepest pits of Hell.
When you say UP is more expensive, do you mean the published total costs? Or the bottom line after you include whatever financial aid package they offer you. If you're a serious high school student and did well on your SAT exam, and if you're not rich, you'll get some sort of aid package. Almost nobody pays full list price, nor should they. If money is the real issue, apply to both of them and see what they offer you. (Although I still don't think Concordia has a nursing school.) Remember that there's a great shortage of nurses now, and they make a lot of money.
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I was just wondering if there are Asian people who gets admitted to the University of Portland? if they apply
well i heard it was a Catholic school.. so like do you have to be catholic to get admitted?
17 months ago
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First of all just because the University of Portland is a Catholic University there's no policy that states you've to be Catholic in fact 50% students aren't. You will not have to take Catholic religious courses or be forced into going to mass.
Notredame and Georgetown have students of all faiths as well that attend these Universities.
Secondly I'm sure there is Asian students that go there religious affiliation doesn't matter, but Asia has Catholics Philippines and Vietnam just to name two. Just like any university in America they admit qualified international students.
Here read the FAQ about the University of Portland.
http://www.up.edu/up_sub.asp?ctnt=40&mnu=20&chl=375&lvl=1#Admissions
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It depends on what you want to get out of it. PSU is known for their accounting department, and big accounting firms recruit there. If you are looking for a typical college campus experience, you might want to look elsewhere. The students are generally a bit older, and many students commute there and don't live on campus. My advice would be to check out the campus, talk to an adviser about what your goals are, and then make your decision.
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