| 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 |