Oregon ranking · Clery-reported enrollment 2024

The Largest Universities in Oregon

The 50 largest of the 65 Oregon colleges and universities that report an enrolment to the U.S. Department of Education, ranked biggest first. Total enrolment counts online and distance students, so an institution with a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

37,163
Largest in Oregon
65
Institutions reporting
761
Median Oregon institution
#31
of 51 states by enrolment

Oregon State University is the largest institution in Oregon with 37,163 students

According to U.S. Department of Education campus-safety enrollment filings for 2024, Oregon State University leads Oregon at 37,163 students, and the five largest hold 54.3% of state enrollment. This list covers the 50 largest of 65 reporting institutions. Totals include online learners, so a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

Largest in Oregon
37,163
Institutions reporting
65
State students in top 5
54.3%
Median Oregon institution
761

Oregon in one line

Oregon State University is the largest institution in Oregon with 37,163 students, about 49x the 761 of the median institution in the state. 54.3% of every student in the state is enrolled at just these five institutions, so Oregon's higher education is concentrated at the top.

37,163
students at Oregon State University
54.3%
of state students, in the top 5
203,599
students enrolled across Oregon
101
the #50 cutoff

Enrollment is total students reported in the OPE campus-safety disclosure for 2024, including online and distance learners. IPEDS supplies institution location and sector. The incident column is reported on-campus Clery Act incidents per 1,000 enrolled students.

Size joined to safety

These 50 largest institutions enroll 99.6% of Oregon's students; the other 15 reporting institutions hold the remaining 0.4%. Among the 22 mid-to-large campuses on this list, 11 sit below the 1.58 national median incident rate, and 0 also appear in the national safest-50.

99.6%
of state students, in these 50
11
below 1.58 national median /1k
0
also in national safest-50
3.85
Oregon State University rate /1k

Incident rates are on-campus Clery Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports per 1,000 enrolled students for campuses with enrollment ≥ 2,000 and a national safety rank. A lower rate is not a personal safety verdict, reporting culture and online enrollment dilute raw counts. See /rankings/safest-campuses for the size-fair national list.

Showing the top 50 of 65 Oregon institutions by enrollment (202,847 of 203,599 students, 99.6%). The remaining 15 reporting institutions enroll 0.4% of the state total and are omitted from this capped ranking, not from the underlying federal tables.

What this ranking shows about Oregon

Oregon ranks 31st by total enrolment among the states and DC, so even its largest institutions are modest against national leaders. The 65 institutions reporting enrolment here split 26 public to 39 private, so neither sector defines the top of this list on its own.

Ranking by total enrolment puts institutions with large online programmes above institutions with larger physical campuses, because a virtual student body is not limited by classrooms or housing. A list of the biggest campuses by students physically present would order differently, and neither list is more correct, because they answer different questions. Enrolment here is the total headcount an institution reported to the federal OPE reporting cohort, which counts undergraduate and graduate students together and makes no distinction between full-time and part-time study. A university with a very large part-time or continuing-education population can therefore outrank one with more students on campus on any given weekday.

The incident-rate column is here because institution size changes how a raw incident count should be read, not because a larger university is more or less safe. Two institutions with the same number of reported incidents are not comparable if one enrols five times as many students, so the column expresses incidents per thousand enrolled. A rate still reflects reporting practice as much as underlying risk: an institution that encourages reporting and investigates thoroughly can record more incidents than one that does neither, and that is the opposite of what a naive reading suggests. Institutions where most students study online show diluted rates, because the denominator counts students who never set foot on a campus. Read the column as context for the size ranking, never as a safety verdict, and see our methodology for how both figures are assembled. For the same institutions ranked by cost rather than size, see the cheapest colleges rankings, or browse every institution we hold a record for.

Comparing states? See the 50 largest universities in the US, or this state's campus safety profile.

The bar to make Oregon's top-50 list is 101 students. Here is where that cutoff sits among all 65 Oregon institutions reporting enrollment:

The bar to make Oregon's top-50 list

Clery-reported enrollment · 65 Oregon institutions · 2024

101 Top 77% higher than 23% of 65 Oregon institutions

Show national distribution 0–4,000: 51 Oregon institutions (78%). This entry sits in this band. 4,000–8,000: 9 Oregon institutions (14%). Above this entry. 8,000–12,000: 1 Oregon institutions (2%). Above this entry. 12,000–16,000: 0 Oregon institutions (0%). Above this entry. 16,000–20,000: 1 Oregon institutions (2%). Above this entry. 20,000–24,000: 1 Oregon institutions (2%). Above this entry. 24,000–28,000: 1 Oregon institutions (2%). Above this entry. 28,000–32,000: 0 Oregon institutions (0%). Above this entry. 32,000–36,000: 0 Oregon institutions (0%). Above this entry. 36,000–40,000: 1 Oregon institutions (2%). Above this entry. #50 cutoff 0 40,000 every Oregon institution, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more Oregon institutions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey · 2024

The 50 largest of Oregon's 65 institutions

17
Pacific University Forest Grove, OR · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
3,427
Incidents /1k
3.50
24
Linfield University Mcminnville, OR · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
1,709
Incidents /1k
3.51
28
Reed College Portland, OR · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
1,358
Incidents /1k
38.29
30
Corban University Salem, OR · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
1,029
Incidents /1k
2.92
34
Western Seminary Portland, OR · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
755
Incidents /1k
0.00
37
Sumner College Portland, OR · Private for-profit
Enrollment
532
Incidents /1k
0.00
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public 37,163 100% of the leader · rank #1 3.85
2 University of Oregon Eugene, OR · Public 24,404 66% of the leader · rank #2 6.52
3 Portland Community College Portland, OR · Public 20,861 56% of the leader · rank #3 1.15
4 Portland State University Portland, OR · Public 19,951 54% of the leader · rank #4 3.81
5 Chemeketa Community College Salem, OR · Public 8,098 22% of the leader · rank #5 1.85
6 Lane Community College Eugene, OR · Public 6,810 18% of the leader · rank #6 1.17
7 Mt Hood Community College Gresham, OR · Public 6,476 17% of the leader · rank #7 0.46
8 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR · Public 5,545 15% of the leader · rank #8 0.36
9 Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public 5,299 14% of the leader · rank #9 0.57
10 Linn-Benton Community College Albany, OR · Public 5,242 14% of the leader · rank #10 0.19
11 Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR · Public 5,113 14% of the leader · rank #11 3.91
12 George Fox University Newberg, OR · Private nonprofit 4,916 13% of the leader · rank #12 0.61
13 Central Oregon Community College Bend, OR · Public 4,332 12% of the leader · rank #13 0.46
14 Rogue Community College Grants Pass, OR · Public 4,009 11% of the leader · rank #14 0.50
15 Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR · Public 3,722 10% of the leader · rank #15 5.10
16 Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 3,504 9% of the leader · rank #16 5.99
17 Pacific University Forest Grove, OR · Private nonprofit 3,427 9% of the leader · rank #17 3.50
18 University of Portland Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 3,285 9% of the leader · rank #18 2.13
19 Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · Public 2,942 8% of the leader · rank #19 12.58
20 Eastern Oregon University La Grande, OR · Public 2,894 8% of the leader · rank #20 0.69
21 Umpqua Community College Roseburg, OR · Public 2,582 7% of the leader · rank #21 0.00
22 Willamette University Salem, OR · Private nonprofit 2,180 6% of the leader · rank #22 8.72
23 Klamath Community College Klamath Falls, OR · Public 1,834 5% of the leader · rank #23 0.55
24 Linfield University Mcminnville, OR · Private nonprofit 1,709 5% of the leader · rank #24 3.51
25 Southwestern Oregon Community College Coos Bay, OR · Public 1,551 4% of the leader · rank #25 3.87
26 Treasure Valley Community College Ontario, OR · Public 1,483 4% of the leader · rank #26 0.00
27 Blue Mountain Community College Pendleton, OR · Public 1,407 4% of the leader · rank #27 0.00
28 Reed College Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 1,358 4% of the leader · rank #28 38.29
29 Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR · Public 1,296 4% of the leader · rank #29 8.49
30 Corban University Salem, OR · Private nonprofit 1,029 4% of the leader · rank #30 2.92
31 University of Western States Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 959 4% of the leader · rank #31 0.00
32 Columbia Gorge Community College The Dalles, OR · Public 812 4% of the leader · rank #32 0.00
33 Bushnell University Eugene, OR · Private nonprofit 761 4% of the leader · rank #33 6.57
34 Western Seminary Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 755 4% of the leader · rank #34 0.00
35 Clatsop Community College Astoria, OR · Public 754 4% of the leader · rank #35 2.65
36 Tillamook Bay Community College Tillamook, OR · Public 587 4% of the leader · rank #36 0.00
37 Sumner College Portland, OR · Private for-profit 532 4% of the leader · rank #37 0.00
38 Oregon Coast Community College Newport, OR · Public 470 4% of the leader · rank #38 0.00
39 National University of Natural Medicine Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 414 4% of the leader · rank #39 2.42
40 Warner Pacific University Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 378 4% of the leader · rank #40 13.23
41 Institute of Technology Salem, OR · Private for-profit 267 4% of the leader · rank #41 0.00
42 Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies Portland, OR · Private nonprofit 257 4% of the leader · rank #42 0.00
43 Carrington College-Portland Portland, OR · Private for-profit 254 4% of the leader · rank #43 0.00
44 Aveda Institute-Portland Portland, OR · Private for-profit 238 4% of the leader · rank #44 0.00
45 East West College of the Healing Arts Portland, OR · Private for-profit 236 4% of the leader · rank #45 0.00
46 Phagans School of Hair Design Happy Valley, OR · Private for-profit 212 4% of the leader · rank #46 0.00
47 Concorde Career College-Portland Portland, OR · Private for-profit 172 4% of the leader · rank #47 0.00
48 Northwest College-Eugene Springfield, OR · Private for-profit 139 4% of the leader · rank #48 0.00
49 Mount Angel Seminary Saint Benedict, OR · Private nonprofit 127 4% of the leader · rank #49 0.00
50 Phagans Central Oregon Beauty College Bend, OR · Private for-profit 101 4% of the leader · rank #50 0.00

What to do with this

Size is a starting filter for Oregon, not a verdict on any institution.

Institutions below the reporting floor, or without enrolment in the Campus Safety and Security Survey cohort for 2024, do not appear on this list. IPEDS supplies classification and location.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Campus Safety and Security Survey (enrollment and Clery disclosures), joined to the IPEDS institutional directory (location and classification)

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