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Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Oregon Health & Science University is a public four-year institution in Portland, Oregon. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,942, made up of 836 undergraduates and 2,106 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity.

Oregon Health & Science University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 43 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Medicine, and Dentistry. It awarded 1,056 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

Key figures

2,942
Students enrolled
1,056
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
43
Programs and majors
5:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 43

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 26
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 11
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Engineering 2
Psychology 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Education 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
5:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
432
Master's degrees
244
Doctoral degrees (research)
55
Professional doctorates
269
Postbaccalaureate certificates
47
Post-master's certificates
9

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,942
Undergraduates, fall 2024
836
Graduate students, fall 2024
2,106
Full-time, fall 2024
73%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,341
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,032
Graduate students, 2024-25
2,309
Full-time, 2024-25
68%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
70%
Men
30%
White
58%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
13%
Two or more races
7%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
17%
Students taking some online courses
28%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Research Institutions
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
President
Shereef Elnahal
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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