Oregon Health and Science University is about 20 miles from Hillsboro, in nearby Portland. The university specializes in training future doctors, pharmacists, nurses and dentists. The school of medicine offers students the ability to get their MD degree, PhD, Masters or train to be a physician's assistant. Their pharmacy school trains students to become future pharmacists with a Doctorate in Pharmacy. The nursing school offers students undergraduate and graduate degrees and the ability to become a midwife. The university's dentistry program gives students the opportunity to become dentists, hygienists or specialists.
Oregon Health and Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
503-494-8311
ohsu.edu/xd
The Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community college is located about nine miles from Hillsboro in Portland. This campus is about 256 acres and is home to the Tualatin Hills sports complex. It specializes in building construction, veterinary, landscape and biology programs. The Rock Creek campus has also partnered with Hillsboro Aviation, which allows student pilots access to aviation schools and Solar World, a green energy company. It has a full-service library, a renovated science-technology building and an airplane hangar where students are able to work on helicopters and airplanes.
Portland Community College: Rock Creek Campus
17705 NW Springville Road
Portland, OR 97229
866-922-1010
pcc.edu/about/locations/rock-creek
Anthem College is an accredited place of study located about 10 miles from Hillsboro in Beaverton. This college is part of several career-focused colleges throughout the country and is branched with its allied college in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Programs offered at this campus include massage therapy, dental assistant, medical billing and coding, pharmacy technician and medical assistant. It offers these programs to entry-level students as well as those who want to further their career with different skills.
Anthem College: Beaverton
4145 SW Watson Avenue, Ste. 300
Beaverton, OR 97005
800-819-6472
anthemcollege.edu
Portland State University is located about 19 miles from Hillsboro in the city of Portland. The university is right in the heart of downtown Portland and covers about 49 acres. Undergraduate, graduate and international admissions are all welcome at the university. As Oregon's largest university, Portland State offers several choices for majors and degrees. Colleges at the university include liberal arts and sciences, business administration, fine and performing arts as well as engineering and computer science. Graduate schools include social work and education.
Portland State University
724 Southwest Harrison Street
Portland, OR 97201
800-547-8887
pdx.edu