The American Baptist Church founded Linfield College in 1858 and the college now operates a school of nursing off the school's main McKinville campus in the city of Portland. The college describes itself as the oldest nursing program in the Pacific Northwest and is located adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital, where students complete many of their clinical rotations. The nursing school offers the opportunity to study nursing for either four weeks in January or for an entire semester in countries like China, Ireland, England, Costa Rica, Austria, Mexico, France, Korea, Japan, Cameroon, Israel and Jordan. Students in the nursing program at Linfield graduate with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Linfield College
2215 Northwest Northrup Street
Portland, OR 97210
503-413-8481
linfield.edu/portland
Founded in 1964, Lane Community College has approximately 36,000 students, making it the third-largest community college in Oregon. The school is in the city of Eugene and grants an Associate of Science degree in nursing. To keep the size of the program small, Lane only admits Oregon residents into the school's nursing program and invites less than 85 students to enroll each year. In addition to the required clinical nursing rotations, nursing students have the opportunity to participate in co-operative placements, which allow them to work in a paid healthcare-related position for one semester or more.
Lane Community College
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405
541-463-3000
lanecc.edu?
A public, four-year college, Eastern Oregon University is in the rural community of La Grande. The state established the school in 1929, and it now has an undergraduate enrollment of more than 3,100 students. The public Oregon Health & Sciences University operates the nursing program at Eastern Oregon and grants students bachelor's degrees in nursing. In addition to approval from the Oregon State Board of Nursing, the program also carries credentialing from Washington state and Idaho. The school enrolls only 32 nurses per year, which is typically around half of those who apply, reports the university.
Eastern Oregon University
1 University Boulevard
La Grande, OR 97850
541-962-3393
eou.edu
Located in suburban Newberg, George Fox University was founded by the Evangelical Friends in 1891. All of the school's more than 1,900 undergraduate students must complete 10 hours of Bible and religious courses in order to graduate. The Bachelor of Science in nursing program at George Fox admits 40 students per year and begins its program in the January term. Nearly 70 percent of all students at the college participate in study abroad programs, and nursing students are encouraged to spend either three weeks or a full semester participating in educational and missions trips.
George Fox University
414 North Meridian Street
Newberg, OR 97132
800-765-4369
georgefox.edu