Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College
2058 students.
Gorgeous campus overlooking the Willamette River - 6 miles from downtown Portland.
Ideal setting in a vibrant, progressive city with endless networking, entertainment, and cultural resources.
The campus is an old estate with fountains, gardens, pools, and cobblestone roads.
Strongest programs include international affairs, psychology, sociology and anthropology, biology, English and education.
29 majors and 32 minors to choose from including a new data science minor and cybersecurity concentration.
All students are required to achieve competency in a foreign language and international studies.
Most of the classes are small and discussion-based.
Offers many faculty-led study abroad programs.
All students must complete classes in scientific and quantitative reasoning, creative arts, and physical education.
Offers a 4-1 B.A./M.A.T. program in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, a 3-3 B.A./J.D. program with the law school, and 3-2 programs in engineering.
The Rogers Summer Science Research programs teams students and professors on research projects.
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship teaches students to reframe projects using entrepreneurial thinking.
Offers an innovative Portfolio Path to admission where students submit a package representing their talents and interests.
New students are required to attend the six-week Pioneer Success Institute at the beginning of the year to ease them into college life and a yearlong Exploration and Discovery class that introduces them to college-level work.
The college commits to students that they can graduate in four years. If not, the school commits to covering an additional semester of study.
Students are very socially conscious. The campus is politically active and leans left.
The student body is 5% Asian American, 3% African American, 12% Hispanic, and 7% Multiracial.
Non-need based financial aid awards average $18,700.
Requires students to live on campus for their first two years.
Some dorm rooms have views of downtown Portland, Mt. Hood, and Mt. St. Helens.
Living/learning communities are available for students involved in performing arts, multicultural engagement, outdoor pursuits and other programs.
No Greek life.
Free shuttle service into downtown Portland.