Linfield College: Connecting Learning, Life and Community

Linfield College (Ore.) is a four-year, coeducational liberal arts institution offering baccalaureate degrees in 44 majors to 2,500 students. In addition to the main campus in McMinnville, the college operates the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing on its Portland Campus, and its Division of Continuing Education offers baccalaureate programs to working adults throughout Oregon and across the nation. One of the oldest colleges in the Pacific Northwest, Linfield was chartered by the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1858.

Mission Statement

Linfield College advances a vision of learning, life, and community that:

• promotes intellectual challenge and creativity,
• values both theoretical and practical knowledge,
• engages thoughtful dialogue in a climate of mutual respect,
• honors the rich texture of diverse cultures and varied ways of understanding,
• piques curiosity for a lifetime of inquiry,
• and inspires the courage to live by moral and spiritual principle and to defend freedom of conscience.

Student Body

• Students represent 32 states and 21 countries.
• 13% of American students are minorities.
• 24% of nursing students are minorities (Class of 2009)
• Average age: 21 in McMinnville, 28 in Portland; 38 for DCE students.
• 61% are federally determined to need financial aid.
• 15% receive federal Pell Grants.
• 18% are first-generation college students.
• 54% are female and 45% are male

Accreditation

Linfield College is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Specialized accreditation is granted to certain of the college’s individual programs. The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing is accredited by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The education program is approved for training of elementary and secondary teachers by the State of Oregon’s Teachers Standards and Practices Commission. Linfield College’s music program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and its athletic training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.