2025 Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 281 bachelor's degrees in liberal arts to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of liberal arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The liberal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Liberal Arts in Oregon

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in liberal arts.

Top Oregon Schools for a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies

1

Portland State University
Portland, OR

233 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in liberal arts needs to look into Portland State University. Portland State University is a very large public university located in the city of Portland.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Portland State University

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

43 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in liberal arts has to check out Oregon State University. Oregon State is a very large public university located in the small city of Corvallis.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Oregon State University

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	5,636
Washington	521	654
Hawaii	172	49
Alaska	87	1

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Liberal Arts Related Rankings by Major

Liberal Arts is one of 3 different types of Liberal Arts General Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Humanities	11
General Studies	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.