University of Portland Top Questions

The acacemics at University of Portland are so strong and rigerous. Ther is a strong amount of community. I love seeing my friends in the commons and on my way to class.

University of Portland is a small private campus, but this has given me the opportunity to gain relationships with each of my professors. I've always lived in a small town all my life and I feel comfortable knowing everyone's name in my classes. It feels like we're all one big family and I really enjoy that about University of Portland.

I think the best thing about my school is how friendly the people are and willing to except people the way they are. Portland is extremely different, the motto is to keep portland weird and I think that the overall attitude of everyone is to not judge. I also love the programs offered, we have some of the best engineering and nursing programs on the west coast. I am enrolled in the nursing program and the professors and classes offered are incredible. They truly make it their mission to make sure the students love what they are doing.

The avalability of teachers. Even if it is not their "office hours" you can still email them to set up a time and talk to them later.

The availability of staff and the small class size.

A wide variety of classes and majors offered at this junior college. Room for students to explore majors to see what fits them best, at low tution cost.

The biggest thing about my school is the Division 1 athletic teams. It's intense, people that graduated 50 years ago still come back to UP for the occasional soccer or basketball game. Even though we aren't tht good, the stadium seats are always full.

Besides the incredible amount of school spirit (Purple Pride!) I would have to say the academics. Teachers are focused on helping students succeed, and frequently have office hours at varying times throughout the week to try and get as many students to see them as possible. Our library has great resources with helpful staff, so it would be hard to not find any material for a particular research project or something. The school is centered around learning, which is exactly what a university should be.

The teacher to student ratio allows a much closer relationship with my professors and I do not have to struggle with other students to get the help I need in my classes from the professors themselves (rather than TA's, which are non-existant in most classes).

The best thing about UP is the faculty to student ratio; the faculty always have time for students and the class sizes allow people of all learning styles to learn well.