2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon

Nursing is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,049 bachelor's degrees in nursing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt nursing students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nursing students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

The nursing 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 Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nursing in Oregon

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

Top Oregon Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

University of Portland
Portland, OR

250 Annual Graduates

$94,291 Median Starting Salary

$62,998 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in nursing needs to look into University of Portland. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Portland.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program earn about $94,291 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from University of Portland

2

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

364 Annual Graduates

$92,371 Median Starting Salary

$20,929 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Oregon Health & Science University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career earnings of $92,371.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Oregon Health & Science University

3

George Fox University
Newberg, OR

56 Annual Graduates

$89,201 Median Starting Salary

$39,572 Median Student Debt

George Fox University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Newberg.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program make an average of $89,201 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from George Fox University

4

Bushnell University
Eugene, OR

19 Annual Graduates

$102,985 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in nursing has to check out Bushnell University. Bushnell University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Eugene.

Bachelor's recipients from the nursing program at Bushnell University earn $8,157 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Bushnell University

5

Sumner College
Portland, OR

12 Annual Graduates

Sumner College is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the large city of Portland.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Sumner College

Best Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	8,885
Washington	226	1,465
Nevada	129	1,271
Hawaii	112	354
Alaska	75	160

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

Nursing is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	1,049

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Health	310
Health Sciences & Services	194
Allied Health Professions	179
Health/Medical Prep Programs	157
Dental Support Services	94
Communication Sciences	81
Health & Medical Administrative Services	63
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	34
Alternative Medicine & Systems	20
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services	10

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.