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Points of Pride

(verified 1/2021)

  • In 2020, Western Oregon was ranked No. 18 in the nation for 50 Best Criminal Justice Degrees by Learn.Org
  • Western Oregon University is among the top 200 colleges for Native Americans according to “Winds of Change” magazine’s 2021 college edition.
  • In 2019, education website Study.com ranked Western Oregon University at No. 27 on the list of the 50 best colleges nationwide for education majors.
  • In 2019, The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Western Oregon University No. 2 in the nation for the number of American Sign Language degrees granted in the 2016-2017 academic year, the most recent year statistics were available.
  • Western Oregon University is fully accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
  • Western Oregon University was recognized in 2018 as being the top four-year university in Oregon for Criminal Justice and Corrections careers by Correctional Officer.org.
  • Western Oregon University was recognized in 2018 as the No. 73-ranked best regional universities in the West by U.S. News and World Report and No. 22 among best public universities in the West.
  • Western Oregon University was recognized in 2016-2017 as the No. 11-ranked university for gerontology, according to online source Great Value Colleges. It is the only university Oregon that offers a bachelor’s degree in gerontology.
  • The university also is in compliance with the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, which authorizes teacher preparation programs offered by Oregon higher education institutions.
  • The SafeWise Report ranks Monmouth as No. 12 on the 2018 list of the top 20 safest cities in Oregon.
  • Ackerman Hall, built in 2010, was the first LEED Platinum residence hall in the U.S. The Western Oregon University campus has multiple buildings built to LEED Gold and Silver standards.
  • Western Oregon University has been designated as a Military Friendly School since 2012. In, 2018, the university’s status improved from silver to gold.
  • Western Oregon University’s chapter of Student Veterans of American won the “Best Chapter in the Nation” award in 2018 from that organization.
  • Western Oregon University has had 21 NACADA The Global Community for Academic Advising awardees since 2008.
  • Western Oregon University is the top mainland university for Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students according to a February 2017 report in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • The 2015-2016 Western Oregon University men’s basketball team went to the NCAA Division II Final Four.
  • The 2017-2018 Western Oregon University men’s basketball team reached the regional championship game in NCAA Division II and was ranked No. 3 nationally.
  • In 2008, then-WOU softball player Sara Tucholsky and two players from Central Washington University won the “best moment” ESPY award for a viral video about sportsmanship. Clips from the video are still used today in campaigns by national companies to demonstrate the nature
    of kindness in the human spirit.
  • The Western Oregon University baseball team held the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship for 16 of the past 17 years.
  • The Western Oregon University 2017 men’s cross-country team won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title.
  • In 2017, the Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Conference executive board selected Western Oregon University to be the permanent home of the event, which gathers 2,000-plus Latino/a students to learn leadership skills.
  • Western Oregon University received Tree Campus USA recognition in 2015, 2016 and 2017 from the Arbor Day Foundation.

 

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Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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