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Cascade College

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Campus Location

9101 E Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97216-1515
USA
Main Tel: (503) 255-7060
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Churches of Christ religious affiliation.
  • Many students concentrating in media, therapy and counseling, and business and management.
  • Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.

Other important characteristics:

  • Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates
  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Campus housing available
  • Student meal (board) plan
  • Study abroad option
  • Distance learning available
  • Part-time classes available
  • Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor3610

Students

Student enrollment was 265 in 2007-2008 (254 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

About 4% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 96% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 14,250
Room and board$ 6,700
Books and supplies$ 800
Other$ 5,770

Financial Aid: Cascade participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Housing and Meals

Cascade provides on-campus housing for 240 of its 254 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Cascade Collegiate Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 49 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 48 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

  • Business Administration, Management and Operations
  • Marketing/Marketing Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (3 awarded)

  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

LIBERAL ARTS (13 awarded)

  • English Language and Literature
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MEDIA (3 awarded)

  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

  • Bible/Biblical Studies
  • Youth Ministry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

  • Psychology

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at Cascade with government-defined occupation categories.)

Click occupations below for career details, including job description, studies, degree requirements, how to evaluate schools, and more.

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