For the eighth year in a row, Linfield University has the highest-ranked online bachelor’s degree program among private colleges in Oregon. Linfield ranked 86th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 edition of the “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs.” The annual report evaluates schools based on engagement, services and technologies, faculty credentials and expert opinion when deciding the online program rankings. No other private college in Oregon was ranked in the top 100.
Linfield’s Online and Continuing Education program accounted for nearly 200 students last year, including an increasingly diverse population. In the fall 2020, 82% of students in Linfield’s online programs were considered “new majority” students. These students include those who are the first generation in their family to go to college, U.S. students of color, lower income or transfer students. Enrollment from first-generation students in Linfield’s online programs has risen from 4% in 2016-17 to 32% in 2020-21.