Nestled in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Linfield offers a diverse, inclusive community with students from around the world. Our academic programs challenge convention, fostering curiosity and growth.

The former emblem of the college, used through June 2020. Linfield University is a private liberal arts college with campuses in McMinnville, and Portland, Oregon. Linfield Wildcats athletics participate in the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. Linfield reported a total of 1,755 students after the fall 2022 census date. [3]

Linfield University is a private institution that was founded in 1858. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,672 (fall 2023), its setting is rural, and the campus size is 189 acres.

Explore the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and School of Nursing. Built on a foundation of the arts and the sciences, Linfield University's four branches of education come together to provide a personalized, comprehensive and rich academic experience.

Linfield University enrolls over 1700 students across our undergraduate, graduate, online and School of Nursing programs. Head over to the Admission pages to learn more about applying to our programs and to request information.

Linfield seeks through its curriculum and social activities to educate individuals who will be oriented toward continuous learning, emotionally able to cope with a world of accelerating change, and prepared for living in a society that needs responsible and creative participation.

As of July 1, 2020, Linfield College is Linfield University. This is the third time Linfield’s name has changed in its 162-year history. Founded as the Baptist College at McMinnville in 1858 and shortened to McMinnville College in 1883, it became Linfield College in 1922.

Linfield University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning on the West Coast. It traces its origins to a Baptist-led school established in 1849 in Oregon City. It eventually relocated and was chartered by the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1858 as the Baptist College at McMinnville.

Linfield has been named the best college in Oregon to get a job by Zippia (2019-2022), 7 th among liberal arts colleges in the US for median graduate earnings (Washington Monthly, 2022) and among top performers on social mobility by U.S. News & World Report (2023).

Advance your career and your life – anytime, anywhere – with Linfield's online bachelor's degrees and continuing education (OCE) programs.