Marylhurst University

Marylhurst University is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in Marylhurst, Oregon, United States, nine miles (14 km) south of Portland on the Willamette River. It is among the oldest collegiate degree-granting institutions in Oregon, awarding its first degree in 1897, and operates within the Archdiocese of Portland. Marylhurst was founded originally as St. Mary's College and run for many years by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. The university offers bachelor's degrees in twenty-one fields, and graduate degrees in fourteen fields. After its establishment in 1893, Marylhurst became the first women's liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest.