Marylhurst University is a private, co-educational, liberal arts institution. It offers accredited academic and professional programs designed for students who must balance school with work and other responsibilities.

The University emphasizes peer learning, personal attention and sense of community. Small, seminar-style classes, prior learning assessments, distance learning options and flexible scheduling make a Marylhurst education accessible to those with active lives.

Located south of Portland, Oregon, Marylhurst’s beautiful and spacious campus offers free parking for its commuter students.

A Catholic university, Marylhurst was founded in 1893 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Today, Marylhurst provides quality and innovative educational experiences for individuals of many religious beliefs and backgrounds.
 

Abundant meeting space throughout campus provides a learning environment for a variety of functions. St. Anne’s Chapel and the Wiegand Lecture and Recital Hall host concerts, seminars and performances. The Art Gym is a showcase for Northwest artists. The Bookstore sells textbooks, trade books, school supplies and gift items. 

Shoen Library is at the forefront of providing electronic resources to students and faculty, on campus and online. The library houses approximately 100,000 volumes, 500 current print journal subscriptions, and more than 3,000 online full-text journal subscriptions. Through membership in Orbis Cascade Alliance, a Northwest academic library consortia, it provides direct borrowing access to an additional 22 million volumes.

Awards

Marylhurst is recognized by the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning as a national leader for its "comprehensively effective practices in serving adult learners." Only six institutions in the United States and Canada have earned this benchmark.

At the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning's 2004 international conference, Marylhurst University received the Institutional Service Award for "outstanding commitment to the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities and for innovative efforts to improve access and quality in academic programs for adult learners."

Mission

Marylhurst University is a private institution of higher learning open to men and women of any race or religion. It is dedicated to making innovative post-secondary education accessible to self-directed students of any age. Marylhurst offers coursework leading to bachelor's and master's degrees, and to other goals such as career transition, professional development and personal enrichment.

Animated by its Catholic and liberal arts heritage, Marylhurst emphasizes the uniqueness and dignity of each person, and is committed to the examination of values, as well as to quality academic and professional training. Marylhurst University seeks to aid students in advancing their goals for responsible participation in a rapidly changing world by pursuing, and encouraging its students to pursue, the ideals of competence, leadership and service.

Discovering the costs involved in obtaining a higher education can be quite overwhelming. When families pull their resources together, they often find they are left with a gap they are unable to fill. Most know there are federal, state and institutional resources available, but how to gain access to them is still an unknown.

The financial aid staff at Marylhurst University is committed to helping students discover the types of federal, state and institutional aid available and to help students through the cumbersome process of completing the necessary paperwork.