About Willamette University

University Quick Facts

Quick Facts

Founded

1842


University Type

Private university with an undergraduate liberal arts college and three professional graduate schools


President

Stephen E. Thorsett


Enrollment, 2011–12*

  • Undergraduate: 2,027
  • Graduate: 800
  • Total: 2,827

Degree Programs


Degrees Awarded, 2010–11

  • Bachelor’s: 451
  • Master’s: 253
  • JD and LLM: 131
  • Total: 835**

Tuition and Fees


Budget and Endowment

  • Operating budget: $124.8 million
  • Endowment: $229.9 million
  • Sponsored research expenditures: $1.15 million

Employees

  • Faculty: 374
  • Staff: 496
  • Total: 870

Alumni

  • 24,375 located across the U.S. and in 86 other countries
  • 74% live in Oregon, Washington and California
  • Notable alumni

Campus


Global Partnerships

  • Co-located with Tokyo International University of America, the American campus of Willamette’s Japanese sister university
  • Sister-university relationships with East China University of Politics and Law and Xiamen University in China
  • 121 international students from 38 countries at Willamette (fall 2011)

Athletics


Accreditations

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  • University Senate of The United Methodist Church
  • American Chemical Society
  • National Association of Schools of Music
  • American Bar Association
  • Association of American Law Schools
  • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International
  • National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
  • Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

Recognition

Willamette has been recognized in numerous national rankings for academics, sustainability and service — see the full list.


Traditions

  • Motto: Non nobis solum nati sumus — Not unto ourselves alone are we born
  • Mascot: Blitz the Bearcat
  • Colors: Cardinal and gold

*Full-time equivalent; see Fall 2011 University Enrollment for detail

**835 degrees awarded to 788 graduates