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What makes us special

• Linfield's unique mix of liberal arts and professional programs provides a strong preparation for life and career and helps students find their calling through professional and practical opportunities.
  
  
• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has included Linfield College in its new classification, Baccalaureate Colleges – Arts & Sciences.  This groups Linfield with the nation’s best liberal arts colleges. 
  
  
• More than 50 percent of Linfield students study abroad during their years at the college. Linfield has semester abroad programs in 11 countries, along with January Term, with its popular four-week intensive courses at some 13 international locations.
  
  
• Linfield is a powerhouse in the Northwest Conference and NCAA Division III athletics. The Wildcat football team won the national title in 2004. The softball team won the national title in 2007. The volleyball team has qualified for the Division III playoffs in four of the past seven years and the baseball team is a perennial favorite in the conference.
  
  
• Linfield emphasizes experiential learning, both within and outside the classroom. Its rich collaborative research program provides students with hands-on research opportunities with faculty across the curriculum.
  
  
• Fifteen Linfield College students have received Fulbright awards since 1999. The awards have included study, research and teaching opportunities around the world. Linfield was named a top producer of Fulbright awards for bachelor's institutions in the Chronicle of Higher Education last year.  Five students have received French Government Teaching Awards since 1999.
  
  
• Since 1998, Linfield has more than doubled the size of its McMinnville Campus. Thanks to a successfully completed capital campaign, the college has constructed new library, art, theatre, music and residence facilities.
  
  
• Typically, more than 90 percent of Linfield graduates are employed or in graduate school within one year of graduation.
  
  
• The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, located on the Portland Campus, is a state-wide leader in an initiative to increase the number of minorities entering the nursing profession. The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing graduates achieved a 93 percent pass rate on its licensing examination.
  
  
• The Linfield College teacher education program received an outstanding evaluation in 2006 from the State of Oregon for its reaccreditations.
  
  
• One-third of Linfield graduates complete an internship for credit, enhancing their classroom learning with hands-on experience.
  
  
• Linfield students are active in numerous community service projects, such as spending spring break helping with the clean-up following Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
  
  
• Linfield College is home to the Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium, one of only five such symposia in the world. The symposium brings Nobel laureates from a variety of disciplines for public and classroom discussions of global problems and issues. Since it was established in 1985, 20 Nobel laureates and many other distinguished visitors have participated.
  
  
• Linfield is one of the oldest colleges on the West Coast, tracing its roots to an institution established in 1849. The college was chartered in 1858.