The University's location offers exceptional park and recreational programs, affordable
housing, excellent schools, and low crime.
Nestled in the beautiful Willamette Valley, Eugene-Springfield (pop. 200,000),
offers exceptional quality of life in outstanding natural surroundings. Woods
and open spaces, plentiful trees and green lawns, year-round flowers, and a
mild, temperate climate create a congenial environment for learning, working,
and living.
Our Pacific Northwest location has another advantage for business students:
The region is experiencing rapid growth in an economy increasingly geared toward
high technology and international trade, particularly with countries around
the Pacific Rim.
Oregon Culture
Although the Eugene/Springfield area retains the look and feel of a small town,
its outstanding cultural attractions match the offerings of much larger cities.
The Hult Center for the Performing Arts and the University combine to offer theater,
symphony, dance, and opera. The internationally recognized Oregon Bach Festival
attracts musicians from around the world. The Grateful Dead, B.B. King, Joe Williams,
Joan Baez, Keith Jarrett, the Cowboy Junkies, and Emmylou Harris are just a few
of the rock, blues, jazz, and country greats who have performed recently.
Ashland's Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Jacksonville's Peter Britt Festival
are a short three-hour drive from Eugene. Portland, a city of more than one
million with lively arts and cultural offerings to suit any taste, is only a
two-hour drive away.
Oregon Outdoors
It's a one-hour drive to the Oregon coast, where rocky headlands, tidepools, pristine
beaches, and awe-inspring ocean views create some of western America's most stunning
scenery. Thanks to a farsighted citizenry, most of Oregons beachfront will always
be publicly accessible; a thriving network of attractions, restaurants, hotels
and festivals makes the coast a perfect get-away for a day, a weekend, or longer.
Just an hour east of the Eugene/Springfield area lies the Cascade mountain range,
where deep powder invites down-hill and cross-country skiers, and mountains and
high desert offer hiking, backpacking, rock-climbing, fishing, and just plain
relaxing. Mountain biking, windsurfing, and river running are also popular.
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Although the Eugene/Springfield area retains the look and feel of a small town,
its outstanding cultural attractions match the offerings of much larger cities.
The Hult Center for the Performing Arts and the University combine to offer theater,
symphony, dance, and opera. The internationally recognized Oregon Bach Festival
attracts musicians from around the world. The Grateful Dead, B.B. King, Joe Williams,
Joan Baez, Keith Jarrett, the Cowboy Junkies, and Emmylou Harris are just a few
of the rock, blues, jazz, and country greats who have performed recently.
scenery. Thanks to a farsighted citizenry, most of Oregons beachfront will always
be publicly accessible; a thriving network of attractions, restaurants, hotels
and festivals makes the coast a perfect get-away for a day, a weekend, or longer.
Just an hour east of the Eugene/Springfield area lies the Cascade mountain range,
where deep powder invites down-hill and cross-country skiers, and mountains and
high desert offer hiking, backpacking, rock-climbing, fishing, and just plain
relaxing. Mountain biking, windsurfing, and river running are also popular.