Portland State University Graduate Programs

Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Portland State University?

Contact details for Portland State University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	724 Sw Harrison, Portland, OR 97201
Phone:	503-725-3000
Website:	www.pdx.edu

Portland State University Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,105 graduate students at Portland State University, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Portland State University graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	275
Black or African American	150
Hispanic or Latino	587
White	3,149
International Students	557
Other Races/Ethnicities	387

Geographic Diversity

Oregon students aren't the only ones who study at Portland State University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 96 countries are represented at Portland State University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Portland State University

In 2022-2023, 12,056 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Portland State University has changed over the last few years.

Portland State University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific	395	27	0	422
Social Work	0	260	3	263
General Education	1	136	0	137
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	0	105	6	111
Educational Administration	18	71	10	99
Business Administration & Management	16	72	0	88
Computer Science	0	77	1	78
Communication Sciences	29	39	0	68
Special Education	2	60	5	67
Public Health	2	54	6	62
Student Counseling	0	47	0	47
Accounting	46	0	0	46
Public Administration	6	39	0	45
Writing Studies	0	38	0	38
Teaching English or French	12	25	0	37
Real Estate	14	22	0	36
Materials Engineering	17	19	0	36
Applied Mathematics	0	36	0	36
Human Development & Family Studies	34	0	0	34
Urban & Regional Planning	0	33	0	33
Curriculum & Instruction	0	25	8	33
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	9	23	0	32
Geography & Cartography	23	9	0	32
Publishing	0	26	0	26
Engineering-Related Fields	3	19	4	26
Computer Software & Applications	24	0	0	24
Mechanical Engineering	0	20	4	24
Mathematics	0	20	4	24
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	23	0	0	23
General Sales & Marketing	22	0	0	22
International Studies	16	0	0	16
Public Policy	2	10	4	16
Business/Corporate Communications	14	0	0	14
Entrepreneurial Studies	14	0	0	14
Taxation	1	13	0	14
Civil Engineering	0	13	1	14
History	0	14	0	14
Chemistry	0	3	11	14
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	13	0	13
Criminal Justice & Corrections	2	11	0	13
General Biology	0	4	8	12
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	7	0	12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	3	0	9	12
Ethnic Studies	11	0	0	11
Natural Resources Conservation	0	6	5	11
Liberal Arts General Studies	10	0	0	10
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	6	4	0	10
General Architecture	0	9	0	9
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	9	0	9
Communication & Media Studies	0	9	0	9
Statistics	0	9	0	9
Natural Resource Management	1	8	0	9
Physics	0	5	4	9
Music	0	9	0	9
Human Resource Management	8	0	0	8
General English Literature	0	8	0	8
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8	0	0	8
Systems Theory	0	7	1	8
General Psychology	0	8	0	8
Sociology	0	5	3	8
Urban Studies	0	2	6	8
Anthropology	0	7	0	7
Economics	1	6	0	7
Other Public Administration	7	0	0	7
International Business	6	0	0	6
Area Studies	6	0	0	6
Gerontology	6	0	0	6
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	5	0	0	5
General Engineering Technology	5	0	0	5
Political Science & Government	0	5	0	5
Fine & Studio Arts	0	5	0	5
East Asian Languages	0	4	0	4
Romance Languages	0	4	0	4
Information Technology	3	0	0	3
Other Engineering	3	0	0	3
Systems Engineering	1	2	0	3
Architecture (Other)	2	0	0	2
Finance & Financial Management	0	2	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	1	2
Applied Statistics	2	0	0	2
Homeland Security	2	0	0	2
Environmental Design	1	0	0	1
Other Computer & Information Sciences	1	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	0	1	0	1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	1	0	1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1	0	0	1
Demography & Population Studies	1	0	0	1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	0	0
Audiovisual Communications	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0
Computer Engineering	0	0	0	0
Electrical Engineering	0	0	0	0
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0
Turkic & Central Asian Languages	0	0	0	0
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	851	1,525	104	2,480

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.