Explore Lewis & Clark College
What are you exploring?
Who in the world are you?
What in the world do you want to do?
Where in the world do you want to go?
These are some of the questions you’ll explore at Lewis & Clark College. A national college with a global reach, Lewis & Clark is the ideal place to begin exploring the world and your place in it. Who in the world...
 At Lewis & Clark, you’ll meet some of the most interesting people in the world, and learn more about yourself in the process. You’ll be exposed to new cultures and new ideas through classes, overseas study programs, and day-to-day life on the campus of one of America’s most international colleges.
A full 50 percent of each graduating class from Lewis & Clark participates in overseas study programs--more than three times the national average. You might go to Senegal, Germany, Japan, Scotland, Ecuador, Russia, Cuba, India ... or stay right here and get a daily education from a student body that hails from 42 countries and 45 states plus the District of Columbia.
Explore... who in the world. What in the world...
 Whatever your interests (and if you’re like most Lewis & Clark students, you have many), you’ll find plenty of opportunities to explore them here. As a college of liberal arts and sciences, Lewis & Clark offers reading, writing, and arithmetic— plus Japanese painting, African-American literature, international economics, marine biology, advanced gamelan techniques, computer architecture, feminist theory, existentialism, quantum physics, natural resource politics, pre-law, pre-med, Buddhism, theatrical lighting . . . you get the idea. You might find it tough to narrow down your choices, but that’s OK. We encourage open minds.
Explore... what in the world. Where in the world...
 Lewis & Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.—possibly one of the most environmentally rich corners of the Earth. Without leaving campus, you can explore forested trails for moments of quiet contemplation. The Pacific Northwest abounds in natural wonders, from rugged ocean coastline to high desert and from mountain peaks to Hells Canyon. In the midst of so much beauty so worthy of protection, it’s not surprising that our law school is currently ranked first in the nation in environmental and natural resources law.
Don’t despair, city folks. While outdoor adventurers love our location, so do city people, who find downtown Portland (just six miles away) to be one of the cleanest, most accessible cities in the United States. Portland’s high-tech industry and business environment make internship and job opportunities—not to mention entertainment—plentiful, to say the least.
Explore... where in the world. Do any of these describe you?
- an academic achiever
- an independently minded scholar who loves a challenge
- a planner with the ability to carry through on projects
- a creative and collaborative thinker
- a multitalented individual with diverse interests
- a committed and open-minded member of the global community.
If these sound like you, we encourage you to explore Lewis & Clark College.
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"If I had been at a large university, I might not have been noticed. The small community at Lewis & Clark encouraged me to develop one-on-one connections with my professors, which has made a huge impact on my education." 
Your first two years at Lewis & Clark you'll live on campus, which gives you the benefits of getting to know other students and becoming part of the Lewis & Clark community. 
All first-year Lewis & Clark students receive a common foundation through a yearlong course called Exploration and Discovery. The course acquaints Lewis & Clark students both with the liberal arts tradition’s most enduring ideas and questions and with modern disciplinary methods of analysis and discovery. 