Location: Ashland, Ore.
Address: 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR 97520
Founded: 1882
Enrollment: 6,400
Nickname: Raiders
Colors: Red & Black
University Web Site: http://www.sou.edu
Athletic Web Site: http://www.souraiders.com |
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About Southern Oregon University
Situated in sunny Ashland, Southern Oregon University combines quality education with a spectacular location. Surrounded by rugged mountains, rivers, and lakes, the beautiful 175-acre campus is home to 6,400 students from around the world. SOU, a four-year university specializing in liberal arts, sciences, and select graduate and professional programs, offers 100 areas of study, including 37 majors in the College of Art and Sciences, Schools of Education, and Business. Southern specializes in individual attention offering small class sizes.
Ashland is located in a dynamically beautiful natural region with Crater Lake about 2 hours away, Mt. Shasta about an hour away, and an abundance of rivers and mountains where winter sports abound as well as world-class rafting and fishing. In a 2003 article, Outside magazine rated SOU 20th in a list of the best places to study offering an abundance of recreational opportunities.
Ashland is also in the center of an active cultural region being home to the world renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Schneider Museum of Art and the Ashland Independent Film Festival. The Britt Music Festival in historic Jacksonville is only 30 minutes away.