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What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Latest News

SOJC students gain hands-on experience in hostage diplomacy, advocacy and press freedom through a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary course with real-world impact.
SOJC public relations major Maya Valverde shares five key takeaways from a summer internship at Alaska Airlines—from corporate PR skills and industry access to unlimited travel.
Seth Lewis, SOJC journalism director, writes in Nieman Lab that allowing AI to handle routine writing tasks frees up journalists to step off the hamster wheel and focus more on reflection and engagement.

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Latest News

SOJC students gain hands-on experience in hostage diplomacy, advocacy and press freedom through a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary course with real-world impact.

More News  »

$725K+
in student scholarships awarded each year
16
Pulitzer prizes won by faculty and alumni
21,000+
in the SOJC Alumni Network

Hands-On Learning, Real-World Experience

A student reporter interviews a person fly fishing while they both stand in a river

The hallmark of the SOJC experience is the professional practice students get in the field. From reporting trips around the globe, to internships with multinational media companies, to navigating the complexities of client work in student-run agencies, these real-life experiences will tip the scales in your favor when it's time to find a job.

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a student adjusts a video camera in the Allen Hall studio

In Allen Hall on the Eugene campus, the Experience Hub has everything you need to become a powerful content creator, including our cutting-edge immersive media lab, professional-quality podcast studio, social media analytics lab, a broadcast/photography studio and editing bays, and plenty of flexible spaces for creative collaboration.

Learn about the Experience Hub

Danny Pimentel instructs a student wearing a VR headset

The next media frontier is the immersive metasphere, from 360 video to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR). We’re pioneering media-making and research, and exploring the ethics of these emerging technologies at the Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, our state-of-the-art immersive experience space at SOJC Portland.

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Events

SOJC Student AI Working Group
Jan16
SOJC Student AI Working Group Jan 16 Allen Hall
Zoom Talk and Q&A - AI For The Future PR Pro featuring Chris Gee
Jan20
Zoom Talk and Q&A - AI For The Future PR Pro featuring Chris Gee Jan 20
Oregon Quant Group Information Session
Jan21
Oregon Quant Group Information Session Jan 21 Lillis Business Complex
Journalism Study Abroad Programs Info Session
Jan22
Journalism Study Abroad Programs Info Session Jan 22 Lawrence Hall
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session
Jan22
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session Jan 22
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan23
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 23
AMA x SAA: Root to Route
Jan23
AMA x SAA: Root to Route Jan 23 Ford Alumni Center
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan26
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 26
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan27
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 27
Your Future in Communication (Panel + Networking Night)
Jan27
Your Future in Communication (Panel + Networking Night) Jan 27 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall

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