Education

Medford School District 549C
Medford School District 549C is the eighth largest district in the state of Oregon.  It is a high quality teaching and learning organization dedicated to preparing all students to graduate with a sound educational foundation, ready to succeed in post-secondary education, and to be contributing community members.  The District has 14 elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools.

• Ashland #5, 482-2811
• Central Point #6, 664-6611
• Eagle Point #9, 830-1200
• Medford #549C, 842-3621
• Phoenix/Talent, 535-1511

Private Schools
Medford is home to a number of excellent private and religious institutions, offering a fine alternative to the public schools within the District.

• Grace Christian, 772-1438
• Harvest Baptist Christian, 773-6974
• New Dimension Christian, 245-4136
• Sacred Heart Catholic, 772-4105
• Cascade Christian, 899-2060
• St. Mary’s, 773-7877

Higher Education
Southern Oregon is well equipped for continuing education and workforce development with Rogue Community College located in Grants Pass and Medford and Southern Oregon University with campuses in Ashland and Medford.

Rogue Community College
Rogue Community College serves Jackson and Josephine counties with campuses in Grants Pass and downtown Medford. A third campus, devoted to professional/technical education and located in White City, is scheduled to begin offering classes in fall 2005. Rogue Community College   serves an average of 4,500 full-time students each year and offers lower-division academic courses culminating in five two-year degrees. RCC offers 32 professional/technical programs as well as a variety of workforce and short-term training, developmental studies classes, community education classes, and services to local business and industry. For more information visit www.roguecc.edu or call 541-245-7500.

Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University's main campus is located 12 miles south of Medford in sunny Ashland on a beautiful 175-acre campus.  SOU also offers lower-division, upper-division and graduate courses for both full and part-time students at its Medford campus in downtown Medford.  Southern Oregon University combines quality education with a spectacular location. Surrounded by rugged mountains, rivers and lakes, it is home to 5,478 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 35 majors in the schools of arts and letters, sciences, social sciences and business.  SOU specializes in individual attention offering small class sizes, a 19 to 1 student:professor ratio and classes taught solely by faculty. For more information on SOU programs visit www.sou.edu or call 541-552-7672.