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Polls and graphs showing Willamette's popularity on the website Niche. Art by Addie Martin. Every year, millions of high school students have the opportunity to decide where they’ll learn for the next (give or take) four years. Websites like Niche, which grade universities around the country on various subjects, could be one such example. Willamette, rated a B overall and 583rd of 1,613 colleges in the U.S., shines in terms of academics and professors. Other important categor

Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat perform at Willamette University's Rogers Music Hall on April 8, 2026. Photo by Mac Childers. No matter where you are on campus, music is woven into Willamette's fabric. Friday nights feature a cappella groups performing on Jackson Plaza, and house shows host student bands performing varied genres. Students also perform year-round in choirs, bands and orchestras. Additionally, the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Program , started in 1983, features p

Thérèse (Katie Joy Wingo, '26) announces to her husband (Derec Gregory, '27) that she is now the male General Tirésias and is heading off to war as his paintings look on. Photo courtesy of Nick Zimmerman. As Willamette’s Dramatic Vocal Arts program was gearing up to perform “The Breasts of Tirésias,” actor Timothée Chalamet ignited an online firestorm after claiming that “no one cares” about opera or ballet. While his words were taken somewhat out of context, the effort behi