There is no doubt that Portland Oregon is one of the most beautiful cities in the United States. It is also one of the greenest, a title it has held for the last decade. That type of accolade is great, but people with a zip in Portland need to know that they can get fulfilling jobs in order to fund their lives in this amazing city. So how do the employment opportunities, and the educational opportunities needed to get some of the best jobs, stack up?

Well, as far as education goes, there are few cities with as many options as Portland. Whether you are thinking about a career as a material handling equipment manufacturer or with the clergy, there is a post secondary institution here to fit your needs.

By far the biggest center of upper education in Portland is Portland State University. The campus is located right downtown. The school offers several degrees at the undergraduate level. Whether you are looking for pre-med Bachelor's of Science of a computer science degree to facilitate your career as a PCB designer, you can acquire the necessary skills by enrolling at PSU.

For those looking to leverage their undergraduate degrees into something larger, there are schools such as Oregon Health and Science University. The university trains the dentists, nurses, and doctors of tomorrow, and is a full fledged research facility as well. People work on projects from isolating the effects of biosolids application on crops and people to researching cell activity within bone marrow.

Of course, all the education in the world doesn't help anyone if there are not jobs to be had once you earn that degree. Fortunately, Oregon is the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and the largest in the state, which means it has a very strong economy.

That economy supports a vast array of jobs. People find work applying a boiler water treatment chemical in the aluminum and steel smelts in the city, or as lawyers or other high paid professionals in the lucrative tertiary sector.

The quaternary sector is also not lacking when it comes to Portland and employment. As a Western city in a progressive state, many of Portland's businesses have begun to switch to a more self directed form of employment. Employees with skills in Internet project management and other areas which cut down on office work time are in high demand.