About Central Oregon Community College

Central Oregon Community College is a community instructor in Bend, Oregon. It primarily serves residents of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties.

Bend is a city in and the county chair of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon’s largest city and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population density of that area. Bend recorded a population of 76,693 at the grow old of the 2010 U.S. Census, up from 52,029 at the 2000 census. The estimated population of the city as of 2019 was 100,421. The Bend metro population was estimated at 197,488 as of July 16, 2019. It is the fifth largest metropolitan area in Oregon.

Bend is located on the eastern edge of the Cascade Range along the Deschutes River. There the Ponderosa pine tree-plant transitions into the tall desert, characterized by arid land, junipers, sagebrush, and bitterbrush. Originally a crossing point on the river, settlement began in the prematurely 1900s. Bend was incorporated as a city in 1905. Economically, it started as a logging town but is now identified as a gateway for many uncovered sports, including mountain biking, fishing, hiking, camping, rock climbing, white-water rafting, skiing, paragliding, and golf. In 2015, Men’s Journal ranked Bend as one of the “10 Best Places to Live Now”.