Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (The Alliance) | 1,176 followers on LinkedIn. The Alliance is the collective voice of 11 Oregon private, nonprofit, independent colleges. | The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (“The Alliance”) is comprised of 11 independent, nonprofit colleges and universities. In total, these institutions educate more than 25,000 students. With more than 260 areas of study among them, Alliance institutions contribute significantly to Oregon's talent pool by conferring a significant percentage of the state's high-demand undergraduate and graduate degrees.