2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Programming is the 108th most popular major in the country with 11,939 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,629 and had an average of $27,450 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 178 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,191 and $24,882 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $21,646 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computer programming. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer programming.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon associate degree programming students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Oregon

1

Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

#11 overall quality in Oregon

$38,342 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,370 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland Community College is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.

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2

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

#13 overall quality in Oregon

$30,039 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon list. Lane Community College is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon

#25 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clackamas Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon. Located in Oregon City, Oregon, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s programming students in 2020-2021.

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3

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Oregon list. MHCC is located in Gresham, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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