2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 336 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,100 and $19,778 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon

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

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Oregon

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

$44,835 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland Community College is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $8,914 for oregon associate degree it students.

Read full report on Information Technology at Portland Community College

#2

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$7,211 Average Net Price

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. Gresham, Oregon is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IT degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

MHCC also made our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,211 for Oregon Associate Degree IT students per year to attend Mt. Hood Community College.

Read more about Information Technology at Mt. Hood Community College

#3

Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$8,553 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IT degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lane Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lane Community College is $8,553 for Oregon Associate Degree IT students.

Full Lane Community College Information Technology Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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