Certificate (1-2 years)+11% vs national median529 grads tracked
Accounting and Related Services at Portland Community College
Ranked 25th of 76 certificate (1-2 years) programs in Accounting and Related Services by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$39,234
middle 50%: $27,942 – $51,347
Median · 5 years out
$49,647
middle 50%: $36,014 – $62,949
Median · 10 years out
$49,582
middle 50%: $36,215 – $69,154
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Accounting and Related Services (certificate (1-2 years)) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Accounting and Related Services certificate graduates from Portland Community College earn a median first-year salary of $39k. By year 10, median earnings reach $50k.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
8.5 yrs
≈ $9,580 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Hawaii Maui College
$51,875 · 5 yrs out
BridgeValley Community and Technical College
$51,789 · 5 yrs out
Kauai Community College
$51,576 · 5 yrs out
City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College
$51,223 · 5 yrs out
Hennepin Technical College
$50,311 · 5 yrs out
Century College
$50,034 · 5 yrs out
Kapiolani Community College
$49,613 · 5 yrs out
City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J. Daley College
$49,513 · 5 yrs out
Aims Community College
$48,943 · 5 yrs out
Tidewater Community College
$48,487 · 5 yrs out
Leeward Community College
$46,948 · 5 yrs out
Des Moines Area Community College
$46,435 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Portland Community College
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Certificate)
$101,061 · 5 yrs out
Construction Trades (Certificate)
$99,460 · 5 yrs out
Fire Protection (Associate)
$97,859 · 5 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate)
$93,265 · 5 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Certificate)
$87,244 · 5 yrs out
Construction Trades (Associate)
$85,856 · 5 yrs out
Transportation and Materials Moving (Associate)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out
Air Transportation (Associate)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$84,509 · 5 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$84,284 · 5 yrs out
Computer Programming (Certificate)
$79,996 · 5 yrs out
Engineering (Associate)
$79,314 · 5 yrs out
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