Certificate (under 1 year)+1% vs national median232 grads tracked
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services at Portland Community College
Ranked 48th of 125 certificate (under 1 year) programs in Business Operations Support and Assistant Services by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$32,469
middle 50%: $24,617 – $43,384
Median · 5 years out
$37,592
middle 50%: $28,012 – $48,990
Median · 10 years out
n/a
not enough graduates to report
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (certificate (under 1 year)) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Portland Community College Business Operations Support certificate earners start with a $32.5k median salary. Median earnings reach $37.6k after five years.
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?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
12 yrs
≈ $13,580 total interest
Same major at other universities
Elgin Community College
$38,868 · 5 yrs out
Piedmont Virginia Community College
$38,623 · 5 yrs out
Victoria College
$38,509 · 5 yrs out
Lone Star College System
$38,309 · 5 yrs out
Lincoln Land Community College
$38,092 · 5 yrs out
Aims Community College
$38,050 · 5 yrs out
Del Mar College
$37,592 · 5 yrs out
San Antonio College
$37,460 · 5 yrs out
Riverland Community College
$37,379 · 5 yrs out
College of the Mainland
$37,341 · 5 yrs out
Saint Philip's College
$37,316 · 5 yrs out
Mountainland Technical College
$37,316 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Portland Community College
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$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
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Certificate)
$84,610 · 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
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