Associate+8% vs national median3,059 grads tracked
Health Professions and Related Programs at Portland Community College
Ranked 143rd of 490 associate programs in Health Professions and Related Programs by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$60,273
middle 50%: $44,312 – $78,102
Median · 5 years out
$73,531
middle 50%: $54,360 – $95,329
Median · 10 years out
$88,766
middle 50%: $65,649 – $114,510
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Health Professions and Related Programs (associate) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Portland Community College Health Professions graduates earn a median of $60k in year one. After ten years, median pay is $89k.
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
5.3 yrs
≈ $5,800 total interest
Same major at other universities
Goodwin University
$73,970 · 5 yrs out
Connors State College
$73,898 · 5 yrs out
University of North Georgia
$73,869 · 5 yrs out
Delgado Community College
$73,747 · 5 yrs out
Jefferson Community College
$73,633 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Fulton-Montgomery Community College
$73,565 · 5 yrs out
Baton Rouge Community College
$73,419 · 5 yrs out
Laramie County Community College
$73,362 · 5 yrs out
Waubonsee Community College
$73,293 · 5 yrs out
St. Catherine University
$73,279 · 5 yrs out
Georgia Highlands College
$73,256 · 5 yrs out
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
$73,183 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Portland Community College
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
Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Associate)
$79,314 · 5 yrs out
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