-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Portland Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.9% → 0.0%).
Oregon · Public · Predominantly associate's
Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon. 18,365 undergraduate students. 114 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Portland Community College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Portland Community College rose 33% between 2006 and 2009 (9.6% → 12.7%).
-17%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Portland Community College fell 17% between 2017 and 2020 ($15.7k → $13.0k).
+14%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Portland Community College are 14% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($44.6k vs $39.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Oregon
Each tile compares this institution to the Oregon median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$44,592+20% · 6→10y
Oregon median $40,968$37,160
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry17.7%+16% · '99→'09
Oregon median 57.5%$7,287+395% · '97→'20
At program completion18,365+74% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.0%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,040+241% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,080SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.2%Median federal debt $7,287 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,592 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+74%
Portland Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
11,221 → 19,531
+241%
Portland Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,530 → $5,220
+95%
Portland Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,346 → $10,440
+395%
Portland Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,999
-100%
Portland Community College · cohort default rate fell
18.5% → 0.0%
+55%
Portland Community College · pell share rose
20.7% → 32.0%
+34%
Portland Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$33,200 → $44,592
+27%
Portland Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,600 → $40,198
+33%
Portland Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,900 → $37,160
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$98,021Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$92,397Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,682Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$87,283Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$87,006Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$83,086Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$81,975Computer Programming.$65,818Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$64,976Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$64,804Computer Programming.$58,557Health and Medical Administrative Services.$57,704Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$56,567Legal Support Services.$56,558Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$55,324Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$52,652Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$52,143Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$51,717Precision Metal Working.$51,213Computer Software and Media Applications.$50,936Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,470Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$48,451Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$48,158Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,875
Showing top 24 of 35 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
35 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$40,557Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$44,630Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$48,451Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$98,021Health and Medical Administrative Services.$57,704Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$51,717Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$52,143Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$92,397Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$87,283Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$52,652Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,682
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Portland Community College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$121,426
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,708
- HS-only baseline · OR
- $38,420
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Oregon
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Portland Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Portland Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Portland Community College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.