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Portland Community College is a public institution situated in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Portland Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Portland Community College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#6 Most Popular Online Accounting Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Most Popular Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#21 Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#153 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Portland Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#23 Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Schools College Factual
#30 Best Value Colleges for Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping College Factual
#48 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#104 Best Value Colleges for Accounting College Factual
#199 Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates College Factual
#233 Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing College Factual

Where Is Portland Community College?

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Contact details for Portland Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 12000 Sw 49Th Avenue, Portland, OR 97219-7132
Phone: 971-722-6111
Website: www.pcc.edu

How Do I Get Into Portland Community College?

You can apply to Portland Community College online at: www.pcc.edu/admissions/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Portland Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Portland Community College?

20% Take Out Loans
12.5% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Portland Community College, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,300 a year. That adds up to $17,200 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Portland Community College is 12.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Portland Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

8,886 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 22,904 undergraduate students at Portland Community College, with 8,886 being full-time and 14,018 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 8,886 full-time undergraduates at Portland Community College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Portland Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 646
Black or African American 442
Hispanic or Latino 1,671
White 4,643
International Students 194
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,290

Over 90 countries are represented at Portland Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Portland Community College

21,275 Took All Classes Online
21,420 Took At Least One Class Online
97.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 21,420 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Portland Community College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 2nd most popular in Oregon for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Portland Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Portland Community College was 97.6%. This is the #380 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Portland Community College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Portland Community College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Portland Community College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Office Administration #24
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping #65
Accounting #121
Business Administration & Management #292

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Portland Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 118 59 0 177
General Business Administration and Management 0 66 0 66
Accounting 0 0 40 40
Office Administration 0 34 5 39
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 26 8 5 39
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 11 18 29
General Management Information Systems 27 0 0 27
Customer Service Management 8 0 0 8
Supply Chain Management 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurship 0 0 0 0
Real Estate 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 179 178 68 425

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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