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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Oregon
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
The Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Oregon ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Oregon to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Oregon
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Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a associate degree in Oregon. Located in Portland, Oregon, the fairly large public school awarded 3,267 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Oregon pay an average of $4,810 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Portland Community College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $9,670. Associate Degree recipients from Portland Community College accumulate an average of $18,690 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 81% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Klamath Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Oregon list. Klamath Falls, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 115 students in 2021-2022.
Students from Oregon who attend Klamath Community College full time pay an average of $4,713 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $7,521. Associate Degree recipients from Klamath Community College accumulate an average of $17,767 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Umpqua Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Umpqua Community College is a small public school located in Roseburg, Oregon that handed out 268 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $5,477 in tuition and fees if they attend Umpqua Community College full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $5,945. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,820 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lane Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree. Lane Community College is located in Eugene, Oregon and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,395 associate degrees to qualified students.
In-state students pay an average of $5,720 in tuition and fees if they attend Lane Community College full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $12,020. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,170 in student loans. Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent associate degree programs at Oregon Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Oregon. OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 31 associate degrees to qualified students.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at OIT is $12,122. Out-of-state students pay an average of $33,956. Associate Degree recipients from OIT accumulate an average of $12,209 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 35% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 31% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
American College of Healthcare Sciences landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree trade school programs. American College of Healthcare Sciences is a private for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 39 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $10,928 to cover tuition and fees at American College of Healthcare Sciences. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, associate degree students take out $29,666 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 95% of those degree recipients were women.
American College of Healthcare Sciences is primarily an online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.