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Portland Community College

Portland, OR · Public · Visit Website

Programs Analyzed

Avg Grad Earnings

$49,580/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

67/100

Tuition (In-State)

$5,040/yr

Out-of-state: $10,080/yr

All Programs at Portland Community College

20 trade programs ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score. Click any program for full earnings projections and AI-proof analysis.

Program	Score	Earnings	AI-Proof	ROI
Nursing Compare across schools	87	$78,033/yr	Moderate	96.2x
Construction Management Technology Compare across schools	82	$63,103/yr	AI-Proof	61.6x
Health Administration Compare across schools	77	$46,532/yr	Moderate	56.2x
Business Administration Compare across schools	77	$44,172/yr	Moderate	48.1x
Medical Assisting Compare across schools	76	$45,994/yr	Resilient	79.5x
Allied Health Professions Compare across schools	74	$72,204/yr	Resilient	85.6x
Criminal Justice Compare across schools	73	$45,061/yr	Resilient	45.5x
Industrial Production Technology Compare across schools	71	$78,450/yr	Resilient	81.4x
Vehicle Repair Technology Compare across schools	70	$48,144/yr	AI-Proof	63.5x
Accounting Compare across schools	67	$40,816/yr	Exposed	43.1x
Biomedical Engineering Compare across schools	66	$63,642/yr	Moderate	80.3x
Dental Assisting Compare across schools	66	$58,410/yr	Resilient	47.1x
Software Development Compare across schools	66	$37,572/yr	Exposed	49.5x
Dental Assisting Compare across schools	63	$36,211/yr	Resilient	87.6x
Geography and Cartography Compare across schools	62	$38,714/yr	Moderate	75.8x
Drafting & Design Technology Compare across schools	57	$54,198/yr	Moderate	53.9x
Legal Support Services Compare across schools	55	$42,463/yr	Exposed	55.1x
Veterinary Technology Compare across schools	55	$40,748/yr	Resilient	39.6x
Liberal Arts & Humanities Compare across schools	47	$30,852/yr	AI-Proof	41.9x
Design and Applied Arts Compare across schools	47	$26,285/yr	Moderate	44.3x

About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 20 trade and vocational programs at Portland Community College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034), and AI resilience research from OpenAI and academic institutions.

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and return on investment. Each program page includes three scenarios (strong growth, base case, conservative) showing 10-year earnings projections.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2026.