Top Oregon Community Colleges
- For the 2020 school year, there are 23 top community colleges located throughout Oregon (20 public colleges and 3 private colleges), serving 127,722 students.
- For Oregon community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $5,223 per year for in-state students and $8,497 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $13,361 per year (view national tuition costs).
- Oregon community colleges have a diversity score of 0.53, which is lower than the national average of 0.65 (view national diversity statistics).
- Minority enrollment is 34% (majority Hispanic) and the student:teacher ratio is 28:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(OR) School Average
American Indian
1%
Asian
4%
Hispanic
10%
Black
2%
White
66%
Two or more races
3%
Non Resident
1%
Unknown
13%
Top Oregon Community Colleges by Town (2020)
- College Location Students
- 2411 NW Carden Ave
Pendleton, OR 97801
(541)276-1260 1,731 students - Carrington College-PortlandPrivate, for profit2004 Lloyd Center, 3rd Floor
Portland, OR 97232
(503)761-6100 100 students - 2600 NW College Way
Bend, OR 97701
(541)383-7500 10,565 students - 4000 Lancaster Dr NE
Salem, OR 97305
(503)399-5000 10,571 students - 19600 Molalla Ave
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503)594-6000 7,302 students - 400 E Scenic Dr
The Dalles, OR 97058
(541)506-6000 991 students - Concorde Career College-PortlandPrivate, for profit1425 NE Irving Street, Bldg 300
Portland, OR 97232
(503)281-4181 804 students - 7390 South Sixth Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97603
(541)882-3521 1,343 students - Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-PortlandPrivate, for profit600 SW 10th Avenue, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97205
(503)223-2245 452 students - 6500 Pacific Blvd SW
Albany, OR 97321
(541)917-4999 5,314 students - 400 SE College Way
South Beach, OR 97366
(541)265-2283 489 students - 2600 NW College Way Cascades Hall
Bend, OR 97701
(541)322-3100 980 students - Pioneer Pacific CollegePublic4145 SW Watson Ave #300
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503)646-6000 1,195 students - 12000 SW 49th Avenue
Portland, OR 97219
(971)722-6111 36,700 students - 1988 Newmark Ave
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541)888-2525 2,316 students - 650 College Blvd
Ontario, OR 97914
(541)881-8822 2,396 students
Recent Articles
We continue to report on the ongoing saga in the California community college system. Schools are now opening for fall semester with fewer courses due to serious budget cuts, and students are feeling the academic pain.
The role of community colleges in the world of higher education has expanded over the years and, as the country works to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they may be more important now than ever. Read on to learn more about the changing role of community colleges.
Colleges across the country are struggling to recover from the massive upheaval to the 2019-20 semester wrought by COVID-19. Housing refunds and slashed budgets are bound to have long-term impacts for the institutions that survive. Some experts suggest community colleges may be the best equipped to ride out the storm and may have the greatest impact in helping America recover.
