Chemeketa Community College
Salem, Oregon
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 6,610 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
- Food Science and TechnologyCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,982
- Food Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,934
- Plant SciencesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,146
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $42,294 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
- Construction Trades, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,049
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $72,548 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $31,652 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $41,646 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $45,831 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 38 finishedGraduates here earned $101,542 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (17)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Engineering, OtherCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $72,045
- Engineering, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 746 finishedGraduates here earned $34,967 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,827
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $38,773 a year afterNationally: $34,283
- TaxationCertificate · 17 finished
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,855per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,314sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,570Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 16%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 19%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $41,6426 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,29710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Chemeketa Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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