Columbia Gorge Community College
The Dalles, Oregon
- Two-year college
- Public
- Town
- 543 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $86,158 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (3)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 82 finishedGraduates here earned $36,717 a year afterNationally: $34,134
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $18,314per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $26,914sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,940Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 12%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 33%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,2396 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,02310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $15,998federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 18%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 34%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 Columbia Gorge 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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