Program Payoff

American Sign Language programs in Oregon

2 schools in Oregon teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Oregon

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Oregon earn a median of $79,570 a year across 11,730 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Oregon
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$72,4403,840
Interpreters and Translators$66,300660
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$91,670510

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Portland Community College Portland Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Portland Community College Portland Associate's degree not published 13

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.