Program Payoff

Fire Protection programs in Oregon

16 schools in Oregon teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $52,107 at Portland Community College.

What this work pays in Oregon

Managers, All Other in Oregon earn a median of $125,580 a year across 7,680 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Oregon
Firefighters$70,9003,790
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$100,2601,160
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$65,4301,140
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists$73,530140
Fire Inspectors and Investigators$115,080

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Portland Community College Portland Associate's degree $52,107 (13 grads) 3
Blue Mountain Community College Pendleton Associate's degree not published 5
Central Oregon Community College Bend Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Central Oregon Community College Bend Associate's degree not published 16
Chemeketa Community College Salem Associate's degree not published 23
Clackamas Community College Oregon City Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Clackamas Community College Oregon City Associate's degree not published 1
Clatsop Community College Astoria Associate's degree not published 4
Portland Community College Portland Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Rogue Community College Grants Pass Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Rogue Community College Grants Pass Associate's degree not published 10
Southwestern Oregon Community College Coos Bay Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Southwestern Oregon Community College Coos Bay Associate's degree not published 5
Treasure Valley Community College Ontario Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Treasure Valley Community College Ontario Associate's degree not published 0
Umpqua Community College Roseburg Associate's degree not published 4

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.