Carrington College-Portland
For-profit College in Portland, OR. Median 10-year earnings $36,625.
Students who entered Carrington College-Portland reach a median of $36,625 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,295 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 28:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 485 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 485 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $36,616 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $36,057 at $0–30k, $41,390 at $110k+. About 63% get grants averaging $4,138, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 240 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $36,057 |
| $30–48k | $36,521 |
| $48–75k | $37,748 |
| $75–110k | $39,190 |
| $110k+ | $41,390 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 330 of these 485 students, totalling $1,919,425 — an average of $5,816 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Multnomah County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)