Concorde Career College-Portland
For-profit College in Portland, OR. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $42,362.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,362 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 77% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. Only 131 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 84% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 77% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. At 35:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 652, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 652 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,769 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,179 at $0–30k against $29,576 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $5,174. 75% 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 · 309 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 | $24,179 |
| $30–48k | $24,063 |
| $48–75k | $25,730 |
| $75–110k | $27,454 |
| $110k+ | $29,576 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 488 of these 652 students, totalling $3,465,041 — an average of $7,100 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)