Which Carrington College-Portland certificate program has the lowest debt?

Veterinary Technology graduates leave with a median of $8,541 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Carrington College-Portland certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Carrington College-Portland cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $20,106 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $36,595.

How many Carrington College-Portland programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 5 certificate programs at Carrington College-Portland report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Carrington College-Portland Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
Portland, OR
254 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Carrington College-Portland certificate programs report what graduates earn. Allied Health and Medical Assisting pays the most in the first year ($38,395), and Massage Therapy the least ($26,740). The median program pays $30,326. Carrington College-Portland also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition for the largest program$20,106Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$36,595After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate54%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Oregon.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Oregon
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$49,702	$64,271	$34,812	6th of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and Oregon ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Oregon. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Oregon
1	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 87 graduates a year	$38,395	$37,296	$9,500	3rd of 6
2	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 17 graduates a year	$34,016	$36,335	$10,364	1st of 2
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 40 graduates a year	$30,326	$34,735	$9,409	4th of 4
4	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$27,411	$35,032	$8,541	1st of 1
5	Massage TherapyAbout 39 graduates a year	$26,740	$28,461	$9,500	1st of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and Oregon ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Oregon programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Allied Health and Medical Assisting graduates earn a median of $38,395 in their first year, the most of 5 Carrington College-Portland certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Oregon rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels