Chemeketa Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Salem, OR
- 6,610 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
7 Chemeketa Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($79,890), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($29,163). The median program pays $35,827. Chemeketa Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.
All 7 associate's programs, ranked
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. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
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.
2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
One certificate program
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.
One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$79,890
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$75,797
- Accounting$42,808
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$35,827
- Criminal Justice$33,406
Lowest median debt
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$10,616
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,834
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$19,569
- Nursing$24,018
- Special Education$24,087
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 756 graduates a year
- Special EducationAbout 35 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 33 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 32 graduates a year
- AccountingAbout 20 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $79,890 in their first year, the most of 7 Chemeketa Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $10,616 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Chemeketa Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $6,345 a year, and $14,040 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,200 a year.
7 associate's programs and one certificate program at Chemeketa Community College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.
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