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Portland, OR (population: 573,530) has two CAD schools within its city limits. ITT Technical Institute-Portland, the highest ranked school in the city with a CAD program, has a total student population of 816. It is the 2441st highest ranked school in the USA and the 27th highest in the state of Oregon (#1 is Reed College).

CAD students from Portland schools who go on to become drafters, architects, computer aided designers, project architects, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 18,290 people working as drafters alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $48,210. Also, Architectural and civil drafters make on average $47,710 per year and there are about 105,320 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-WA area alone, there are 1,180 employed architectural and civil drafters earning an average salary of $44,100. Drafters in this area earn $44,180/yr and there are 160 employed.

Portland lies in Clackamas county, which is one of the 16 counties in Oregon. Overall, the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-WA area has 993,470 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.15/hr average worker wage, and a $46,080 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.157 out of every 1000 jobs in Portland are held by drafters, and 1.191/1000 are held by architectural and civil drafters.

Of the 2 CAD schools in Portland, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, ITT Technical Institute-Portland comes out as the most expensive ($22,549/yr) for CAD students, with Portland Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,829/yr.

CAD Programs in Portland


ITT Technical Institute-Portland
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Associates
Portland Community College
  • Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD
    Levels offered: Associates
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician

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