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Communications Schools
in Portland, OR
University of Portland
ITT Technical Institute-Portland
Portland State University
The Art Institute of Portland
Portland Community College
DeVry University-Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University
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Communications Schools in Portland
Portland, OR (population: 573,530) has nine communications schools within its city limits. Lewis & Clark College, the highest ranked school in the city with a communications program, has a total student population of 3,523. It is the 127th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Oregon (#1 is Reed College). To learn more about communications programs in Portland, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of communications professors at Lewis & Clark College such as George Austin, Peter Christenson, Daena Goldsmith, Steven Hunt, Mitchell Reyes, and Belinda Stillion-Southard.
Communications students from Portland schools who go on to become communication disorder specialists, speech therapists, speech language pathologists, teacher of the speech and hearing handicappeds, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 25,090 people working as communications teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,190. Also, Rehabilitation counselors make on average $34,710 per year and there are about 112,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-WA area alone, there are 670 employed rehabilitation counselors earning an average salary of $39,740. Communications teachers in this area earn $66,740/yr and there are 90 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 0.094 out of every 1000 jobs in Portland are held by communications teachers, and 0.676/1000 are held by rehabilitation counselors.
Of the 9 communications schools in Portland, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Portland comes out as the most expensive ($31,420/yr) for communications students, with Portland Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,829/yr.
Communications Programs in Portland
University of Portland
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Levels offered: Bachelors
- Communications technologies/technicians and support services
Levels offered: Bachelors - Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Levels offered: Associates - Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors - Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered: Associates
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
- Communications technologies/technicians and support services
Levels offered: Bachelors
- Communications technologies/technicians and support services
Levels offered: Certificate - Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates - Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Levels offered: Masters
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Cities Near Portland
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Portland |
| Vancouver | WA | 169,603 | 5 | 29.2795 | 91 | 6.3 miles |
| Beaverton | OR | 94,639 | 1 | 27.5128 | 6 | 8.8 miles |
| Aloha | OR | 48,328 | 1 | 25.9507 | 7 | 10.8 miles |
| Gresham | OR | 104,562 | 1 | 12.9715 | 88 | 11.0 miles |
| Oregon City | OR | - | 1 | 13.6089 | 75 | 12.9 miles |
| McMinnville | OR | - | 3 | 33.009 | 71 | 34.7 miles |
| Salem | OR | 157,890 | 12 | 32.4146 | 406 | 46.3 miles |
| The Dalles | OR | - | 1 | 11.3829 | 21 | 71.8 miles |
| Astoria | OR | - | 2 | 18.4622 | 36 | 72.0 miles |
| Corvallis | OR | 51,582 | 1 | 28.8426 | 8 | 73.6 miles |