Vessel Operations
Clatsop Community College
Public · Community college
Explore vessel operation, seamanship and maritime work through classroom and practical learning.
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Preparation, time and schedule
Before you apply
Compare the full AAS with individual Coast Guard-approved courses; they are different educational products.
Your complete timeline
The Vessel Operations route combines classroom and on-the-water learning near Columbia River maritime employers. The college separately offers short maritime courses. Ask for a term-by-term plan that includes prerequisites, transfer decisions and application timing.
Plan around the schedule
Ask about vessel time, practical training and work-placement opportunities at the maritime training site.
Application and selection
Compare the full AAS with individual Coast Guard-approved courses; they are different educational products. Check the current first-year or transfer admission requirements and whether the major or practical placement has a separate application.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which sea-service and credential requirements would remain after completing the degree?
- What is included in the written price, and what would I pay separately?
- What support is available if my work schedule, disability accommodations or family responsibilities affect attendance?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
The AAS does not automatically make you a licensed captain. Sea service, medical standards, examinations and Coast Guard credentials depend on the position and vessel.
Cost and outcomes
Published base; complete personal budget still needed
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Published tuition or budget base
The 2026-27 full-time, three-term institutional budget includes $5,418 in tuition and fees and $2,800 for books and supplies. These annual planning allowances are not a complete price for this particular program.
Official tuition and cost information ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
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Open the cost planner →Exact-program earnings are not separately identified.
Published related-field earnings are available below. This field can include several programs; an exact-program outcome has not been separately verified.
Related-field graduate earnings
Marine Transportation · Associate degree
Clatsop Community College. Graduating cohorts: All available cohorts combined. This published field group (CIP 49.03) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
Census combines all available graduating cohorts for this institution, credential and field. Follow-up figures may cover different sets of graduates; differences are not a measure of the same group’s earnings growth.
- $48,487 median annual earnings 1 year after graduation
Amounts are in 2023 dollars. Census PSEO covers graduates meeting its earnings and employment-attachment rules; it excludes noncompleters and many self-employed or low-attachment workers. These are historical outcomes, not starting-pay estimates or a forecast.
Census PSEO Oregon data, 2026 Q2 (CSV download) ↗
Population, methods and limitations ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026