Business
Portland Community College
Public · Community college
Develop skills for business and organizational work.
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Preparation, time and schedule
What this route covers
The department offers applied business learning and flexible full-time or part-time study, with in-person, online and remote courses. Distinguish the career award from a transfer degree.
Before you apply
Review the Business course map and have an advisor evaluate prior credits and placement before registering.
Your complete timeline
2 years full-time. Prior credits, prerequisite placement and course availability can change your personal completion date.
Plan around the schedule
In-person, online and remote courses. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Portland area · multiple course options. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Business page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Is this the career degree or the transfer degree, and which matches my goal?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Compare certificates and applied degrees with employer software requirements. This occupation is distinct from a licensed CPA or professional accountant.
Cost and outcomes
Published components; build your full budget
PCC publishes resident tuition of $143 per credit. This is not the complete program price: add required fees, materials, any prerequisites and program-specific equipment and attendance costs.
Open the cost planner →Exact-program earnings are not separately identified.
The business-administration field is related context for the applied associate route. It does not separately identify this program, emphasis or transfer pathway. No exact-program earnings are separately verified here.
Related-field graduate earnings
Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate degree
Portland Community College. Graduating cohorts: 2016–2020. This published field group (CIP 52.02) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
- $44,876 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