Oregon·Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations·SOC 27-1029

Best Designer, All Other programs in Oregon, ranked by enrollment

All designers not listed.

7 schools in Oregon run programs that feed this job, graduating 92 people a year. The job pays a median of $61,070 in Oregon across about 280 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
92
in Oregon
Median pay · Oregon
$61,070
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
280
people employed
Schools
7
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
33%
across those schools
Median net price
$40,553
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Oregon that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Oregon that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Oregon (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Oregon page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 50.0401In Oregon
57
62.0%
5$31,611$26,000
2
CIP 50.0410In Oregon
35
38.0%
3$31,611$26,000

Top 7 schools in Oregon

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 7 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Portland Community College
Portland, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
40Design and Visual Communications, General$26,28518%
2Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
27Illustration$19,50129%$40,55375%
3Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
8Design and Visual Communications, General9%
4Central Oregon Community College
Bend, OR Public · 2 feeder programs
6Design and Visual Communications, General25%
5George Fox University
Newberg, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Illustration72%$26,56494%
6Linn - Benton Community College
Albany, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
3Design and Visual Communications, General29%
7Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
2Design and Visual Communications, General$23,58347%98%

All 7 schools in Oregon

Every school in Oregon with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Oregon that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Portland Community CollegePortlandPublic401
Pacific Northwest College of ArtPortlandPrivate not-for-profit271
Rogue Community CollegeGrants PassPublic81
Central Oregon Community CollegeBendPublic62
George Fox UniversityNewbergPrivate not-for-profit61
Linn - Benton Community CollegeAlbanyPublic31
Western Oregon UniversityMonmouthPublic21

What designers, all other earn in Oregon

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Oregon
$61,070
Mean annual
$71,270
Jobs in state
280
What the range looks like
10th pct$32,290Median$61,07090th pct$126,540
Versus the national median
-6.0%

U.S. median $64,950. Oregon pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
2.30×

Concentrated here: Oregon employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
$70,790median
200 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
2,200
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
600
28,600 → 29,200
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Designers, All Other page.

How to become a Designer, All Other

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Oregon

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to Designers, All Other3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 50.0401Design and Visual Communications, General
  • 50.0404Industrial and Product Design
  • 50.0410Illustration

Common questions

Answers for people weighing designers, all other programs in Oregon.

What degree do you need to become a Designer, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Design and Visual Communications, General, which awarded 57 degrees in Oregon in 2024-25, 62.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Designer, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Design and Applied Arts. Together they graduate about 92 people a year in Oregon.

How much do designers, all other earn in Oregon?+

The median is $61,070 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.0% below the U.S. median of $64,950. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for designers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 2,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Oregon?+

7 institutions in Oregon reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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