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Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon Public 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Chemeketa Community College is a public four-year institution in Salem, Oregon. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 8,098 students.

Chemeketa Community College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 63 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments. It awarded 1,581 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 13 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 22 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
8,098
Students enrolled
1,581
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
63
Programs and majors
22:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 63

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Health Professions 11
Business, Management and Marketing 14
Education 4
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 7
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Engineering Technologies 4
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Precision Production 3
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 3
Engineering 2
Construction Trades 3
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
22:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
21
Associate degrees
1,238
Certificates under 1 year
207
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
115

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
8,098
Undergraduates, fall 2024
8,098
Full-time, fall 2024
47%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
13,362
Full-time, 2024-25
35%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
51%
Hispanic or Latino
34%
Black or African American
2%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
13
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
15%
Students taking some online courses
38%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
President
Jessica Howard
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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