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Columbia Gorge Community College

The Dalles, Oregon Public 2-year Remote town

Overview

Columbia Gorge Community College is a public two-year institution based in The Dalles, Oregon. The campus sits in a remote town. It enrolled 812 students in fall 2024.

Columbia Gorge Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 25 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Early Childhood Education and Teaching, General Studies, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. It awarded 211 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 52% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
812
Students enrolled
52%
First-year retention
211
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
25
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 25

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
Education 1
Health Professions 4
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Construction Trades 1
Precision Production 1
Engineering Technologies 2
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Computer and Information Sciences 3

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
52%
First-year retention, part-time students
33%
Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
119
Certificates under 1 year
5
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
87

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
812
Undergraduates, fall 2024
812
Full-time, fall 2024
32%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,390
Full-time, 2024-25
27%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
66%
Men
34%
White
45%
Hispanic or Latino
27%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
22%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
22%
Students taking some online courses
16%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
President
Dr. Kenneth Lawson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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