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Corvallis, Oregon has 2 accredited schools offering emergency management programs, with tuition ranging from $6,345 to $31,074 per year for indexed programs. Corvallis has a population of about 60,424. Median household income is $63,807 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 60.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In Oregon, the top-earning emergency management-related role is Emergency Management Director at a median $110,720 annually (BLS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer emergency management programs near Corvallis, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Corvallis city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Corvallis. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Oregon schools on the Oregon emergency management page.
Corvallis is part of the Corvallis, OR metro area (BLS area code 18700). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Oregon statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Management Director | $110,720 | OR statewide | $106,462 |
| Firefighter | $82,700 | Corvallis, OR | $79,519 |
| Emergency Medical Technician | $49,270 | OR statewide | $47,375 |
| First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $100,260 | OR statewide | $96,404 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 60,424 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $63,807 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 60.9% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 104.0 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering emergency management programs near Corvallis. The closest is Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR (62.4 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Portland State University (71.2 miles). 2 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying emergency management-related roles near Corvallis are: Emergency Management Director ($110,720), First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($100,260), Firefighter ($82,700). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Oregon statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Albany, OR is 9.8 miles from Corvallis and has its own set of local emergency management programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Corvallis’s median household income of $63,807 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Corvallis while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Oregon public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Corvallis:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
