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College Debt & ROI in Wa

56 colleges and universities in Wa with 509 school+major combinations analyzed.

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56
Schools
$25K
Avg Median Debt
$60K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Wa

Faith International University

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $11K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Eastern Washington University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $13K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Cascadia College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $73K/yr

Northwest University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Renton Technical College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $95K/yr

North Seattle College

public · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

private · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

University of Washington-Bothell Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Whatcom Community College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $80K/yr

Spokane Falls Community College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $80K/yr

Grays Harbor College

public · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Whitman College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Skagit Valley College

public · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Edmonds College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Northwest Indian College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Western Washington University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

University of Washington-Tacoma Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Wenatchee Valley College

public · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Green River College

public · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Clark College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Centralia College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Gonzaga University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Central Washington University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Washington State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

University of Puget Sound

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Lower Columbia College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Big Bend Community College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Bellevue College

public · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Tacoma Community College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Pierce College District

public · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

DigiPen Institute of Technology

private · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Seattle Pacific University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Olympic College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Bellingham Technical College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

South Seattle College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Columbia Basin College

public · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $69K/yr

Saint Martin's University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Whitworth University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Spokane Community College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Highline College

public · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Seattle University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Walla Walla University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Yakima Valley College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Walla Walla Community College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Clover Park Technical College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Seattle Central College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Cornish College of the Arts

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $43K/yr

Peninsula College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

The Evergreen State College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $49K/yr

Heritage University

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

public · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

City University of Seattle

private · 13 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Northwest College of Art & Design

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Seattle Film Institute

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Pacific Lutheran University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $44K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 56 colleges and universities in Wa, covering 509 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Wa is $25K. First-year earnings average $60K.

Among tracked schools, Faith International University has one of the lowest average debt levels in Wa. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings dataset. The detail above comes directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. degree-granting institutions.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.