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Bellevue College

Bellevue, WA4,499 online only

Bellevue College is a public college in Bellevue, WA, with about 6,973 students on campus and 4,499 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
6,973
plus 4,499 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,430
lower than at 86% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
36%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$56,310
higher than at 80% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Bellevue College

Rent in Bellevue is above the state median

Median rent in Bellevue is $2,572 a month, 46% above the state median. Living in Bellevue ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $12,375, about $131 a month over ten years. That’s 3.3% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Bellevue College focuses on liberal arts

45% of the degrees Bellevue College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 16%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
36%
within 6 years · Pell students 40%
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$56,310
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$12,375
about $131 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.3%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$131 a month against about $3,955 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

51%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 61% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$52k
Middle income$30–75k
$62k
Higher incomeover $75k
$58k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Bellevue College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Bellevue College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $20,309 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $10,502

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,436Room & board $17,310Books & supplies $528

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,430.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,829

About $55,316 over 4 years · 32% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 45%Health professions 16%Business 15%Computer science 15%Visual & performing arts 3%Education 2%Everything else 4%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Computer Software and Media Applications65 graduates a year
—not reported
Data Processing51 graduates a year · typical debt $12,951
$90k4 yrs out
Computer Science37 graduates a year
—not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services35 graduates a year
$73k4 yrs out
Marketing30 graduates a year
—not reported
Design and Applied Arts29 graduates a year
$68k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services26 graduates a year
$70k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing25 graduates a year
$93k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

7,364 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 28%Hispanic 15%Black 5%Asian 19%Two or more 8%International 11%

Women and men

Women 57%Men 43%
14 : 1
students per teacher
10%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
27%
undergrads 25 or older
45%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Bellevue

6% of Bellevue’s 154,193 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Bellevue pages.

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Straight-line distances from Bellevue College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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8.3 mi3,560 students
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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.