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Everett Community College

Everett, WA2,280 online only

Everett Community College is a public community college in Everett, WA, with about 3,931 students on campus and 2,280 more studying only online.

Students on campus
3,931
plus 2,280 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,684
tuition and fees $5,032; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$45,434
higher than at 62% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Everett Community College

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $10,417, about $110 a month over ten years. That’s 3.4% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Everett Community College focuses on liberal arts

41% of the degrees Everett Community College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 21%. 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
37%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$45,434
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,417
about $110 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

3.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$110 a month against about $3,276 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

43%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% 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
$42k
Middle income$30–75k
$52k
Higher incomeover $75k
$55k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Everett Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $20,451 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,171

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,032Room & board $17,310Books & supplies $528

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,684.

Tuition and fees are $5,032 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$12,436

About $24,872 over 2 years · 39% 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 41%Health professions 21%Business 10%Education 6%Engineering tech 5%Precision production 5%Everything else 11%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities708 graduates a year · typical debt $5,563
$50k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing139 graduates a year · typical debt $15,000
$93k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General86 graduates a year
$43k4 yrs out
Health and Medical Administrative Services25 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services23 graduates a year
$52k4 yrs out
Fire Protection20 graduates a year
—not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians19 graduates a year
—not reported
Precision Metal Working17 graduates a year
$39k1 yr out
Who goes there

The students

4,709 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 41%Hispanic 19%Black 4%Asian 10%Two or more 7%International 4%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
17 : 1
students per teacher
17%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
28%
undergrads 25 or older
47%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Everett

6% of Everett’s 113,567 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Everett pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

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Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

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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.