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North Seattle College

Seattle, WA2,020 online only

North Seattle College is a public college in Seattle, WA, with about 2,997 students on campus and 2,020 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
2,997
plus 2,020 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,740
lower than at 89% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
33%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$47,728
higher than at 67% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into North Seattle College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,943 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $5,796

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,238Books & supplies $582Other costs $13,123

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,740.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,514

About $54,056 over 4 years · 29% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
33%
within 6 years · Pell students 22%
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$47,728
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$15,458
about $164 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

4.2%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$164 a month against about $3,865 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

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

Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Education 39%Health professions 19%Liberal arts 19%Business 9%Computer science 6%Visual & performing arts 2%Everything else 7%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods53 graduates a year
$61k4 yrs out
Computer Programming26 graduates a year
$107k4 yrs out
International Business23 graduates a year
—not reported
Accounting and Related Services19 graduates a year
—not reported
Real Estate5 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

3,074 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 28%Hispanic 21%Black 11%Asian 10%Two or more 8%International 5%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
18 : 1
students per teacher
14%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
59%
undergrads 25 or older
58%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Seattle

9% of Seattle’s 784,777 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Seattle pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

University of Washington-Seattle CampusUniversity or college · Public · Seattle
3.3 mi54,144 students
Shoreline Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Shoreline
3.6 mi2,684 students
Seattle Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Seattle
3.6 mi2,561 students
Bastyr UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Kenmore
4.4 mi626 students
Cornish College of the ArtsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Seattle
5.5 mi502 students
City University of SeattleUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Seattle · mostly online
5.6 mi501 students
Seattle Central CollegeCommunity college · Public · Seattle
5.7 mi3,560 students
Antioch University-SeattleUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Seattle
5.7 mi800 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.