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Spokane Community College

Spokane, WA1,851 online only

Spokane Community College is a public community college in Spokane, WA, with about 4,435 students on campus and 1,851 more studying only online.

Students on campus
4,435
plus 1,851 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,473
tuition and fees $5,461; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
33%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,984
higher than at 53% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Spokane Community College

Many students are adults coming back to school

49% of undergraduates are 25 or older. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓

Rent in Spokane is below the state median

Median rent in Spokane is $1,215 a month, 31% below the state median. Living in Spokane ↓

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 · Who goes there

The students

4,533 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 58%Hispanic 13%Black 4%Asian 2%Two or more 7%International 1%

Women and men

Women 60%Men 40%
14 : 1
students per teacher
32%
get Pell grants (lower income)
21%
take federal loans
49%
undergrads 25 or older
29%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Spokane Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,839 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,612

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,461Books & supplies $1,134Other costs $7,244

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,473.

Tuition and fees are $5,461 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

$5,928

About $11,856 over 2 years · 57% 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 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,984
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$13,501
about $143 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

4.5%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$143 a month against about $3,151 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

35%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 30% 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
$39k
Middle income$30–75k
$52k
Higher incomeover $75k
$49k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Mechanic & repair 26%Liberal arts 20%Health professions 16%Business 7%Computer science 7%Culinary & personal services 6%Everything else 18%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services19 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Spokane

7% of Spokane’s 230,783 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Spokane pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Spokane 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.