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Community college · Public

Clark College

Vancouver, WA3,178 online only

Clark College is a public community college in Vancouver, WA, with about 3,971 students on campus and 3,178 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
3,971
plus 3,178 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,465
tuition and fees $5,233; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
39%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,356
higher than at 54% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Clark College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $19,668 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,183

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,233Books & supplies $528Other costs $13,907

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,465.

Tuition and fees are $5,233 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

$13,291

About $26,582 over 2 years · 32% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
39%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,356
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,881
about $115 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

3.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$115 a month against about $3,118 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

34%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 26% 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
$38k
Middle income$30–75k
$50k
Higher incomeover $75k
$52k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 36%Health professions 16%Business 13%Education 11%Computer science 6%Precision production 5%Everything else 12%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions22 graduates a year · typical debt $19,837
$72k4 yrs out
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management19 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations14 graduates a year · typical debt $19,085
$67k4 yrs out
Human Services, General7 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

4,945 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 50%Hispanic 19%Black 3%Asian 5%Two or more 8%International 1%

Women and men

Women 61%Men 39%
12 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
22%
take federal loans
29%
undergrads 25 or older
46%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Vancouver

5% of Vancouver’s 199,698 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Vancouver pages.

Vancouver →
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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

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7.7 mi412 students
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7.8 mi133 students
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8.8 mi16,769 students
Western SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland
8.8 mi395 students
Warner Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland
9.4 mi347 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.