Cascadia College
Public Community College in Bothell, WA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $54,133.
Students who entered Cascadia College land at a median of $54,133 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 32% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,368 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.12 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 32% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 2,013 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 970 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,782 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,480 at $0–30k versus $21,077 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 30% of students receive any. 4% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 161 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,480 |
| $30–48k | $8,673 |
| $48–75k | $13,320 |
| $75–110k | $17,128 |
| $110k+ | $21,077 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 38 of these 970 students, totalling $223,813 — an average of $5,890 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (King County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)