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Everett Community College

Public Community College in Everett, WA. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $45,434.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Everett Community College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$45,434
Median debt at grad
$10,417
Mobility score
1.0
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
36.6%
Federal loan default
0%

The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,434 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $10,417, a light load against those earnings.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags
  • ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
16%
Student:faculty
17:1

Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 6,211 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$13,630
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
43%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
4%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,378 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $13,630 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,798 at the $0–30k band to $18,514 at $110k+. 43% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 4% of students.

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.

% receiving grants
47%
Average grant
$7,240

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 777 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 $8,798
$30–48k $10,992
$48–75k $12,436
$75–110k $12,643
$110k+ $18,514

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 161 of these 4,378 students, totalling $1,021,549 — an average of $6,345 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Snohomish County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$2,074/mo
1 bedroom
$2,146/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,501/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
226
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Everett Community College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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