Lake Washington
Institute of Technology
Public Community College in Kirkland, WA. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $50,669.
Ten years after entry, the median Lake Washington Institute of Technology student earns $50,669 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,047.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. 3,357 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,179 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,801 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $5,255 at $0–30k versus $16,339 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 46% of students receive any. Only 7% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 309 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 | $5,255 |
| $30–48k | $7,088 |
| $48–75k | $9,784 |
| $75–110k | $4,592 |
| $110k+ | $16,339 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 162 of these 2,179 students, totalling $1,211,951 — an average of $7,481 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)