Olympic College
Public Community College in Bremerton, WA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $43,169.
Ten years after entry, the median Olympic College student earns $43,169 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 31% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 31% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Transfer-out runs to 20% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 5,413 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,263 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,157 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $4,214 at $0–30k versus $13,478 at $110k+. Only 45% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 7% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 508 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 | $4,214 |
| $30–48k | $5,852 |
| $48–75k | $8,923 |
| $75–110k | $9,468 |
| $110k+ | $13,478 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 225 of these 3,263 students, totalling $1,570,799 — an average of $6,981 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kitsap 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)