Skagit Valley College
Public Community College in Mount Vernon, WA. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $43,505.
Students who entered Skagit Valley College land at a median of $43,505 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,805 — 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 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 36% graduate within six years. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 4,098 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,581 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,264 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $4,337 at $0–30k versus $14,102 at $110k+. 55% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,034 — common but not automatic. 7% 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 · 547 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 | $4,337 |
| $30–48k | $5,476 |
| $48–75k | $7,109 |
| $75–110k | $7,773 |
| $110k+ | $14,102 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 189 of these 2,581 students, totalling $1,379,483 — an average of $7,299 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Skagit 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)