University of
Washington-Seattle Campus
Public Research University in Seattle, WA. Six-year graduation rate 85%. Median 10-year earnings $78,466.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Washington-Seattle Campus student earns $78,466 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 85% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $14,615, a light load against those earnings. On economic mobility, 2.5% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 85% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 39%, the acceptance rate makes University of Washington-Seattle Campus a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. With 69,166 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. About 27% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 85% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 95% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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 body runs to 39,515, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 31,588 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,784 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $6,384 while those at $110k+ pay $30,019. Only 47% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Only 19% 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 · 6,928 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 | $6,384 |
| $30–48k | $7,039 |
| $48–75k | $8,110 |
| $75–110k | $14,328 |
| $110k+ | $30,019 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 5,881 of these 31,588 students, totalling $34,014,011 — an average of $5,784 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)