Walla Walla
Community College
Public Community College in Walla Walla, WA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $43,526.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,526 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,000 — 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
Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 18:1, 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. 2,982 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,372 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,612 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,224 at the $0–30k band to $17,566 at $110k+. About 61% get grants averaging $7,648, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 16% 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 · 480 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 | $8,224 |
| $30–48k | $8,825 |
| $48–75k | $9,301 |
| $75–110k | $12,419 |
| $110k+ | $17,566 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 371 of these 2,372 students, totalling $2,611,000 — an average of $7,038 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Walla Walla 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)