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College Scorecard · 2026 release
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64 matching colleges · Showing 25–48
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Washington 64 matching
View state rankingStrong ROI
Shoreline College
Shoreline, WA
Net price / year$8,585Payback4.7 years
Weak ROI
Yakima Valley College
Yakima, WA
Net price / year$11,843PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA
Net price / year$9,864PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon, WA
Net price / year$6,064PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
Walla Walla Community College
Walla Walla, WA
Net price / year$9,406PaybackNot available
Slow ROI
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland, WA
Net price / year$6,817Payback11.8 years
Strong ROI
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA
Net price / year$19,589Payback4.2 years
Weak ROI
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA
Net price / year$11,795PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA
Net price / year$24,319PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
Lower Columbia College
Longview, WA
Net price / year$7,630PaybackNot available
Slow ROI
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA
Net price / year$26,534Payback10.4 years
Slow ROI
Bates Technical College
Tacoma, WA
Net price / year$6,292Payback14.9 years
Weak ROI
Renton Technical College
Renton, WA
Net price / year$8,296Payback23.3 years
Solid ROI
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
Net price / year$24,488Payback6.1 years
Weak ROI
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, WA
Net price / year$9,722PaybackNot available
Slow ROI
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, WA
Net price / year$5,997Payback17.3 years
Weak ROI
South Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Net price / year$6,004PaybackNot available
Solid ROI
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
Net price / year$38,394Payback7.2 years
Weak ROI
Centralia College
Centralia, WA
Net price / year$9,862PaybackNot available
Solid ROI
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
Net price / year$33,313Payback6.9 years
Weak ROI
Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, WA
Net price / year$12,210PaybackNot available
Weak ROI
Peninsula College
Port Angeles, WA
Net price / year$9,246PaybackNot available
Solid ROI
Walla Walla University
College Place, WA
Net price / year$23,329Payback6.9 years
Weak ROI
Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett
Everett, WA
Net price / year$14,149PaybackNot available