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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $78,466 ten years after enrolling, more than at 90% of colleges; 85% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.9 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$78.5K
$78.5K
← $24.8Khigher than 90% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$63K
10 years after entry$78.5K

Staying and finishing

95%

Retention

come back for year two

85%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

What graduates owe

Median debt at graduation, federal loans only

$14.6K

According to University of Washington-Seattle Campus's most recent Common Data Set, 26% of its Class of 2025 graduates (6,612 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $19,384 among those who did.

Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

85 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 8 more are enrolled at another college. (8,717 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients82%
Students without a Pell Grant86%
How long it takes

74 of 100 finish within 4 years, 84 within 6, and 85 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students74%84%85%
Started in college here71%84%85%
Transferred in82%84%85%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 80%, 7 points below students with no need-based federal aid (87%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients1,397 students

    80% · 7 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant696 students

    82% · 5 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan4,998 students

    87% · comparison group

All students in this class: 85%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White2,557 students

    85% · the same as all students

  • Asian1,932 students

    87% · 2 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino583 students

    78% · 8 points below all students

  • Black184 students

    72% · 13 points below all students

  • Two or more races515 students

    87% · 2 points above all students

  • International1,173 students

    89% · 4 points above all students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native34 students

    71% · 15 points below all students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander19 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 85%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus University of Washington-Seattle Campus. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KUniversity of Washington-Seattle Campus
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Washington-Seattle Campus Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;University of Washington-Seattle Campus Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)