Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$27,356
$20,063
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$18,053
$10,370
Average paid from out of state, estimated
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$15,908
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Highline College
Olympic College
Under $30,000
$16,701
$8,702
$30,000–$48,000
$17,429
$9,648
$48,000–$75,000
$18,849
$10,931
$75,000–$110,000
$22,700
$13,343
Over $110,000
$25,202
$17,733
After you start
Measure
Highline College
Olympic College
Undergrads
3,838
3,826
Graduate within 6 years
39%
34%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$54,850
$48,582
Median debt at graduation
$9,820
$12,500
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers
