unitid 235167 · Olympia, WA · public 4-year · suburb (midsize)
The Evergreen State College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,638
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
96%
88th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,160
27th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
76th pctl among public 4-years
completion
41%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,477
83rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$24,319
after aid, aided students
98th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,320
after entry, Title IV students
34th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,500
59th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $22,079 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $22,200
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,264
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 363 | $41,864 | $21,354 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 95 | $45,214 | $22,346 |
| Public Administration. | 57 | $73,539 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 34 | $75,318 | — |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians. | 19 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 15 | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 13 | — | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 12 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 12 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 9 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 8 | — | — |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 6 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.