College · Bothell

Cascadia College

University or collegePublicBothell, WAwww.cascadia.edu ↗

Cascadia College is a public university in Bothell, WA, with about 1,528 students on campus. the average family on aid pays $12,281 a year, and 32% of students graduate.

Students on campus

1,528

2,013 undergrad · 485 online only

Admission rate

Open

open enrollment

Net price a year

$12,281

costs less than 84% of 4-year colleges

Graduation rate

32%

higher than 13% of 4-year colleges

Earnings, 10 yrs later

$54,133

higher than 77% of U.S. colleges

Getting in

How hard is it to get into Cascadia College?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Cascadia College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $21,077 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,296

$5,157

$15,392

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,157Books & supplies $528Other costs $15,392

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships

$10k

$9k

$13k

$17k

$21k

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $10,480 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $21,077.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

1,032 degree-seeking undergrads

White 35%Hispanic 16%Black 3%Asian 13%Two or more 7%International 12%

Women and men

undergraduates

Women 50%Men 50%

13 : 1students per teacher

9%get Pell grants (lower income)

11%undergrads 25 or older

42%study part time

Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Natural Resources Conservation and Research15 graduates a year

—not reported

Computer Programming6 graduates a year

—not reported

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate

32%

within 6 years · Pell students 29%

Come back for year two

—

full-time first-year students

Earnings, 10 years later

$54,133

median, students on federal aid

Typical debt

$6,368

about $68 a month over 10 years

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

52%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 62% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled

Lower income (under $30k)$53,840

Middle income ($30–75k)$53,020

Higher income (over $75k)$57,164

The town around it

Living in Bothell

5% of Bothell’s 49,610 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Bothell pages.

$2,346/momedian rent · 33% above the stateHousing in Bothell → $925,100median home value · 64% above the stateHousing in Bothell → 36° / 76°January low / July high · 4" of snowClimate in Bothell →

Other colleges within 30 miles

University of Washington-Bothell Campus 0.1 mi Bastyr University 3.5 mi Lake Washington Institute of Technology 4 mi DigiPen Institute of Technology 5.3 mi Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education 7.1 mi Northwest University 7.1 mi Edmonds College 7.4 mi Pima Medical Institute-Seattle 7.6 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.