Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, WA · Public · Small city · BTC · Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute
Public institution in Bellingham, WA · 1,523 undergraduates · $49,748 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 4%Average net price
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 8%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $4,97175th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,226107th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,55555th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $14,885156th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $17,459427th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,7481,079th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,2351,001st highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.5%1,342nd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,5231,102nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,024th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 31.1%1,138th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 91 mi (SEA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitebtc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 234696)
- Compare colleges in WARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in WashingtonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Bellingham Technical College vs Whitman CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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