Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, WA · Public · Town (remote) · BBCC
Public institution in Moses Lake, WA · 1,281 undergraduates · $43,814 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 7%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 18%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
- $10,875371st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,909148th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,44347th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $19,691355th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,16678th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,8141,417th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,2671,524th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 36.7%1,590th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
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- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,2811,209th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 29.4%1,230th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 141 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.
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
NWAC · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $203,194 (M $84,981 · W $118,213)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Big Bend Community College’s 1,281 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Saint Martin's UniversityLacey, WA · 1,254 undergrads
- Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, WA · 1,214 undergrads
- Peninsula CollegePort Angeles, WA · 1,139 undergrads
- City University of SeattleSeattle, WA · 1,091 undergrads
- Centralia CollegeCentralia, WA · 1,476 undergrads
- South Seattle CollegeSeattle, WA · 1,495 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Kettering UniversityFlint, MI · 1,279 undergrads
- College for Creative StudiesDetroit, MI · 1,285 undergrads
- University of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD · 1,276 undergrads
- Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbilene, TX · 1,275 undergrads
- Meredith CollegeRaleigh, NC · 1,288 undergrads
- Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, MO · 1,274 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitebigbend.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 234711)
- 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
- Compare with Saint Martin's UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Big Bend Community College vs Saint Martin's UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 5 EADA programs at this school
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