City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA · Private · Large city · CUS · CityU
Private institution in Seattle, WA · 1,091 undergraduates · $69,460 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 15%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 16%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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
- $35,0491,851st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,589927th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $14,589528th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $35,0491,103rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,246th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $69,460291st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,195320th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 16.7%1,957th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 0.0%1,837th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,0911,316th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 12.8%2,009th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 12 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 12 of 18 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $71,015 | $50,856 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $52,107 | — |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | $44,970 | $43,240 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $44,170 | $42,044 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | $38,337 | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitecityu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 234915)
- 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: City University of Seattle vs Grays Harbor CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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