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
- $35,0491,837th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,589924th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $14,589525th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $35,0491,100th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,238th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $69,460290th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,195319th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 16.7%1,940th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 0.0%1,822nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,0911,315th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 12.8%1,993rd highest of 2,122 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
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to City University of Seattle’s 1,091 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Grays Harbor CollegeAberdeen, WA · 1,058 undergrads
- Peninsula CollegePort Angeles, WA · 1,139 undergrads
- DigiPen Institute of TechnologyRedmond, WA · 1,032 undergrads
- Cascadia CollegeBothell, WA · 970 undergrads
- Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, WA · 1,214 undergrads
- Saint Martin's UniversityLacey, WA · 1,254 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Shorter UniversityRome, GA · 1,091 undergrads
- Hendrix CollegeConway, AR · 1,094 undergrads
- Loras CollegeDubuque, IA · 1,087 undergrads
- Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 1,095 undergrads
- Harris-Stowe State UniversitySaint Louis, MO · 1,086 undergrads
- American International CollegeSpringfield, MA · 1,097 undergrads
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
- Compare with Grays Harbor CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- 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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