North Seattle College
Seattle, WA · Public · Large city · NSC · NSCC · North Seattle NSC
Public institution in Seattle, WA · 2,792 undergraduates · $47,728 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 8%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 11%Cost of attendance
- Top 12%Average net price
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
- $8,351233rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,058158th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,54753rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $16,377211th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $15,458347th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,7281,204th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,383773rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 32.4%1,708th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2,792732nd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 17.0:11,581st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 13.7%1,969th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 17 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 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| International BusinessBusiness | bachelors | $48,432 | — |
| Computer ProgrammingComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to North Seattle College’s 2,792 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokane, WA · 2,881 undergrads
- Skagit Valley CollegeMount Vernon, WA · 2,581 undergrads
- Yakima Valley CollegeYakima, WA · 2,539 undergrads
- Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, WA · 2,417 undergrads
- Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, WA · 2,372 undergrads
- Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, WA · 2,350 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, NC · 2,790 undergrads
- College of Coastal GeorgiaBrunswick, GA · 2,794 undergrads
- University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, NC · 2,790 undergrads
- University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, PR · 2,788 undergrads
- Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, MN · 2,786 undergrads
- Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT · 2,785 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitenorthseattle.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 236072)
- 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 Spokane Falls Community CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: North Seattle College vs Spokane Falls Community CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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