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The Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College is a public campus in suburban Olympia, WA.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$19,969

family income
under $30k

$20,956

$30–48k

$24,430

$48–75k

$25,683

$75–110k

$25,934

over $110k

Average net price

$24,3192023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at The Evergreen State College rose from $10,915 (2008) to $24,319 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$10,915
2009	$10,577
2010	$10,867
2011	$12,175
2012	$11,903
2013	$12,971
2014	$12,633
2015	$12,580
2016	$12,147
2017	$12,500
2018	$13,604
2019	$13,526
2020	$21,048
2021	$20,891
2022	$22,585
2023	$24,319

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$28,4772024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at The Evergreen State College rose from $17,017 (2009) to $28,477 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$17,017
2010	$17,746
2011	$19,245
2012	$20,121
2013	$21,433
2014	$22,281
2015	$22,253
2016	$21,953
2017	$20,612
2018	$21,033
2019	$23,235
2020	$24,371
2021	$24,865
2022	$24,688
2023	$25,934
2024	$28,477

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$3,001	$10,255
2001	$3,024	$10,764
2002	$3,441	$12,264
2003	$3,651	$13,332
2004	$3,900	$14,514
2005	$4,337	$14,747
2006	$4,861	$15,049
2007	$5,127	$15,462
2008	$5,343	$16,203
2013	$8,574	$20,661
2014	$8,682	$21,735
2015	$8,380	$22,795
2016	$7,414	$23,887
2017	$7,591	$25,051
2018	$7,746	$26,262
2019	$8,217	$27,537
2020	$8,325	$28,515
2021	$8,529	$29,172
2022	$8,750	$30,059
2023	$8,999	$30,980

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

The Evergreen State College reports tuition of $9,264 for in-state students and $31,905 for out-of-state students. Check The Evergreen State College’s residency rules, attendance budget and aid offer. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 2,160 undergrads, The Evergreen State College is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

40.7% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at The Evergreen State College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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40.7%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at The Evergreen State College fell from 54.4% (entered 1991) to 40.7% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	54.4%
1992 cohort	44.4%
1993 cohort	49.4%
1994 cohort	52.5%
1995 cohort	56.3%
1996 cohort	47.7%
1997 cohort	52.2%
1998 cohort	51.6%
1999 cohort	55.7%
2000 cohort	56.8%
2001 cohort	58.5%
2002 cohort	62.5%
2003 cohort	57.7%
2004 cohort	51.8%
2005 cohort	54.2%
2006 cohort	53.7%
2007 cohort	56.9%
2008 cohort	56.2%
2009 cohort	53.6%
2010 cohort	56.4%
2011 cohort	57.3%
2012 cohort	54.9%
2013 cohort	49.8%
2014 cohort	44.9%
2015 cohort	43.2%
2016 cohort	41.1%
2017 cohort	43.6%
2018 cohort	40.7%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$10,500	$3,665
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$10,387	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$9,663	$7,167
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	—	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	—	$7,032
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$11,802	$7,521
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,000	$8,095
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$11,000	$8,441
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$10,995	$8,497
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$11,000	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$11,634	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$12,195	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$13,063	$7,124
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$14,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$15,000	$10,466
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,999	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$17,000	$8,720
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$17,000	$7,200
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$17,500	$6,733
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$17,116	$7,875
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$16,559	$7,528
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$17,441	$9,241
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,089	$10,065
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,500	$11,011

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$34,774

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$40,332

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$45,320

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

The Evergreen State College admitted 1,249 of 1,296 applicants in Fall 2024. The 96.4% rate describes that application pool.

96.4%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $8,999 in-state tuition · 2023–24 2,160 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1035–12531600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, The Evergreen State College received 1,296 applications and admitted 1,249 (96.4%), with 317 enrolling.

The Evergreen State College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For The Evergreen State College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 540–663 and Math was 495–590 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1035–1253 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	540	630	663
SAT Math	495	560	590
ACT Composite	23	26	29

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

96.4%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	87.3%
Fall 2002	81.9%
Fall 2003	94%
Fall 2004	95.1%
Fall 2005	97.2%
Fall 2006	95.2%
Fall 2007	96.9%
Fall 2008	94.3%
Fall 2009	95.4%
Fall 2010	94.3%
Fall 2011	95.7%
Fall 2012	98.4%
Fall 2013	97.1%
Fall 2014	98.9%
Fall 2015	97.9%
Fall 2016	97.5%
Fall 2017	96.3%
Fall 2018	95.2%
Fall 2019	97.9%
Fall 2020	98.4%
Fall 2021	99.5%
Fall 2022	97.4%
Fall 2023	97.2%
Fall 2024	96.4%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1035–1253Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1020	1220
Fall 2002	1020	1250
Fall 2003	1000	1240
Fall 2004	1010	1250
Fall 2005	1010	1250
Fall 2006	1000	1240
Fall 2007	980	1230
Fall 2008	1000	1260
Fall 2009	960	1230
Fall 2010	970	1230
Fall 2011	970	1220
Fall 2012	970	1230
Fall 2013	950	1210
Fall 2014	880	1200
Fall 2015	940	1190
Fall 2016	920	1180
Fall 2017	960	1190
Fall 2019	960	1208
Fall 2020	973	1183
Fall 2021	1000	1200
Fall 2022	980	1220
Fall 2023	890	1260
Fall 2024	1035	1253

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–29Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2003	20	26
Fall 2004	19	27
Fall 2005	21	27
Fall 2006	21	27
Fall 2007	21	26
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	20	26
Fall 2010	21	28
Fall 2011	21	26
Fall 2012	21	27
Fall 2013	20	27
Fall 2014	19	26
Fall 2015	20	26
Fall 2016	20	26
Fall 2017	19	27
Fall 2019	19	25
Fall 2020	20	21
Fall 2021	19	27
Fall 2022	22	29
Fall 2023	22	26
Fall 2024	23	29

IPEDS Fall 2003–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,160Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at The Evergreen State College fell from 3,838 (Fall 2002) to 2,160 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,838
Fall 2003	3,838
Fall 2004	3,907
Fall 2005	3,962
Fall 2006	3,931
Fall 2007	4,135
Fall 2008	4,228
Fall 2009	4,385
Fall 2010	4,314
Fall 2011	4,371
Fall 2012	4,121
Fall 2013	4,017
Fall 2014	3,802
Fall 2015	3,821
Fall 2016	3,732
Fall 2017	3,560
Fall 2018	2,962
Fall 2019	2,527
Fall 2020	2,053
Fall 2021	1,819
Fall 2022	1,799
Fall 2023	2,042
Fall 2024	2,160

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

70%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at The Evergreen State College has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 75% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 70%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	75%
Fall 2003 cohort	71%
Fall 2004 cohort	70%
Fall 2005 cohort	68%
Fall 2006 cohort	68%
Fall 2007 cohort	70%
Fall 2008 cohort	72%
Fall 2009 cohort	73%
Fall 2010 cohort	71%
Fall 2011 cohort	72%
Fall 2012 cohort	74%
Fall 2013 cohort	69%
Fall 2014 cohort	67%
Fall 2015 cohort	68%
Fall 2016 cohort	61%
Fall 2017 cohort	66%
Fall 2018 cohort	66%
Fall 2019 cohort	61%
Fall 2020 cohort	67%
Fall 2021 cohort	65%
Fall 2022 cohort	68%
Fall 2023 cohort	70%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about The Evergreen State College

41.6% of The Evergreen State College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes The Evergreen State College as a primarily residential campus of 2,160 undergraduates — and 69.9% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

The Evergreen State College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1035–1253 — their midpoint is below the WA four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on The Evergreen State College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How The Evergreen State College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

The Evergreen State College96.4%

Washington median83.2%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

The Evergreen State College$9,264

Washington median$19,614

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

The Evergreen State College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

The Evergreen State College$45,320

Washington median$62,092

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

The Evergreen State College, Washington and national reference values
Metric & basis	The Evergreen State College	Washington median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	96.4%	83.2%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$9,264	$19,614	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$45,320	$62,092	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does The Evergreen State College report?

The Evergreen State College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1035–1253 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is The Evergreen State College's acceptance rate?

96.4% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,249 admitted from 1,296 applicants.

How much does The Evergreen State College cost?

In-state tuition is $9,264; out-of-state students pay $31,905. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does The Evergreen State College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $45,320. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Washington

Eastern Washington University — 90.7% admitted
Central Washington University — 90.6% admitted
Saint Martin's University — 89.8% admitted
Washington State University — 86.6% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.