Community colleges

Grays Harbor College

Aberdeen, WA Β· Public Β· 1,010 undergrads Β· website β†—

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

11.7%

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring
not published

had finished a degree by year 2

Still enrolled after transferring
4.4%

still progressing at year 2

What it costs

Household incomeAvg net price / year
Under $30,000$2,988
$30,000 – $48,000$2,129
$48,000 – $75,000$6,781
$75,000 – $110,000$8,318
Over $110,000$15,073
All incomes (average)$4,783

Sticker tuition and fees: $5,593 in-state β€” before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Grays Harbor College's own net price calculator β€” every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator β†—

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)$13,380
Books and supplies$1,200
Other expenses, off campus$4,686

Outcomes

Completion rate
40%

at this college

Students with Pell grants
28%
Earnings @ 10yr
$40,865

after entering

Median debt
$11,075

at graduation

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy
Open admission

Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)

Application fee
None

undergraduate, 2023–24

Students per faculty member
14 to 1

undergraduates, fall 2024

Faculty who are full-time
97%

fall 2024

What students study

Health & Nursing11%
Education7%
Business7%
Environmental Studies4%
Physics & Chemistry1%
Criminal Justice1%
Biology & Life Sciences1%
Visual & Performing Arts0%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. β€œNational” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (2)

Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities176β€”$42,966national $44,125β€”
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing31β€”$90,198national $80,813β€”

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured β€” not zero. 40 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in WA

Contact and accreditation

Address
1620 Edward P Smith Drive, Aberdeen, WA 98520-7599
Phone
(360) 532-9020
Institutional accreditor
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Where would you transfer to?

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally β€” confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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