College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public · Bachelor-granting · 31,942 undergrads · 39% admitted

Do students finish?

85% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$32,446/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$129,784 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$78,466 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $50,171 median $78,466 75th pct $115,782

83% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

75 Bachelor's programs · $20,214 to $137,584 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $137,584 $15,422

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $121,083 $28,625

Computer Science.Bachelor's $101,710 $15,351

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $75,688 $12,500

Architectural Sciences and Technology.Bachelor's $74,462 $18,977

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $73,856 $14,000

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $70,966 $17,054

Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering.Bachelor's $70,279 —

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $70,127 $16,743

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $67,196 $15,127

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $66,636 $14,448

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $66,369 $13,000

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $65,792 $12,410

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $65,357 $15,000

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $61,461 —

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $59,174 $13,856

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $56,925 —

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $54,017 —

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $52,825 $14,828

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $50,892 $14,000

Economics.Bachelor's $49,591 $14,488

Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $49,494 $12,250

Marketing.Bachelor's $48,321 $15,000

Education, General.Bachelor's $47,896 $14,159

Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $47,335 $18,268

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $44,694 $13,654

Urban Studies/Affairs.Bachelor's $44,241 $15,757

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $43,618 $17,501

Mathematics.Bachelor's $43,164 $15,000

Architecture.Bachelor's $43,109 $19,748

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $42,576 $11,628

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning.Bachelor's $39,577 —

Physics.Bachelor's $38,470 $15,415

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $38,172 $13,787

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $38,071 $19,000

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $38,001 $13,290

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $37,823 $15,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $37,549 $15,249

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $37,428 $11,272

Non-Professional Legal Studies.Bachelor's $37,114 $14,512

Education, Other.Bachelor's $36,592 —

Area Studies.Bachelor's $36,522 $14,845

Philosophy.Bachelor's $36,290 $13,500

Public Health.Bachelor's $36,267 $15,500

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $36,089 $13,849

Sociology.Bachelor's $35,950 $18,181

Social Work.Bachelor's $35,399 $13,400

Research and Experimental Psychology.Bachelor's $34,429 $15,379

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.Bachelor's $34,123 $11,557

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $33,546 —

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.Bachelor's $33,381 $13,530

Chemistry.Bachelor's $33,222 $15,081

Biology, General.Bachelor's $32,362 $13,809

Social Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $31,911 $11,734

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.Bachelor's $30,943 —

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $30,890 $14,342

Anthropology.Bachelor's $30,755 $11,715

Journalism.Bachelor's $30,444 $13,654

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $30,403 $15,932

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $30,294 $13,000

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $30,037 $13,264

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $29,213 $12,551

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.Bachelor's $29,036 $17,250

History.Bachelor's $28,876 $15,000

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $28,824 $14,014

Computer Software and Media Applications.Bachelor's $28,147 $15,000

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $28,026 —

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $27,937 $14,019

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $27,813 $15,000

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $27,565 $17,256

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $27,075 $15,071

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.Bachelor's $26,604 $14,691

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $24,917 $14,000

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $20,240 $12,542

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $20,214 —

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$12,375

≈ 16% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (133 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website