Olympic College vs Bellingham Technical College

Bremerton, WA · Bellingham, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair WA:WA

PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Olympic College: average net price rose +28.1% from $6,056 (2013) to $7,755 (2023), r² 0.52.
  • Bellingham Technical College: net price ranged $1,893–$6,787 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Olympic College: enrollment shrank -33.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -124 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.
  • Bellingham Technical College: enrollment ranged 211–1,706 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Olympic College vs Bellingham Technical College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,809 vs $9,740 at Olympic College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Olympic College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (44.4% vs 32.6% at Olympic College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Olympic College and Bellingham Technical College?
Bellingham Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,809 versus $9,740 at Olympic College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Olympic College and Bellingham Technical College?
Olympic College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Olympic College and Bellingham Technical College?
Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 44.4% versus 32.6% at Olympic College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025