The Evergreen State College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College operates as a public institution located in Olympia, Washington (suburb: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,160 students of which 2,648 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. The Evergreen State College is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 96.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,216 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,319, with published in-state tuition of $9,264 and a Pell grant recipient share of 41.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 42.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.9%. Graduates earn a median of $45,320 ten years after enrolling, compared with $34,774 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 222600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 48.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.