Public · Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Bay Community College

Tillamook Bay Community College is a public institution in Tillamook, Oregon. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$5,405
Avg net price / yr
30.7%
150%-time completion
Town: Distant Carnegie: Associate's
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Tillamook Bay Community College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

C-
College Value Score
52/100
Tillamook Bay Community College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$5,405
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
30.7%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Tillamook Bay Community College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$5,405

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

30.7%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 30.7%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Tillamook Bay Community College vs peers

Tillamook Bay Community College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 4 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Tillamook Bay Community College positioned b… Carnegie Classification: Associate's Associate's COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $33K $67K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $9K $19K Avg Net Price ($) Clatsop Community College: $39K earn · $11K net · 27% grad Clatsop Community … Columbia Gorge Community College: $44K earn · $10K net · 22% grad Columbia Gorge Com… Blue Mountain Community College: $38K earn · $13K net · 27% grad Blue Mountain Comm… Oregon State University-Cascades Campus: $64K earn · $18K net · 54% grad Oregon State Unive… Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

Quick Facts

294
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
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SAT average
30.7%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention

How Tillamook Bay Community College ranks in Oregon

State rank among 59 reporting Oregon colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Tillamook Bay Community College State rank Percentile
Average net price $5,405 #1 of 56 98th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 30.7% #46 of 57 19th
Undergraduate enrollment 294 #39 of 65 40th

Highest former-student earnings in Oregon

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Oregon Health & Science University$101,028-
2University of Portland$82,804$28,210
3Linfield University$78,638$26,536
4Oregon Institute of Technology$72,273$15,706
5Oregon State University$64,010$19,604
6Oregon State University-Cascades Campus$64,010$18,048
7Reed College$62,927$33,013
8Lewis & Clark College$62,205$36,013
9University of Oregon$61,324$22,182
10Pacific University$60,583$35,273
11George Fox University$59,761$31,679
12Portland State University$57,906$9,552

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Tillamook Bay Community College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Tillamook Bay Community College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $4,896
Out-of-State Tuition $5,616
Average Net Price $5,405
25.4%
Pell Grant Rate
1.8%
Federal Loan Rate

Tillamook Bay Community College costs less today than it did in 2013

Average net price fell from $8,529 to $4,700 (-44.9%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.

Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $8,5292014: $6,6582015: $6,5732016: $7,6302017: $6,5872018: $5,1752019: $5,4432020: $3,6612021: $4,5692022: $3,7962023: $4,700
2013 · $8,5292023 · $4,700

Over the same years, enrollment went -47.9% (514 → 268 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

65.6%
Female
49.0%
First Generation

Outcomes

$30,821
Median Earnings (6yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 30.7%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $30,821

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's 94 $44,358 -

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Tillamook Bay Community College cost?
The average net price at Tillamook Bay Community College is $5,405. In-state tuition is $4,896 and out-of-state tuition is $5,616.
What is the graduation rate at Tillamook Bay Community College?
Tillamook Bay Community College has a 30.7% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Tillamook Bay Community College

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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Public-institution profiles compile Scorecard Title-IV earnings, IPEDS enrollment/admissions, and Treasury linkage fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.