Seattle Central College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 49 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 14.3%
- No Data42 · 85.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 12
- Jan 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Feb 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,000 students received $7.7M in Pell grants, alongside $3.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 359 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (2.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Seattle Central College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus32
Includes 10 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Seattle Central College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Seattle Central College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSeattle Central College | 32% | — | 5,396 | $8,819 | Baccalaureate |
| — | — | 6,199 | $8,376 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 7,510 | $8,317 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 5,569 | $10,740 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 5,784 | $7,172 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 5,210 | $6,004 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 32% | — | 5,677 | $8,347 |
Institutions like Seattle Central College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Seattle Central College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateWashington
Tacoma Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment6,199Net price$8,376View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Columbia Basin College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,510Net price$8,317View data - BaccalaureateWashington
North Seattle College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,569Net price$10,740View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Olympic College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,784Net price$7,172View data - BaccalaureateWashington
South Seattle College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,210Net price$6,004View data
Seattle Central College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness furthers the College’s mission and strategic goals by providing timely and actionable information to facilitate data-informed decision-making and support continuous improvement.
Visit IR office page- Jenni BranstadExecutive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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