University of Washington-Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA · Public · 5,457 undergrads (medium, suburb) · website ↗

Test-optional
$60 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$5,573
$30,000 – $48,000	$6,350
$48,000 – $75,000	$8,415
$75,000 – $110,000	$15,215
Over $110,000	$25,993
All incomes (average)	$12,319

Sticker tuition and fees: $12,919 in-state, $43,155 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of Washington-Bothell Campus's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$17,538
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$17,538
Books and supplies	$900
Other expenses, on campus	$4,110
Other expenses, off campus	$4,110

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (947 of them) in 2022–23; 56% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	46%	$14,569
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	30%	$5,209
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	33%	$4,433
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	19%	$4,380

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 91%
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 29%
Graduation rate (6yr): 65%
Freshman retention: 86%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $78,466
Median debt at graduation: $14,615
International undergrads: 156 (3%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $60
Students per faculty member: 22 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 63%
Open admission: No

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Considered if submitted
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Considered if submitted
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Considered if submitted
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 4,776
Admitted: 4,383
Enrolled: 1,186

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business24%

Computer Science19%

Health & Nursing14%

Biology & Life Sciences8%

Psychology6%

Communications & Media5%

Engineering5%

Education3%

Social Sciences3%

Mathematics & Statistics2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (30)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer Science	242	$128,218	$175,616national $107,009	$12,051
Business Administration, Management and Operations	209	$54,797	$78,771national $68,257	$14,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	113	$91,541	$98,632national $88,910	$12,500
Biology, General	98	$42,473	$59,443national $57,214	$15,000
Public Health	98	$46,462	$63,666national $58,808	$12,059
Communication and Media Studies	83	$47,679	$64,153national $56,359	$12,516
Accounting and Related Services	64	$70,384	$88,393national $76,194	$14,798
Marketing	62	$61,306	$88,114national $69,303	$12,948
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	59	$84,874	$116,010national $100,647	$13,070
Psychology, General	58	$42,125	$54,016national $50,706	$15,000
Mechanical Engineering	55	$79,240	$102,078national $92,135	$13,447
Education, General	53	$43,090	$65,217national $49,808	$10,372
Political Science and Government	45	$48,220	$72,487national $63,293	$13,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General	37	$77,881	$114,798national $92,374	$12,601
Mathematics	28	$62,769	$100,127national $69,562	$12,627
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	27	$70,242	$95,193national $86,176	$10,103
Philosophy	26	$46,234	$61,595national $54,455	$12,775
Computer Software and Media Applications	25	$49,142	$71,462national $58,894	—
Computer Engineering	25	$147,670	$169,570national $109,015	$13,570
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	25	$43,809	$52,771national $50,523	$12,498
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	21	$30,753	$46,844national $53,072	$11,951
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	18	$39,767	$58,229national $55,012	$14,000
International/Globalization Studies	15	$42,133	$49,475national $59,972	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	14	$44,247	$66,845national $60,190	$12,769
Physics	12	$45,902	$75,867national $76,786	$16,052
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	10	$40,886	$58,818national $65,466	$12,000
Area Studies	6	$43,984	$56,926national $56,625	$11,125
Chemistry	6	$54,555	$64,676national $65,120	$12,438
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	3	$41,150	$57,534national $51,710	$13,000
Fine and Studio Arts	0	$32,554	$53,805national $41,367	$12,500

Master's degrees (12)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	48	$171,110	$194,296national $103,485	$56,000
Computer Science	45	$121,837	—national $145,571	—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	22	$129,755	$137,533national $120,193	$36,984
Education, General	21	$75,832	$84,551national $65,824	$20,426
Accounting and Related Services	16	$78,964	$102,727national $95,833	$24,458
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	15	$46,076	$48,576national $55,035	—
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	12	$105,999	$133,081national $121,855	$38,683
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	10	$134,073	$146,735national $133,654	$41,166
Public Policy Analysis	8	—	$84,234national $93,020	—
Computer and Information Sciences, General	0	$124,247	$170,194national $124,201	$37,297
Educational Administration and Supervision	0	$66,366	$87,362national $71,685	$41,949
Public Health	0	$78,539	$92,611national $82,751	$54,678

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 10 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 3 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246
Phone: (425) 352-5000
Institutional accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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