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Lower Columbia College
Longview, WA · Public · 1,932 students · mostly associate degrees
12th-cheapest of 83 Washington colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$7,630
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$16,169
Graduation rate
23%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$40,691
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$10,506
Pell grant recipients
36%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
54 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree116 grads/yr$92,471Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma23 grads/yr$43,006General Studies · Associate's Degree268 grads/yr$41,925
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.