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Is The Evergreen State College worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for The Evergreen State, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Heavy lift
The Evergreen State lands in the heavy lift band for a typical family. The combination of $24,319 in yearly net price and $20,500 in median debt asks a lot relative to median earnings of $45,320. For context, The Evergreen State's net price runs about 40% above the typical 4-year, public school. This does not make the school wrong for every student, but it does mean the price deserves a closer test.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 774 similar 4-year, public schools
This school
$18,480
/yrAverage school like this
$13,155
/yrThis weighs on your Worth-It Score
You'd pay about $5,326 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $21,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$24,319
Median earnings 10 years out
$45,320
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
Graduation rate
43%
At The Evergreen State, a typical graduate carries about $20,500 in student debt and earns roughly $45,320 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $233 per month, or 6% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
What this means for your family
The Evergreen State is a public four year school in Olympia, WA. For many families, the key question is whether the published value here beats cheaper in state or regional alternatives once your real aid offer arrives.
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Common questions about The Evergreen State
The median net price at The Evergreen State is $24,319 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →