Columbia Basin College
Pasco, Washington
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 4,640 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 151 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,159
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $70,762
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Data ProcessingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,799
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $58,412 a year after finishingNationally: $69,677
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $88,015 a year after finishingNationally: $69,638
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $62,411 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,634
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Nuclear Engineering Technology/TechnicianCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reported
- Nuclear Engineering Technology/TechnicianAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $76,642
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 49 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $85,773 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $94,239 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (14)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 39 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,279
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 30 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, OtherCertificate · 11 finished
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 781 finishedGraduates here earned $32,832 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,094
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,150
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $61,888
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $13,813per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $23,995sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,744Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 4%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 32%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $44,7436 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $51,96710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $11,625federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 19%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Columbia Basin College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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