Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, Washington
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 2,378 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.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $52,515 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $66,399 a year after finishingNationally: $69,677
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,155
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 43 finishedGraduates here earned $47,000 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $82,277 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (18)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 53 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Chemical EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $42,478
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 417 finishedGraduates here earned $31,029 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Materials EngineeringAssociate degree · 2 finished
- Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $52,218
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $17,524per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,699sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,460Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 39%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,2026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $48,31710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 51%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 22%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 Whatcom Community 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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