Western Washington University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

The published price is reduced on average for aid recipients, but the reduction is not uniform across family-income bands. Aid covers about 30% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.

That share is an average across recipients, not a promise for any particular family. The income pattern runs from lower average net prices in the lowest bands through higher prices in the middle and upper bands.

This shows aid is more concentrated toward lower-income recipients within these averages, rather than describing an individual award. The overall aid share and lower prices in the lower bands point in the same direction: average assistance is greater there.

Western Washington University has a published cost of attendance of $30,359, and aid recipients face different average prices across family-income bands. In the lowest family-income band, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $12,915; it is $14,147 in the lower-middle band, $17,539 in the middle band, $24,301 in the upper-middle band, and $27,984 in the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $15,069. Azimuth ranks Western Washington University #527 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 30% of the published cost, an average savings of $9,166. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $21,193, which is $5,559 above the peer median of $15,634 at comparable institutions (same type and size).

Published in-state tuition is $9,582, and out-of-state tuition is $28,707. Aid offsets part of the sticker price, though the overall average net price sits above the comparable-institution median.

Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $18,500, and 83.8% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. That median is $1,576 below the $20,076 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $210 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $23,123.

For completers who borrowed federal loans, median federal student loan debt is $18,500, which is $1,576 below the $20,076 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Federal loans are used by 83.8% of federal aid recipients.

Parent PLUS borrowers are a separate parent-borrower population, with median borrowing of $23,123.

Western Washington University has its strongest Azimuth pillar in mobility, but the investment picture is mixed. Graduates earn a median of $58,560 four years after completion.

Azimuth places that earnings level in the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is less favorable here.

Graduates earn about $3,882 less than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places this measure in the 40th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios range from $43,952 in a downside scenario to $81,505 in an upside scenario, with $58,560 as the typical scenario. Median federal student loan debt at completion is $18,500, $1,576 below the $20,076 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $210 a month if repaid over ten years. Lower debt does not offset the below-expected earnings picture.

Parent borrowers at Western Washington University had median Parent PLUS borrowing of $23,123. For student borrowers, the median federal debt cited above corresponds to an estimated payment of $210 a month if repaid over ten years.

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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