CTAS - College Tuition Advisory Services

This report shows retention (% of students who return to a college to begin their 2nd year after entering the year prior) for individual colleges. Tables are sorted by 2019 retention. Please use the searchable blocks to find specific colleges. Tables include the average retention for 2010-2014, 2015-2018 and then for 2019 (the most recent data provided by the Department of Education).

College	City	Avg Retention Percentage 2010 to 2014	Avg Retention Percentage 2015 to 2018	Retention Percentage 2019
Charter	Anchorage	49	56
Bellevue	Bellevue
Bellingham Tech	Bellingham	61	67
Big Bend CC	Moses Lake	60	60	61
Central Washington	Ellensburg	75	73	70
Centralia	Centralia	52
Clark	Vancouver	55
Clover Park Tech	Lakewood	59	49
Columbia Basin	Pasco	57
Eastern Washington	Cheney	75	75	69
Edmonds CC	Lynnwood	57	60
Everett CC	Everett	58	62	61
Evergreen State	Olympia	71	64	65
Pierce-Ft Steilacoom	Lakewood	47	46
Gonzaga	Spokane	92	93	93
Green River	Auburn	58	57
Highline	Des Moines	55
Bates Tech	Tacoma	66	63	67
Lake Washington Tech	Kirkland	55
Lower Columbia	Longview	53	51
North Seattle	Seattle	49
Olympic	Bremerton
Pacific Lutheran	Tacoma	81	82	81
Puget Sound	Tacoma	87	84	80
South Seattle	Seattle	100
Seattle Central	Seattle
Seattle Pacific	Seattle	84	81	80
Seattle	Seattle	86	85	87
Shoreline CC	Shoreline	62	59	53
Skagit Valley	Mount Vernon	51
South Puget Sound CC	Olympia	55	58	60
Spokane CC	Spokane	53	51
Spokane Falls CC	Spokane	52	51
Tacoma CC	Tacoma	59	58
Walla Walla CC	Walla Walla	59	66
Walla Walla	College Place	78	81	78
Washington State	Pullman	80	78	78
Washington	Seattle	93	93	94
Wenatchee Valley	Wenatchee	59	61
Western Washington	Bellingham	83	81	81
Whatcom CC	Bellingham	58	59
Whitman	Walla Walla	94	92	89
Whitworth	Spokane	85	84	83
Yakima Valley	Yakima	56
Washington-Bothell	Bothell	81	84	82
Washington-Tacoma	Tacoma	73	76	79
Pierce-Puyallup	Puyallup	47	46	42
Cascadia	Bothell	58

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College Retention – State of Washington colleges