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“My parents and I thought Seattle Pacific University would be too expensive, but financial aid helped make it happen — and work-study even showed me to the right career path.”

— Marie Baldwin
Seattle Pacific University


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Total Cost of Attendance

  • Don't choose a college based on tuition alone, look at financial aid to find the "Net Price" (tuition and fees, minus financial aid).

When you're calculating how much college is going to cost you, there are many factors to consider. Beyond tuition you have to think about housing, books and many other expenses. The chart below should give you a rough idea about fees and financial aid available. It's important to remember that, even though college costs a lot of money, there's money available to help you pay these costs. Go to the Paying for College page to find out more about scholarships, grants and savings plans. You'll probably also want to take out some loans. This is not as bad a thing as it seems. It's a better investment to take out some loans to go to a good school than to not take out loans.

Average Need Based Financial Aid Award
(2008-2009)		 Percentage Receiving Some Type of Aid (Not the Average) Tuition and Fees
(2009-10)
Room and Board
(2009-10)		 Estimated Other Costs (Books, Transportation, etc.) Average Debt on Graduation
(2008)
Gonzaga University $18,225 98% $29.200 $7,976 $3,800 $23,416
Heritage University $12,498 96% $11,160 Commuting $2532 $4,020 $16,102
Pacific Lutheran University $18,926 97% $28,100 $8,600 $3,505 $22,243
Saint Martin's University $17,700 94% $24,880 $8,360 $4,000 $20,863
Seattle Pacific University $19,709 85% $27,450 $8,544 $3,492 $22,709
Seattle University $23,740 81% $29,340 $8,805 $4,881 $18,329
University of Puget Sound $22,740 93% $35,440 $9,190 $3,300 $26,762
Walla Walla University $17,579 84% $22,575 $5,010 $2,190 $26,715
Whitman College $22,300 86% $36,620 $9,260 $1,400 $16,300
Whitworth University $17,200 97% $27,309 $8,120 $3,250 $18,478
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the Ben B. Cheney Foundation		 published by Independent Colleges of Washington