Tuition & Fees

Tuition is made up of three parts:

• Operating Fee: supports college operations
• Building Fee: supports infrastructure and innovation
• Services and Activities Fee: supports student activities and programs

Please Note: You will see these three parts of tuition charges broken out separately on your account in ctcLink along with “resident” or “non-resident.” Resident does not refer to housing charges but instead reflects your residency status for tuition purposes.

The average cost to educate a resident full-time community or technical college student for the 2022-23 academic year is $15,023. Students pay an average of $3,527 in tuition toward this cost. The remaining $11,496 is an “opportunity pathway” provided by the State and is funded by state taxes and other sources. The amounts shown are averages for a full-time, resident student. The actual tuition a student pays will vary due to credit load, residency status and other factors.

For more info, see RCW 28B.15.0681.

The tuition and fees listed apply to the year beginning Fall Quarter and may be changed without notice by the Washington State Legislature and/or Board of Trustees.

View the HB 1795 Disclosure Statement, which includes the following:         

1. The sources of all institutional revenue received during the prior academic or fiscal year, including but not limited to state, federal, local, and private sources;
2. The uses of tuition revenue collected during the prior academic or fiscal year by program category as determined by the office of financial management;