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Whatcom Community College

237 W Kellogg Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226 · Public 4-year · (360) 383-3000 · School website

Average net price

$11,795

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

158

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

20.6%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Washington's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Whatcom Community College

Whatcom Community College reported 158 certificate and associate completions in 6 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in CNA (54). College Scorecard counts 2,378 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	54	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	51	Not published	WIOA list
Cybersecurity	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	24	Not published	WIOA list
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	Not published	WIOA list
Massage therapy	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	13	Not published	WIOA list
Billing and coding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Whatcom Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $5,115
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,115
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $11,037
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $528
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $11,795
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,643
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $44,092

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Whatcom Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other CNA programs within 40 miles

Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, WA · 2.1 mi
Skagit Valley CollegeMount Vernon, WA · 26.0 mi

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