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The Evergreen State College was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Evergreen landed the #1,309 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Evergreen is also ranked #27 out of 51 schools in Washington.
With an acceptance rate of 99%, The Evergreen State College is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 13% of students accepted to Evergreen submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 470 and 570.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, The Evergreen State College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The Evergreen State College is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at The Evergreen State College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Evergreen this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,080 undergraduates at Evergreen with 1,868 being full-time and 212 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,711 | $12,613 | $16,404 | $21,614 | $21,781 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Evergreen, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Evergreen, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,145 a year. That adds up to $20,580 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Evergreen is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Evergreen are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2700 Evergreen Pkwy Nw, Olympia, WA 98505-0001 |
| Phone: | 360-867-6170 |
| Website: | https://www.evergreen.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/TheEvergreenStateCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/EvergreenStCol |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 541 | $24,118 |
| Biological & Physical Science | 136 | $25,468 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 0 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 0 | NA |
| Public Administration | 0 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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