Columbia Basin College Trade Programs

Columbia Basin College is a public institution situated in Pasco, Washington. Pasco is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Columbia Basin College?

Contact details for CBC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2600 N 20Th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301
Phone:	509-547-0511
Website:	www.columbiabasin.edu

Can I Afford CBC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time CBC students paid $118 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $170 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,319	$7,098
Fees	$640	$640
Books and Supplies	$942	$942
On Campus Room and Board	$9,980	$9,980
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,605	$2,605

Student Loan Debt

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 CBC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $5,055 a year. That adds up to $20,220 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CBC is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Columbia Basin College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,089 undergraduate students at CBC, with 3,274 being full-time and 2,815 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,274 full-time undergraduates at CBC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Columbia Basin College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	75
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	1,470
White	1,369
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	313

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Columbia Basin College. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at CBC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ukraine, Vietnam, and Rwanda.

Online Learning at Columbia Basin College

In 2020-2021, 5,130 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CBC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CBC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Columbia Basin College was 106.9%. This is the #330 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CBC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.