Washington State College Completion Rate

41 percent in state don't finish college within 6 years
By Nick Perry, Seattle Times higher education reporter

Only 59 percent of Washington university students manage to graduate from the college they start at within six years, a new report has found — but that's still better than in most other states.

The report "Diplomas and Dropouts," put out by the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is aimed at jump-starting debate on problems with college completion. It ranks Washington ninth-best in the nation.

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