Business/Commerce, General programs in Washington

34 schools in Washington teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $31,839 at Tacoma Community College.

What this work pays in Washington

General and Operations Managers in Washington earn a median of $133,750 a year across 50,630 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in Washington
Project Management Specialists	$124,160	36,240
Management Analysts	$109,170	24,760
Managers, All Other	$164,160	10,490
Sales Managers	$174,000	10,030
Cost Estimators	$86,070	7,470

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Tacoma Community College Tacoma	Associate's degree	$10,983	$31,839 (19 grads)	52
Pierce College District Lakewood	Associate's degree	—	$29,685 (17 grads)	92
Clark College Vancouver	Associate's degree	$10,325	not published	83
Bellevue College Bellevue	Associate's degree	—	not published	149
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham	Associate's degree	—	not published	4
Big Bend Community College Moses Lake	Associate's degree	—	not published	15
Cascadia College Bothell	Associate's degree	—	not published	69
Centralia College Centralia	Associate's degree	—	not published	4
Columbia Basin College Pasco	Associate's degree	—	not published	17
Edmonds College Lynnwood	Associate's degree	—	not published	126
Everett Community College Everett	Associate's degree	—	not published	78
Grays Harbor College Aberdeen	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
Green River College Auburn	Associate's degree	—	not published	97
Heritage University Toppenish	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
Highline College Des Moines	Associate's degree	—	not published	56
Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland	Associate's degree	—	not published	14
Lower Columbia College Longview	Associate's degree	—	not published	9
North Seattle College Seattle	Associate's degree	—	not published	41
Olympic College Bremerton	Associate's degree	—	not published	50
Peninsula College Port Angeles	Associate's degree	—	not published	2
Renton Technical College Renton	Associate's degree	—	not published	4
Seattle Central College Seattle	Associate's degree	—	not published	79
Shoreline College Shoreline	Associate's degree	—	not published	61
Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon	Associate's degree	—	not published	30
South Puget Sound Community College Olympia	Associate's degree	—	not published	59
South Seattle College Seattle	Associate's degree	—	not published	57
Spokane Community College Spokane	Associate's degree	—	not published	20
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane	Associate's degree	—	not published	32
Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla	Associate's degree	—	not published	7
Walla Walla University College Place	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	—
Walla Walla University College Place	Associate's degree	—	not published	2
Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee	Associate's degree	—	not published	19
Whatcom Community College Bellingham	Associate's degree	—	not published	57
Yakima Valley College Yakima	Associate's degree	—	not published	30

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Business/Commerce, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.