Program Payoff

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington. 10 certificate and associate programs, public. 10 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Washington.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language Undergraduate certificate $15,000 not published $102,350
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Computer and Information Sciences, General Undergraduate certificate not published $166,540
Software Developers
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $124,160
Project Management Specialists
Design and Applied Arts Undergraduate certificate not published $130,480
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Undergraduate certificate not published $88,790
Compliance Officers
Geography and Cartography Undergraduate certificate not published $164,160
Managers, All Other
Historic Preservation and Conservation Undergraduate certificate not published $164,160
Managers, All Other
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Undergraduate certificate not published $88,790
Compliance Officers
Outdoor Education Undergraduate certificate not published $44,890
Recreation Workers
Sustainability Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $98,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.