Olympic College Overview

Olympic College is a public institution located in Bremerton, Washington. Bremerton is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Olympic College Known For?

• Students at OC have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at OC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 97% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Olympic College?

Contact details for OC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Chester Ave, Bremerton, WA 98337-1699
Phone:	360-792-6050
Website:	www.olympic.edu

How Do I Get Into OC?

You can apply to OC online at: https://www.public.ctc.edu/ApplicantWebClient/Applicant/ApplWelcome.aspx

Since Olympic College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Olympic College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At OC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,225 a year. That adds up to $20,900 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OC is 4.6%. 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.

Olympic College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,999 undergraduate students at OC, with 3,069 being full-time and 1,930 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,069 full-time undergraduates at OC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	201
Black or African American	82
Hispanic or Latino	336
White	1,907
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	504

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 26 countries are represented at OC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Olympic College

In 2020-2021, 4,531 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of OC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Olympic College was 93.6%. This is the #443 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at OC 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.