Washington offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your Washington research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Olympia. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Olympia is right for you.
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON QUICK STATSCounty: Thurston
Incorporated: 1859
Elevation: 130 feet
Land Area: 16.7 square miles
Population Density: 2712 people per square mile
Population: 45,322
Population change since 2000: 6.60%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (83.1%), Hispanic (4.4%), Two or more races (3.8%), American Indian (2.5%), Vietnamese (2.3%), Black (1.9%), Other race (1.7%), Chinese (0.8%), Korean (0.7%), Other Asian (0.7%), Filipino (0.6%)
Ancestries (City): German (19.4%), Irish (14.4%), English (13.7%), Norwegian (6.3%), United States (4.3%), Scottish (4.1%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (19.2 miles , pop. 58,211)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (48.2 miles , pop. 563,374)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (926.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820)
Nearest cities: Tumwater, WA (1.6 miles ), Lacey, WA (2.0 miles ), Tanglewilde-Thompson Place, WA (2.3 miles ), Nisqually Indian Community, WA (3.3 miles ), DuPont, WA (3.6 miles ), Tenino, WA (3.6 miles ), Kamilche, WA (3.7 miles ), Rainier, WA (3.8 miles )
Olympia Compared to State Average: Black race population percentage below state average. Hispanic race population percentage below state average. Foreign-born population percentage below state average. Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 91.60%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 40.30%
Graduate or professional degree: 15.00%
Colleges/Universities in Olympia:
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE Full-time enrollment: 3,749, Location: 2700 EVERGREEN PKY NW, Public, Website: www.evergreen.edu, Offers Master's degree SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FT enrollment: 2,908, Location: 2011 MOTTMAN RD SW, Public, Website: www.spscc.ctc.edu)
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Olympia:
PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM about 19 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, Full-time enrollment: 5,921 CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 21 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, FT enrollment: 3,819 TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 23 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710 BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 25 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710 UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND about 25 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 2,754 PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY about 37 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,265 OLYMPIC COLLEGE about 39 miles, BREMERTON, WA, FT enrollment: 3,889
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