Why Choose Cascadia?

 

Location

Cascadia College is located on the west coast of the United States, only 12 miles (19 km) from Seattle. Seattle is a friendly and culturally diverse place, and it's consistently ranked among America's best places to live, work and study. The area has world-class companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing, T-Mobile, Costco and Amazon. Cascadia’s beautiful campus is also within walking distance of shops, restaurants, nature trails, mountain ranges and the Puget Sound.

Every quarter, international students take part in field trips and activities in and around Seattle. Students can visit Downtown Seattle or go on shopping trips to the Seattle Premium Outlet Mall or Bellevue Square, Alderwood Mall. International Programs also regularly organizes outings and day trips to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Leavenworth (a German-themed town), or to go kayaking at Bothell Landing, bowling, or to sporting events.

International Programs organizes social events on Cascadia’s campus for students including international holiday gatherings, game days, and cultural events that give its students an opportunity to showcase their own cultures.

Affordability

Cascadia College offers some of the most affordable English language and undergraduate programs in the country. Affordable studies give international students more opportunity to explore and understand their interests before beginning studies in their major area. At Cascadia College, our mission is to provide all students with an excellent, comprehensive, and affordable education for your academic success. See below a comparison chart of costs for international students in the west coast of the United States:

 

Shared UW Campus

Cascadia shares a campus and facilities with the University of Washington Bothell. This partnership offers Cascadia students many of the benefits of a four-year university without the high cost. Benefits include:

• Shared use of the entire University of Washington library system.
• Shared use of food services and the newly-built athletic fields.
• Some classes are taught by UWB faculty.
• Shared use of Activities and Recreation Center.
• Shared state-of-the-art STEM instructional building, $79.6 million budget project, in progress with expected project completion August 2023.
• ORCA card with unlimited rides.
• Easy access to UWB for transfer advising.

Transferability

Cascadia transfers the highest percentage of students to the University of Washington (UW) system of any college in the state. Apart from UW, international students transfer to top universities across the US to pursue their college degrees. This chart below provides a snapshot of where Cascadia’s international students have gone on for bachelor’s degrees in 2020.