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General Program Information

Admission: Fall 2025

Program length: 6 quarters

Please refer to the catalog for prerequisites needed for the Design BAS and course planning.

Design BAS Catalog Info

Accreditation

Lake Washington Institute of Technology is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities at the associate degree level and at the baccalaureate level.

Estimated Program Costs

Estimated costs do not include pre-requisite coursework. These numbers are estimates and are subject to change.

Description	Estimated Cost
Estimated Tuition & Fee Cost	$14,776
Estimated Books and Supplies	$4,295
Estimated Class/Lab Fees	$6,345
Estimated Technology Fees	$2,556
Total Program Cost	$27,972

Application Deadlines

Qualified students accepted on a rolling basis until the program is filled; early applications are encouraged by preferred deadline above.

Quarter Start & Deadline:
- Fall 2025
  - Deadline: May 20, 2025

Rolling Admission process will be used for applications received after May 20, 2025.

Locating the Application

The Design BAS application is an online application. Each program's Selective Admission form is unique to their program, so be sure you're filling out the correct form.

The application form for the Design BAS is coming soon!

Application Requirements

Applicants must have earned an Applied Associate Degree, or equivalent, from an accredited institution with a minimum of 60 quarter credits or equivalent in an appropriate technical area of concentration or a design-related discipline.
Design portfolio with five to seven projects.
Minimum 2.0 GPA cumulative across all college coursework.

Required Courses for Application

The following requirements must be met before filling out the admission application for the Design BAS program:

Minimum of 60 quarter credits in an appropriate technical area of concentration or a design-related discipline.
Minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA across all college coursework
Completion of at least 30 credits of college-level General Education prerequisite courses with a minimum 2.0 GPA in each of the following classes:
English Composition: 5 credits (ENGL&101 or equivalent)
Social Sciences: 5 credits
Humanities: 10 credits (College level course: drawing, Art History, and design-related courses preferred)
Quantitative Reasoning: 5 credits (Any college-level math course with Intermediate Algebra as its prerequisite, or higher)
Science: 5 credits (Any college-level science course with lab)

Submitting Your Application

Once your application is completed, make sure to click the Submit Application button on the last page. If you do not submit, your application is considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.

Checking Application Status

You will receive an admissions decision within 5 weeks after the deadline from the Selective Admissions Office. You can check on the progress of your admission decision status by logging into your Self-Service Center. Requirement status will be updated manually, when admission staff process and verifies your application documents

Application Decision Status

The final decision status will be available on your online account. You can check decision status by logging into your Self-Service Center. To accept the offer of admission, you must return an accept/decline form. Click Respond in the top-right of this letter and submit online. If you experience any difficulty with this form, please email selective.admission@lwtech.edu or call (425) 739-8104 to get assistance.

Transferring Credits To LWTech

Academic classes can only be accepted from accredited institutions.
Due to high demand for evaluation services, students are encouraged to submit official transcripts at the time they apply to LWTech.
Evaluation results will be available 2 - 4 weeks after the receipt of official transcripts.
The results of the evaluation can be viewed by viewing your Degree Progress for your current program of study.
Email selective.admission@lwtech.edu if your transcript is not received or evaluated after 4 weeks.

Paying for College

Apply for financial aid, the most common applications are the FAFSA and the WASFA. To learn more visit the Pay for College page.

Financial Aid takes significant time to process; please apply early before you apply to the program so that you are not delayed in receiving funding.