About Renton Campus

The Everest College - Renton campus is situated at 981 Powell Ave., SW Ste. 200, Renton, WA 98057, approximately one-half mile west of the intersection of I-405 and Rainier Avenue (Highway 67) southwest of downtown Renton.

The site has ample off-street parking and is also within a block of metro bus service that runs along nearby SW Grady Way. If you take public transportation to campus, contact your local Transit Authority or campus representative for accurate routes and schedules.

For students with small children, several daycare centers are within an easy five-minute drive of the campus. These include Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Medallion School, Little Aviators Child Development and Head Start.

Hungry? There are dozens of restaurants in the area to satisfy any taste or budget. These include Red Robin, Papaya Vietnamese Cafe, Thai Sixty-Five, Rock Wood & Fired Pizza, City Cafe, Jack-in-the-Box, Burger King, Billy McHale's, Renton Teriyaki and McDonald's.

If you need to do some household shopping while in the area, there's a DK Market just a quarter mile away in the shopping center at SW Grady Way and Rainier Avenue.

For after-school entertainment, Regal Cinema's The Landing Stadium 14 movie theater complex is just one block away.

More About Renton

Part of the Seattle metropolitan area, Renton is situated on the southeast shores of Lake Washington. Originally a coal mining town, the city became a major aerospace center when Boeing began building its B-29 Superfortress bombers there in the early 1940s. Renton continues to be one of Boeing's largest manufacturing centers. It's estimated that 40 percent of all commercial aircraft flying today were built in Renton.

Although still anchored in aerospace, Renton has, over the last 20 years, significantly diversified its economy. Several prominent video gaming and social networking companies now call Renton home, and the Federal Reserve Bank recently opened a major facility in the city. Renton has also welcomed several big-box retailers to its commercial mix.

Renton's climate is virtually identical to nearby Seattle's. Summers tend to be temperate, with highs averaging in the mid- to high 70s and occasional heat waves driving highs into the 90s. Winters are cloudy, cool and rainy, with temperatures averaging in the 40s and 50s.

The city is served by the King County Metro and Sound Transit Express bus systems, one of the West Coast's best public transportation networks.