Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA · Public · Midsize city · TCC
Public institution in Tacoma, WA · 4,248 undergraduates · $47,168 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 10%Cost of attendance
- Top 12%Median graduate debt
- Top 14%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $9,321285th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,920150th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $11,030329th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $16,197204th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $13,000225th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,1681,234th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,7901,304th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 32.8%1,700th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4,248554th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 24.3%1,488th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 17 mi (SEA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 4 sports
NWAC · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $156,108 (M $83,094 · W $73,014)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Tacoma Community College’s 4,248 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Columbia Basin CollegePasco, WA · 4,226 undergrads
- Seattle UniversitySeattle, WA · 4,117 undergrads
- Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, WA · 4,114 undergrads
- Pierce College DistrictLakewood, WA · 4,487 undergrads
- Green River CollegeAuburn, WA · 4,573 undergrads
- Seattle Central CollegeSeattle, WA · 3,879 undergrads
Elsewhere
- University of Southern MainePortland, ME · 4,245 undergrads
- Nightingale CollegeSalt Lake City, UT · 4,244 undergrads
- Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · 4,244 undergrads
- Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA · 4,254 undergrads
- Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE · 4,231 undergrads
- Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, CO · 4,281 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitetacomacc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 236753)
- Compare colleges in WARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in WashingtonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Columbia Basin CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Tacoma Community College vs Columbia Basin CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 4 EADA programs at this school
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