Pierce College District
Lakewood, Washington
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 5,313 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $58,932 a year after finishingNationally: $44,159
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $23,507 a year after finishingNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $97,252 a year after finishingNationally: $69,638
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Engineering technology
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
- Fire ProtectionBachelor's degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $80,581
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 46 finishedGraduates here earned $87,231 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (28)
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 37 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 96 finishedGraduates here earned $34,255 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Construction ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $59,911
- Construction ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $58,990
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $40,754
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,128 finishedGraduates here earned $34,415 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $43,966
- Medical Illustration and InformaticsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,365
- Medical Illustration and InformaticsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $42,657
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 41 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,421
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $23,489
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $42,727 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $20,424per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $28,630sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,578Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 12%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 32%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $46,0056 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $52,56210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 40%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 31%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Pierce College District, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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