South Puget Sound Community College
Olympia, Washington
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,075 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,882
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 45 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Data ProcessingAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,799
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $51,113 a year after finishingNationally: $46,926
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedGraduates here earned $43,161 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
Engineering technology
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $43,152 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $83,234 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 81 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (8)
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 41 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 530 finishedGraduates here earned $25,934 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MusicAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $34,698
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $18,745per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $28,208sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,415Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 9%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 44%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,2696 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $48,15810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 46%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 21%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 South Puget Sound Community College, 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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