Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, Washington
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 4,668 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
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 176 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $43,542 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 77 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 93 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,677
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $81,545 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 117 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $72,255 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedGraduates here earned $51,443 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $63,388 a year after finishingNationally: $50,300
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedGraduates here earned $55,859 a year after finishingNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 77 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 70 finishedGraduates here earned $85,556 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (20)
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 21 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 60 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Chemical EngineeringAssociate degree · 3 finished
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 186 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 47 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 70 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $32,008
- International BusinessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $59,091
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificateNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 592 finishedGraduates here earned $38,041 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Materials EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $52,218
- MusicAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,477
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $19,206per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $28,091sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,670Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 12%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 30%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $44,2456 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $52,31310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 38%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
Planning to transfer to a four-year school? See how transfer works in Washington.
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Tacoma 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.
Spot something wrong? Report a data error.