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Bates Technical College is a public institution situated in Tacoma, Washington. The location of Bates Technical College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Bates Technical College?

Contact details for Bates Technical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1101 S Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone:	253-680-7000
Website:	www.batestech.edu

Can I Afford Bates Technical College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Bates Technical College students paid $139 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $327 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,984	$9,733
Fees	$1,377	$1,377
Books and Supplies	$1,151	$1,151

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bates Technical College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $4,018 a year. That adds up to $16,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bates Technical College is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bates Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,106 undergraduate students at Bates Technical College, with 1,795 being full-time and 2,311 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,795 full-time undergraduates at Bates Technical College, 64% are male and 36% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bates Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	79
Black or African American	137
Hispanic or Latino	239
White	708
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	632

Over 10 countries are represented at Bates Technical College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Aruba, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at Bates Technical College

In 2020-2021, 1,296 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bates Technical College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Bates Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bates Technical College was 9.8%. This is the #1,232 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bates Technical College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.