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Located in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Community College is a public institution. Tacoma is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

3,492 Full-Time Undergraduates

$4,477 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Tacoma Community College?

Contact details for Tacoma Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6501 S 19Th St, Tacoma, WA 98466-6100
Phone:	253-566-5000
Website:	www.tacomacc.edu

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Can I Afford Tacoma Community College?

$4,477 In-State Tuition

11% Take Out Loans

In a recent term, part-time Tacoma Community College students paid $123 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $317 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,477	$10,587
Fees	$443	$443
Books and Supplies	$762	$762

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 Tacoma Community College, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,112 a year. That adds up to $16,448 over four years for those students.

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Tacoma Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,492 Full-Time Undergraduates

63% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 5,823 undergraduate students at Tacoma Community College, with 3,492 being full-time and 2,331 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,492 full-time undergraduates at Tacoma Community College, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Tacoma Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	305
Black or African American	234
Hispanic or Latino	488
White	1,705
International Students	127
Other Races/Ethnicities	633

Over 57 countries are represented at Tacoma Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and Japan.

Online Learning at Tacoma Community College

1,851 Took All Classes Online

3,314 Took At Least One Class Online

In 2022-2023, 3,314 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd most popular in Washington for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Tacoma Community College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)	87	0	0	0	87
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	22	0	0	22
Radiologic Technology	0	20	0	0	20
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	0	0	18	0	18
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	0	16	0	0	16
Medical Reception/Receptionist	16	0	0	0	16
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	0	12	2	0	14
Health Information Management	0	0	0	13	13
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	0	13	0	0	13
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	0	12	0	0	12
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	10	0	0	0	10
General Drafting & Design Technology	0	0	7	0	7
TOTAL	113	95	27	13	248

Tacoma Community College Trades

In a recent academic period, Tacoma Community College awarded 503 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	87	0	16	0
Allied Health Professions	0	2	44	0
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	7	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	16	18	13	13
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	22	0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	10	0	0	0
Total	226	61	190	26

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.

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