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Tacoma Community College

6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466 · Public 4-year · (253) 566-5000 · School website

Average net price

$8,376

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

359

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

25.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Washington's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Tacoma Community College

Tacoma Community College reported 359 certificate and associate completions in 5 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in EMT and paramedic (134). College Scorecard counts 4,668 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	134	$32,779	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	113	Not published	WIOA list
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	77	Not published	WIOA list
Billing and coding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	35	Not published	WIOA list
Cybersecurity	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Tacoma Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $5,507
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,507
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $11,646
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $528
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $8,376
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $13,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $47,168

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Tacoma Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other EMT and paramedic programs within 40 miles

Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, WA · 3.7 mi
Pierce College DistrictLakewood, WA · 5.5 mi
North Seattle CollegeSeattle, WA · 32.6 mi

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