Tacoma Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Tacoma, WA
- 4,668 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
8 Tacoma Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($82,447), and Business Administration the least ($20,066). The median program pays $40,936. Tacoma Community College also has 4 certificate programs that report pay.
All 8 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Washington" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Washington. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Washington ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Washington programs in the field do too.
2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
All 4 certificate programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Washington" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Washington. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Washington ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Washington programs in the field do too.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$82,447
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$73,435
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$58,382
- Human Services$41,008
- Business$40,863
Lowest median debt
- Business$11,500
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,000
- Business Administration$16,084
- Human Services$17,367
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$18,220
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 549 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 77 graduates a year
- BusinessAbout 51 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 32 graduates a year
- Human ServicesAbout 24 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $82,447 in their first year, the most of 8 Tacoma Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Business graduates leave with a median of $11,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Tacoma Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $5,507 a year, and $11,646 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,376 a year.
8 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at Tacoma Community College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Washington rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels