Colleges in Lacey Washington

County: Thurston

Elevation: 190 feet

Land Area: 15.9 square miles

Population Density: 2552 people per square mile

Population: 40,702

Population change since 2000: 30.30%

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (75.4%), Hispanic (5.9%), Black (4.8%), Two or more races (4.7%), American Indian (2.5%), Other race (2.2%), Korean (1.9%), Vietnamese (1.6%), Filipino (1.6%), Other Asian (1.5%), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.1%), Chinese (0.5%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries (City): German (20.0%), English (11.1%), Irish (10.8%), Norwegian (5.2%), United States (4.1%), French (3.7%)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (16.3 miles , pop. 58,211)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (47.1 miles , pop. 563,374)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (924.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820)

Nearest cities: Tanglewilde-Thompson Place, WA (1.5 miles ), Olympia, WA (2.0 miles ), Tumwater, WA (2.3 miles ), Nisqually Indian Community, WA (2.6 miles ), DuPont, WA (3.1 miles ), Rainier, WA (3.3 miles ), North Yelm, WA (3.3 miles ), Yelm, WA (3.3 miles )

Airports and Heliports located in Lacey: Flying Carpet Airport (Runways: 1)

Amtrak station near Lacey: 3 miles: OLYMPIA/LACEY (OLYMPIA, 6600 YELM HWY. S.E.)

Lacey Compared to State Average:

House age significantly below state average.

High school or higher: 88.10%

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 26.90%

Graduate or professional degree: 9.80%

Colleges/Universities in Lacey:

SAINT MARTINS COLLEGE

Full-time enrollment: 1,158, Location: 5300 PACIFIC AVE SE, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.stmartin.edu, Offers Master's degree

BUSINESS COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE

FT enrollment: 150, Location: 606 SLEATER KINNEY RD SE, Private, for-profit, Website: www.bcti.org)

Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Lacey:

EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

about 9 miles, OLYMPIA, WA, Full-time enrollment: 3,749

SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

about 12 miles, OLYMPIA, WA, FT enrollment: 2,908

PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM

about 16 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, FT enrollment: 5,921

CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE

about 18 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, FT enrollment: 3,819

TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

about 21 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710

BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE

about 23 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 3,710

UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

about 23 miles, TACOMA, WA, FT enrollment: 2,754