Colleges in Tacoma Washington

County: Pierce

Incorporated: 1884

Elevation: 380 feet

Land Area: 50.1 square miles

Population Density: 3937 people per square mile

Population: 197,181

Population change since 2000: 1.90%

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (66.5%), Black (11.2%), Hispanic (6.9%), Two or more races (6.3%), American Indian (3.6%), Other race (2.9%), Other Asian (2.2%), Vietnamese (1.9%), Korean (1.4%), Filipino (1.0%), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.9%), Japanese (0.5%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries (City): German (15.7%), Irish (10.3%), English (9.0%), Norwegian (5.8%), United States (4.4%), Italian (3.5%)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (27.3 miles , pop. 563,374)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (934.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820)

Nearest cities: Fircrest, WA (1.6 miles ), University Place, WA (2.0 miles ), Ruston, WA (2.1 miles ), Fife, WA (2.2 miles ), Waller, WA (2.2 miles ), Midland, WA (2.3 miles ), Lakewood, WA (2.5 miles ), Milton, WA (2.6 miles )

Tacoma Compared to State Average:

Black race population percentage significantly above state average.

House age above state average.

High school or higher: 83.60%

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.00%

Graduate or professional degree: 6.90%

Colleges/Universities in Tacoma:

TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Full-time enrollment: 3,710, Location: 6501 S 19TH ST, Public, Website: www.tacoma.ctc.edu

BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE

FT enrollment: 3,710, Location: 1101 S YAKIMA AVE, Public, Website: www.bates.ctc.edu

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

FT enrollment: 3,265, Location: 1010 122nd ST SO, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.plu.edu, Offers Master's degree

UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

FT enrollment: 2,754, Location: 1500 N WARNER, Private, not-for-profit, Website: WWW.UPS.EDU, Offers Master's degree

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-TACOMA CAMPUS

FT enrollment: 1,155, Location: 1900 COMMERCE ST, Public, Website: www.washington.edu, Offers Master's degree

BUSINESS COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE

FT enrollment: 318, Location: 5825 TACOMA MALL BLVD STE 103, Private, for-profit, Website: www.bcti.org

NORTHWEST BAPTIST SEMINARY

FT enrollment: 60, Location: 4301 N STEVENS, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.nbs.edu, Offers Master's degree

BJ'S BEAUTY AND BARBER COLLEGE

FT enrollment: 50, Location: 5237 S TACOMA WAY, Private, for-profit

FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SEMINARY

Location: 3504 N PEARL ST, Private, not-for-profit, Offers Master's degree

WESTERN PACIFIC TRUCK SCHOOL

Location: 11020 S TACOMA WAY, Private, for-profit

TRANS UNION TRAINING SCHOOL INC

Location: 4624 RIVER RD E, Private, for-profit, Website: TRANSUNION TRUCK.COM)

Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Tacoma:

CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE

about 6 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, Full-time enrollment: 3,819

PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM

about 8 miles, LAKEWOOD, WA, FT enrollment: 5,921

GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

about 18 miles, AUBURN, WA, FT enrollment: 4,568

SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS

about 21 miles, SEATTLE, WA, FT enrollment: 3,013

RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE

about 23 miles, RENTON, WA, FT enrollment: 2,623

OLYMPIC COLLEGE

about 25 miles, BREMERTON, WA, FT enrollment: 3,889

ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE

about 27 miles, SEATTLE, WA, FT enrollment: 2,313