University of Washington-Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA · Public · 4,185 undergrads (small, city) · website ↗

Test scores not considered
$60 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$4,458
$30,000 – $48,000	$6,135
$48,000 – $75,000	$6,748
$75,000 – $110,000	$11,449
Over $110,000	$22,183
All incomes (average)	$10,163

Sticker tuition and fees: $13,168 in-state, $43,404 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of Washington-Tacoma Campus's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$16,371
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$16,371
Books and supplies	$900
Other expenses, on campus	$3,582
Other expenses, off campus	$3,582

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (596 of them) in 2022–23; 85% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	77%	$13,521
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	42%	$5,044
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	68%	$4,515
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	26%	$4,613

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 83%
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 40%
Graduation rate (6yr): 63%
Freshman retention: 80%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $78,466
Median debt at graduation: $14,615
International undergrads: 74 (1.8%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Not considered
Application fee: $60
Students per faculty member: 15 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 82%
Open admission: No

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Not considered
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 3,161
Admitted: 2,622
Enrolled: 666

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business21%

Computer Science20%

Psychology12%

Health & Nursing9%

Engineering6%

Biology & Life Sciences6%

Social Sciences5%

Criminal Justice4%

Communications & Media3%

Environmental Studies2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (32)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer and Information Sciences, General	271	$77,881	$114,798national $92,374	$12,601
Psychology, General	157	$42,125	$54,016national $50,706	$15,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	115	$91,541	$98,632national $88,910	$12,500
Biology, General	102	$42,473	$59,443national $57,214	$15,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	93	$54,797	$78,771national $68,257	$14,500
Accounting and Related Services	73	$70,384	$88,393national $76,194	$14,798
Criminal Justice and Corrections	61	$48,386	$63,311national $55,378	$12,083
Communication and Media Studies	51	$47,679	$64,153national $56,359	$12,516
Marketing	43	$61,306	$88,114national $69,303	$12,948
Finance and Financial Management Services	42	$76,160	$97,452national $83,343	$11,455
Urban Studies/Affairs	37	$44,690	$63,174national $62,532	$14,118
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	31	$30,753	$46,844national $53,072	$11,951
Social Work	30	$42,900	$59,256national $51,790	$12,107
Non-Professional Legal Studies	27	$48,780	$71,042national $61,959	$15,827
Social Sciences, Other	26	$41,033	$56,628national $56,812	$13,778
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	25	$84,874	$116,010national $100,647	$13,070
Public Health	25	$46,462	$63,666national $58,808	$12,059
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	24	$39,767	$58,229national $55,012	$14,000
Mechanical Engineering	24	$79,240	$102,078national $92,135	$13,447
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	22	$35,700	$47,124national $48,471	$12,739
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	17	$39,363	$48,753national $50,532	$14,287
History	17	$46,456	$61,059national $50,680	$13,470
Computer Engineering	12	$147,670	$169,570national $109,015	$13,570
Statistics	12	$55,838	—national $92,425	$9,804
International/Globalization Studies	10	$42,133	$49,475national $59,972	—
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	9	$41,150	$57,534national $51,710	$13,000
Civil Engineering	7	$75,992	$92,010national $86,517	$11,987
Economics	3	$69,514	$87,239national $82,686	$14,246
Area Studies	0	$43,984	$56,926national $56,625	$11,125
Education, General	0	$43,090	$65,217national $49,808	$10,372
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	0	$40,305	$58,705national $55,000	—
Political Science and Government	0	$48,220	$72,487national $63,293	$13,000

Master's degrees (12)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer and Information Sciences, General	100	$124,247	$170,194national $124,201	$37,297
Social Work	63	$69,712	$77,163national $65,123	$53,831
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	47	$121,357	—national $124,807	$27,383
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	37	$105,999	$133,081national $121,855	$38,683
Business Administration, Management and Operations	29	$171,110	$194,296national $103,485	$56,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	20	$75,574	$80,738national $59,916	$28,994
Education, General	17	$75,832	$84,551national $65,824	$20,426
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	14	$129,755	$137,533national $120,193	$36,984
Geography and Cartography	11	—	$90,418national $79,784	—
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	8	$74,978	$85,467national $79,665	$49,726
Educational Administration and Supervision	2	$66,366	$87,362national $71,685	$41,949
Computer Science	0	$121,837	—national $145,571	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 7 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 3 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Phone: (253) 692-4400
Institutional accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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