Tacoma Community College vs Edmonds College

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	Edmonds College	Tacoma Community College
Overview
Location	Lynnwood, Washington	Tacoma, Washington
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Quarter	Quarter
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate
Common app member	No	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	Open Admission	Open Admission
Application fees
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score
Total number of applicants
Total number of admissions given out
Admitted students who chose to enroll
Yield rate
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	Not required	Not required
High school GPA	N/A	N/A
Recommendation letters	N/A	N/A
High school transcript	N/A	N/A
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	N/A

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $20,199 Out of state: $25,736	In state: $20,046 Out of state: $25,508
Average net price	$9,572	$8,606
Tuition	In state: $3,826 Out of state: $9,363	In state: $4,486 Out of state: $9,948
Room & board
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	48.0% Average amount $5,743	37.0% Average amount $5,638
Students receiving federal student loan	6.0% Average amount $4,597	11.0% Average amount $5,782
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $12,490	0.0% Average amount $14,105

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	5,606 Men 43.0% Women 57.0%	5,359 Men 35.1% Women 64.9%
Graduate students	N/A	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	3.8%	4.8%
International students	7.9%	2.4%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	400	N/A
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	N/A
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Washington Hawaii Idaho California North Carolina	Washington Alaska California Oregon Texas

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Liberal Arts Computer and Information Science Health Professions Legal Profession	Liberal Arts Business Health Professions Computer and Information Science Agriculture
Students to faculty ratio	13:1	16:1
Institutional accreditation	Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities	Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Outcome
Graduation rate	34.6%	37.3%
Dropout rate	37.4%	35.0%
Transferred out	19.4%	21.2%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $34,135 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $21,931 Year 2: $28,055 Year 3: $29,172	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $65,226 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $68,559 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $64,968 Year 2: $48,823 Year 3: $58,024 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $66,538 Year 2: $61,814 Year 3: $57,956 Legal Support Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $37,932 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $36,924 Year 2: $35,060 Year 3: $36,155 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,824 Year 3: $30,765 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $28,998 Year 2: $24,615 Year 3: $30,603 Accounting and Related Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $32,954 Year 2: $31,848 Year 3: $29,660 Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $34,003 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Human Services, General (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $28,611 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A

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