Pierce College District
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 70 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 70 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data70 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 3,311 students received $14.7M in Pell grants, alongside $8.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,271 borrowers who entered repayment, 34 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Pierce College District
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 6
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Pierce College District vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Pierce College District selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPierce College District | 31% | — | 8,137 | $10,222 | Baccalaureate |
| — | — | 7,967 | $13,803 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 6,549 | $11,010 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 7,463 | $11,465 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 6,813 | $5,473 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 7,510 | $8,317 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 31% | — | 7,487 | $10,616 |
Institutions like Pierce College District
Explore the federal data for institutions in Pierce College District's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateWashington
Green River College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,967Net price$13,803View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Edmonds College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment6,549Net price$11,010View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Clark College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,463Net price$11,465View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Spokane Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment6,813Net price$5,473View data - BaccalaureateWashington
Columbia Basin College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,510Net price$8,317View data
Pierce College District Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Allison SievingDean of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
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