University of Washington - Tacoma Campus
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 6,984 borrowers who entered repayment, 49 (0.7%) defaulted within three years — below 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 UW
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
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 campus3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UW vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UW 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Washington-Tacoma Campus | 63% | — | 4,965 | $10,163 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 65% | 90.6% | 6,058 | $12,319 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 93.2% | 14,710 | $21,193 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 43% | 90.7% | 10,492 | $13,886 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 90.6% | 10,811 | $18,476 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 58% | 93.4% | 5,891 | $12,885 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 61% | 90.7% | 8,275 | $13,386 |
Institutions like UW
Explore the federal data for institutions in UW's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Grad rate65%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment6,058Net price$12,319View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
Western Washington University
Grad rate65%Admit rate93.2%Enrollment14,710Net price$21,193View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
Eastern Washington University
Grad rate43%Admit rate90.7%Enrollment10,492Net price$13,886View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
Central Washington University
Grad rate54%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment10,811Net price$18,476View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsCalifornia
Sonoma State University
Grad rate58%Admit rate93.4%Enrollment5,891Net price$12,885View data
Campus network
UW is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
UW Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides contact information for the Institutional Research office at the University of Washington Tacoma. The phone number, location, and some staff contact details are listed.
Visit IR office page- Andrew ChamberlainData Analyst
- Alice FewInstitutional Analyst
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