UEI College-Tacoma
For-profit College in Tacoma, WA. Median 10-year earnings $30,848.
Students who entered UEI College-Tacoma reach a median of $30,848 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 71% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,006 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $36,662 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($35,957 versus $41,073), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $4,032. Most students borrow — 76% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 360 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $35,957 |
| $30–48k | $36,246 |
| $48–75k | $36,870 |
| $75–110k | $40,830 |
| $110k+ | $41,073 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 769 of these 1,006 students, totalling $5,358,838 — an average of $6,969 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pierce County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026