South Puget Sound Community College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Small city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
3,075 students
Larger than 68% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 27.2%
- TypePublic
- ClassCommunity college
- CalendarQuarter
Nearby college towns
- Lacey5.5 mi
- Lakewood19.7 mi
- Centralia21.4 mi
- Tacoma24.4 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at South Puget Sound Community College, the largest reported group is White (44.6%), followed by Hispanic (16.7%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.6% | 0% |
| Asian | 6.9% | 11.9% |
| Black | 5% | 2% |
| Hispanic | 16.7% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.6% | 0% |
| White | 44.6% | 73.3% |
| Two or more races | 10.5% | 5.9% |
| Non-resident | 1.8% | 0% |
| Unknown | 13.3% | 6.9% |
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Did you know? South Puget Sound Community College
- $48,158median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 44%of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 63%of first-year students come back for a second year.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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