Excellence and Accolades
TCC is top of the class.
About
TCC has received multiple awards for its leadership in making a college education accessible to everyone. We’ve been recognized as:
- An Achieving the Dream Leader College
We provide a model for other schools seeking to engage students and boost completion rates. - A Second Chance Pell Pilot School
TCC is one of 67 colleges nationwide selected to participate in this Department of Education program, designed to provide better access to education for incarcerated individuals. - A leader in Open Educational Resources
Since 2011, TCC has saved students more than $2,000,000 on textbooks through the development and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). Find out more!
Building Guided Pathways
In 2018, TCC was one of five Washington community and technical colleges to be awarded a College Spark Guided Pathways Grant. The $500,000 grant will support TCC’s efforts to implement the Guided Pathways model. This approach has been proven to simplify choices for community college students, so that student choose their programs early and take the right classes at the right time, improving completion and graduation rates.