Tacoma, WA (population: 200,855) has one phlebotomy school within its city limits. Bates Technical College has a total student population of 5,458. It is the 4749th highest ranked school in the USA and the 76th highest in the state of Washington (#1 is University of Washington-Seattle Campus).
Phlebotomy students from Tacoma schools who go on to become phlebotomists. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Medical assistants make on average $29,450 per year and there are about 495,970 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tacoma Metropolitan area alone, there are 1,280 employed medical assistants earning an average salary of $32,600. Registered nurses in this area earn $75,090/yr and there are 6,540 employed.
Tacoma lies in Pierce county, which is one of the 24 counties in Washington. Overall, the Tacoma Metropolitan area has 265,490 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.3% unemployment rate, $21.39/hr average worker wage, and a $44,480 average annual salary. Thus, about 24.619 out of every 1000 jobs in Tacoma are held by registered nurses, and 4.826/1000 are held by medical assistants.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Bates Technical College ends up costing a student $12,542/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tacoma |
| Fife | WA | - | 1 | 33.1119 | 4 | 4.9 miles |
| Federal Way | WA | 84,659 | 2 | 22.1387 | 18 | 7.0 miles |
| Puyallup | WA | - | 1 | 10.872 | 24 | 9.0 miles |
| South Hill | WA | 63,243 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.7 miles |
| Kent | WA | 84,987 | 1 | 34.1348 | 6 | 14.1 miles |
| Tukwila | WA | - | 1 | 9.30665 | 25 | 18.1 miles |
| Renton | WA | 66,884 | 4 | 19.959 | 76 | 20.0 miles |
| Olympia | WA | 46,257 | 2 | 20.9056 | 57 | 24.9 miles |
| Seattle | WA | 614,214 | 23 | 23.1541 | 683 | 26.1 miles |
| Bellevue | WA | 128,225 | 4 | 10.794 | 140 | 28.0 miles |
| Kirkland | WA | 48,153 | 2 | 17.9541 | 117 | 32.3 miles |
| Bothell | WA | - | 2 | 28.3486 | 26 | 37.4 miles |
| Lynnwood | WA | - | 1 | 17.534 | 76 | 40.1 miles |
| Edmonds | WA | 40,568 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.3 miles |
| Everett | WA | 99,092 | 6 | 27.2101 | 95 | 50.6 miles |
| Aberdeen | WA | - | 3 | 19.6431 | 151 | 66.6 miles |
| Astoria | OR | - | 2 | 18.4622 | 36 | 98.1 miles |