Pass the Tacoma GED on your schedule, from Hilltop to Federal Way.
Tacoma Community College states it plainly: it is an authorized testing center for Pearson VUE and the GED. All four subjects cost $144 there, the same as testing from home. Washington sets the minimum age at 19, which surprises people. We get you ready for all of it.
The fast facts for taking the GED in Washington — verify on official sources before your test date.
Certificate of Educational Competency
Available in Spanish
Facts verified May 31, 2026
Official GED test sites listed by GED Testing Service for the Tacoma metro. Verify hours and seat availability on ged.com before you go.
Center listings refreshed quarterly. The official source is GED Testing Service.
Local context for prep — testing capacity, college access, statewide pricing, and the always-available online option.
Tacoma Community College, an authorized Pearson VUE and GED site.
$36 a subject, the same at a test center or online from home.
Higher than most states. Ages 16-18 need documentation to test.
Per subject, out of 200. Miss one and you retake only that subject.
Same prep, same teachers, wherever you are. What changes is how the program meets the realities of studying in Tacoma.
Lessons run 6 to 9 minutes. They fit a break, a bus ride, or the quiet half hour after the kids go down. Nothing here needs you in a classroom on a weeknight.
Tacoma Community College lists Pearson VUE and the GED explicitly as exams it is authorized to deliver. That sounds like a small thing until you have driven to a testing center that turned out to do everything except the GED.
Four credentialed teachers, one per subject, seven days a week. Median reply is under four hours. No ticket queue, no chatbot, no waiting until Monday.
Same program, same teachers, different metro. Pick another city or head back to the Washington hub for the statewide overview.
Specific to taking the GED in Tacoma. For broader course questions, see the help center or email support@twigera.com.
At Tacoma Community College's Certification and Testing Center, Building 6, 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98466. TCC states on its own page that it is an authorized testing center for Pearson VUE and the GED, which is the confirmation worth having — plenty of colleges run testing centers that do not deliver the GED. It opens Monday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM, and closes Friday through Sunday. The number is 253-460-4364. You book and pay through your GED.com account.
All four subjects cost $144, which is $36 each, and testing online from home costs exactly the same. So price is not the reason to pick one over the other. In person, Washington gives you two retakes in a subject with no waiting period before a longer wait applies. You do not have to sit all four at once, and most people do not — booking them one at a time is usually the calmer way through.
Nineteen, which is higher than almost every other state, and the detail that catches people is the band underneath it. Anyone aged 16 through 18 can test, but only by providing documentation verifying they are not enrolled in any kind of high school program at the time of testing. That includes eighteen-year-olds, who in most states would simply be old enough. The only exceptions are people enrolled in a program while in the military or while incarcerated. Sort that paperwork before you try to book.
Eight weeks of steady study and one morning on South 19th Street. Start with the free diagnostic and we will show you which of the four subjects you could sit next month, and which ones actually need the work.
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Yes, and Washington is explicit about it: all test takers must be a resident of Washington State at the time of testing to be awarded the credential here. That is a condition of being awarded it, not just of sitting it, so if you have recently moved, get your residency in order before you book. Worth knowing what you actually earn: Washington calls it the Certificate of Educational Competency rather than a diploma. Colleges and employers treat it as a high school equivalency.
Yes. Washington allows online proctored testing, and at $36 a subject it costs exactly the same as testing at TCC, so choose on convenience rather than price. You need a passing score on the GED Ready practice test first, plus a webcam, a steady connection and a room nobody walks into. The residency rule and the age-19 rule apply either way — testing from your sofa does not change what Washington requires of you.
Most people need eight to fourteen weeks at a few hours a week, and GED Testing Service suggests planning for two to three months. What actually decides it is which subjects have gone rusty. Start with the free diagnostic: it scores you against the same blueprint the real test uses, so you find out which subjects need genuine work and which you could book at TCC next month. Passing one or two first time is common and shortens everything after.
