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At Pierce College at JBLM, we support your advancement toward your personal, career and life goals, including your military career. Whether you know exactly which career and degree you wish to pursue or you’re still deciding, we provide easy-to-use tools to help you explore and set career goals.

If you change your mind along the way, your Pierce College at JBLM support network will help you move to a career path that’s right for you.

In the military and beyond, we’ve got you covered!

Pierce College Career Pathways

Degrees and Certificates offered at JBLM

Associate Degrees

Certificates

Career Pathways at Main Campus

To view our full menu of career pathways with associated degrees and certificates, please visit our Pierce College Career Pathways page. There you will find six career pathways that will support achievement of your academic and career goals and additional resources for career exploration.

Programs for Military Advancement

General Education Mobile (GEM)

Pierce College at JBLM is proud to partner with the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) through the General Education Mobile (GEM) program and offer general education courses that meet CCAF AAS degree requirements. For more information, please visit our GEM page.

Military Technology and Leadership Degree

Our Military Technology and Leadership degree was designed with the needs of career service members who need an associate degree for promotion. Up to 70 credits from the Joint Services Transcript can be used to meet this degree’s requirements. This allows for students to maximize the credit earned for learning in the military to earn an associate degree for points towards a promotion board. 

An advisory board of current and former service members mapped out the remaining courses required to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to be a leader in today’s armed forces. This degree was created for career advancement in the military and has very limited transferability into bachelor degree programs.

This degree can be completed 100% online.

Military Technology and Leadership (AT)

Military Healthcare Programs

Military Nursing Programs

The following are the Pierce College equivalent courses required for entry into the program. Please connect with the program manager for your respective service for the full list of entry requirements. Students who do not have a degree should consider completing the Associate in Pre-Nursing (DTA/MRP).

  • ENGL& 101 Composition I
  • MATH& 146 Elementary Statistics
  • CMST& 220 Public Speaking
  • PSYC& 100 General Psychology
  • PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology
  • BIOL& 241 Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL& 242 Anatomy and Physiology II
  • CHEM& 121 Introduction to Chemistry
  • CHEM& 131 Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

For course details, please visit our college catalog for descriptions and prerequisites.

Interservice Physician Assistant Program

The following are the Pierce College equivalent courses required for entry into the Interservice Physician Assistant Program. Please connect with the program manager for your respective service for the full list of entry requirements.

  • ENGL& 101 Composition I
  • MATH& 141 Precalculus I
  • PSYC& 100 General Psychology
  • BIOL& 241 Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL& 242 Anatomy and Physiology II
  • CHEM& 161 General Chemistry I with lab or CHEM& 141 General Chemistry I: non-lab
  • CHEM& 162 General Chemistry II with lab or CHEM& 142 General Chemistry II: non-lab
  • BTECA 150 Medical Terminology I

For course details, please visit our college catalog for descriptions and prerequisites.

Military Service to Education

Military Service to Education is a joint project under direction of the governor’s office between the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges and the Garrison Command to support pathways to employment for transitioning service members. The schools within 25 miles of a military installation are asked to identify their already existing programs in which the first employable certificate can be completed within 6 months. Service members can then get permission from their commander and apply for an MOA to complete classes during the duty day in the 6 months prior to their ETS or retirement date. To learn more about the Military Service to Education program and the certificates offered at Pierce College visit the WA Career Paths website.

For more information about Military Service to Education at Pierce College, contact:

Diana Baker
253-912-3641
dbaker@pierce.ctc.edu