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Best Colleges in Washington

The strongest colleges and universities in Washington, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Washington, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
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Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 82% $35,119 1190-1380 See record
2 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 39% $14,091 - See record
3 Whitman College Walla Walla, WA 38% $33,313 1310-1480 See record
4 Seattle University Seattle, WA 77% $34,662 1200-1430 See record
5 Whitworth University Spokane, WA 90% $26,534 1090-1330 See record
6 Northwest University Kirkland, WA 83% $22,288 1040-1350 See record
7 Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 78% $19,589 1040-1260 See record
8 University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA 72% $38,394 1170-1380 See record
9 University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA 91% $12,319 - See record
10 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 93% $21,193 1150-1390 See record
11 University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA 83% $10,163 - See record
12 Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA 83% $24,488 - See record
13 DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond, WA 64% $44,446 1150-1400 See record
14 Washington State University Pullman, WA 87% $14,971 - See record
15 Walla Walla University College Place, WA - $23,329 - See record
16 Northwest College of Art & Design Tacoma, WA 66% $16,418 - See record
17 Seattle Film Institute Seattle, WA - $41,595 - See record
18 Cornish College of the Arts Seattle, WA 62% $40,062 - See record
19 Heritage University Toppenish, WA - $14,598 - See record
20 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA 91% $18,476 - See record
21 Saint Martin's University Lacey, WA 90% $28,119 1025-1230 See record
22 Great Northern University Spokane, WA 100% $21,029 - See record
23 Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Kirkland, WA - $35,671 - See record
24 Renton Technical College Renton, WA - $8,296 - See record
25 South Puget Sound Community College Olympia, WA - $9,132 - See record
26 Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA 91% $13,886 - See record
27 Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA - $6,292 - See record
28 Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee, WA - $9,722 - See record
29 Clover Park Technical College Lakewood, WA - $9,864 - See record
30 Centralia College Centralia, WA - $9,862 - See record
31 Bellingham Technical College Bellingham, WA - $5,997 - See record
32 Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, WA - $12,210 - See record
33 The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA 96% $24,319 1035-1253 See record
34 Grays Harbor College Aberdeen, WA - $4,783 - See record
35 Clark College Vancouver, WA - $11,465 - See record
36 Green River College Auburn, WA - $13,803 - See record
37 Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla, WA - $9,406 - See record
38 Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA - $6,817 - See record
39 Peninsula College Port Angeles, WA - $9,246 - See record
40 Everett Community College Everett, WA - $10,684 - See record