This is a list of colleges and universities in Washington State. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education.
State institutions
Four-year institutions
Two-year institutions
- Bates Technical College, Tacoma
- Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham
- Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake
- Cascadia College, Bothell
- Centralia College, Centralia
- Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood
- Community Colleges of Spokane
- Spokane Community College, Spokane
- Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane
- Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood
- Everett Community College, Everett
- Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen
- Green River College
- Auburn
- Enumclaw
- Kent
- Highline College
- Des Moines
- Federal Way
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Kirkland
- Redmond
- Lower Columbia College, Longview
- Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, Washington
- Olympic College
- Bremerton
- Poulsbo
- Shelton
- Peninsula College, Port Angeles
- Pierce College
- Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Lakewood
- Pierce College Puyallup, Puyallup
- Renton Technical College, Renton
- Seattle Colleges District (formerly Seattle Community Colleges)
- North Seattle College, Seattle
- Seattle Vocational Institute, Seattle
- South Seattle College, Seattle
- Shoreline Community College, Shoreline
- Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon
- South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia
- Tacoma Community College, Tacoma
- Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla
- Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee
- Whatcom Community College, Bellingham
Primarily two-year institutions that also grant four-year degrees
- Bellevue College, Bellevue
- Centralia College, Centralia
- Columbia Basin College, Pasco
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland
- Seattle Central College, Seattle
- Clark College, Vancouver
- Highline College, Des Moines
- Green River College, Auburn
- Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane
- Tacoma Community College, Tacoma
- Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima
- Olympic College, Bremerton
Private institutions
Two-year institutions
- School of Visual Concepts, Seattle Evergreen College, Spokane
Private, nonprofit, online four-year universities
- WGU Washington, Kent
Private liberal arts colleges
- Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma
- University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
- Walla Walla University, College Place
- Whitman College, Walla Walla
- Whitworth University, Spokane
Private colleges and universities
- Antioch University, Seattle
- Argosy University/Seattle, Seattle
- The Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle
- Pinchot University, Seattle
- Bastyr University, Kenmore
- City University of Seattle
- Bellevue
- Seattle
- Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle
- DeVry University
- Bellevue (closed)
- Federal Way (closed)
- DigiPen Institute of Technology, Redmond
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, Tacoma
- Gonzaga University, Spokane
- Heritage University, Toppenish
- Moody Bible Institute Spokane
- Northeastern University, Seattle Campus, Seattle
- Northwest Theological Seminary, Lynnwood
- Northwest University, Kirkland
- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima
- St. Martin's University, Lacey
- Seattle Bible College, Seattle
- Seattle Pacific University, Seattle
- Seattle University, Seattle
- Matteo Ricci College, Seattle
- Whitman College, Walla Walla
- Whitworth University, Spokane
Defunct private colleges and universities
- Adelphia College, Seattle
- Henry Cogswell College, Everett
- Interface College, Spokane
See also
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
External links
- Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Washington
References
