List of colleges and universities in Washington (state)

This is a list of colleges and universities in Washington state, including other educational institutions providing higher education.

Public institutions

Name	Founded	Control	Enrollment^[1] (Fall 2024)	Location	Other branches
University of Washington	1861	Public	68,020	Seattle	Bothell, Tacoma, Spokane, Rome campus, León campus
Washington State University	1890	Public	25,685	Pullman	Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver, Everett Puyallup agricultural campus, Global Campus
Western Washington University	1893	Public	14,710	Bellingham	Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, Poulsbo
Eastern Washington University	1882	Public	10,492	Cheney	Bellevue, Everett, Spokane^[2]
Central Washington University	1891	Public	10,811	Ellensburg	Des Moines, Everett, Lynnwood, Moses Lake, Pierce County, Sammamish, Wenatchee, Yakima
Evergreen State College	1967	Public	2,490	Olympia	Aberdeen,^[3] Tacoma

Name	Founded	Control	Enrollment^[1] (Fall 2024)	Location
Antioch University	1852	Private	771	Seattle
City University of Seattle	1973	Private	2,007	Seattle
Gonzaga University	1887	Private	7,470	Spokane
Northwest University	1934	Private	2,405	Kirkland
Pacific Lutheran University	1890	Private	2,797	Tacoma
Saint Martin's University	1895	Private	1,390	Lacey
Seattle Pacific University	1891	Private	2,261	Seattle
Seattle University	1891	Private	7,694	Seattle
Walla Walla University	1892	Private	1,426	College Place
Whitman College	1859	Private	1,561	Walla Walla
Whitworth University	1890	Private	2,459	Spokane
University of Puget Sound	1888	Private	1,864	Tacoma

^ ^a ^b "College Navigator - Washington". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ "Off Campus Programs". Eastern Washington University.
^ "Classes in Grays Harbor". The Evergreen State College. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Locations". Peninsula College.
^ "Omak Campus". Wenatchee Valley College.
^ "Columbia College website". Our Nationwide Locations. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
^ "Spokane's Interface College closes its doors". KHQ. KHQ-TV. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
^ Winters, Chris (January 12, 2016). "Trinity Lutheran College in downtown Everett to close". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

Education in Washington (state)
State school administration	Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Department of Early Learning State Board of Education School Information Processing Cooperative
Local school administration	School districts Educational service districts Rural school districts
Higher education	Colleges and universities Student Achievement Council
Other	Office of the Education Ombuds Homeschooling Washington Assessment of Student Learning High schools Private schools

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