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2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

31 Colleges
$36,000 Avg Salary
$25,925 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Washington. With 5,206 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 31 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Central Washington University the most popular school in Washington for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

Women make up 79% of the education majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

About 85% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 15% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great place for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cheney.

Women make up 75% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 31 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 87% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 31 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 13% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Washington - Bothell Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#7

North Seattle College

Seattle, WA

North Seattle College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, North Seattle is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 65 students majoring in education at North Seattle, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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#8

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

With a ranking of #8, Whitworth University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Spokane.

Women make up 84% of the education majors at the school.

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Pacific Lutheran University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. PLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Tacoma.

Women make up 86% of the education majors at the school.

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#10

Yakima Valley College

Yakima, WA

Yakima Valley College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree education programs. YVC is a small public school located in the city of Yakima.

Women make up 91% of the education majors at the school.

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Best Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 25,545
Oregon 4,001
Hawaii 830
Nevada 1,387
Alaska 331

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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