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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

33 Colleges
$49,058 Avg Salary
$28,929 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Washington. With 10,021 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in Washington to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 82% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 33 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Bothell Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Washington. UW Bothell is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Bothell.

Women make up 81% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 33 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a large student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 12% are male.

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Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Central Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 74% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 26% are male.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tacoma.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

Full Health Professions at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus Report

#9

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

Seattle Central College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree health professions programs. Seattle Central is a small public school located in the city of Seattle.

Women make up 77% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Pacific Lutheran University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the large suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 94 students majoring in health professions at PLU, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 54,872
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Nevada 4,207
Alaska 578

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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