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

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$70,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in Washington for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 576 students majoring in health professions at UW Seattle, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Full Health Professions at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

#2

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

Out of the 22 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Gonzaga University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Out of the 22 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 101 students majoring in health professions at EWU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

Full Health Professions at Eastern Washington University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antioch University - Seattle. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Antioch University - Seattle is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Of the 96 students majoring in health professions at Antioch University - Seattle, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

Out of the 22 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Bastyr University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bastyr University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Kenmore.

Women make up 94% of the health professions majors at the school.

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University of Puget Sound landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree health professions programs. Puget Sound is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tacoma.

Women make up 81% of the health professions 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 health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 87% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Of the 38 students majoring in health professions at Wazzu, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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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 master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

Women make up 89% of the health professions majors at the school.

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University of Washington - Bothell Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UW Bothell is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bothell.

Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.

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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 22 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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