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Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$20,537 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor's Degree School for You

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the most popular major in Washington with 17,408 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Washington. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WWU are $8,703 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The Evergreen State College is a great value for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. Evergreen is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Olympia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Evergreen are $8,529 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Tacoma are $12,196 a year.

UW Tacoma also took the #2 spot in our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $12,076 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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University of Washington - Bothell Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Bothell are $11,950 a year.

UW Bothell also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spokane.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs are $13,440 a year.

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Antioch University - Seattle came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Located in the large city of Seattle, Antioch University - Seattle is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Antioch University - Seattle are $22,035 per year.

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Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Seattle U undergraduate students pay an average of $49,335 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

Whitworth University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spokane.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Whitworth are $47,590 per year.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 52,773
Oregon 8,599
Hawaii 2,024
Nevada 1,679
Alaska 417

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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