Colleges in Washington
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in Washington: 2 public, 5 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $33,313 a year after grant aid, $11,748 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 77% of applicants. They sit across 5 cities, concentrated in Seattle, Tacoma, Pullman.
What Washington costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Washington public university is $13,391 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Washington-Seattle Campus, where an out-of-state family pays $30,236 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $14,091 at University of Washington-Seattle Campus to $38,394 at University of Puget Sound. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Washington.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Washington schools are
Whitman College admits 38% of applicants and Washington State University admits 87%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Washington is 1410 at Whitman College.
Every Washington college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington · Private nonprofit38% acceptance · $33,313 net price · 1410 avg SAT
- University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington · Public39% acceptance · $14,091 net price
- University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington · Private nonprofit72% acceptance · $38,394 net price · 1296 avg SAT
- Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington · Private nonprofit77% acceptance · $34,662 net price · 1307 avg SAT
- Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington · Private nonprofit78% acceptance · $19,589 net price · 1168 avg SAT
- Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington · Private nonprofit82% acceptance · $35,119 net price · 1335 avg SAT
- Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington · Public87% acceptance · $14,971 net price
Other West states
On median net price Washington is the 13th most affordable of the 13 West states in this directory, and the 10th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
Where to go next
- College search filter Washington and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.