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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in Washington

22 Colleges
$55,228 Avg Salary
$21,018 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 2,740 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Education Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Washington to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the most popular school in Washington for education students. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Washington list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great place for education students. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great place for education students. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend City University of Seattle. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in Washington list. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#7

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

Whitworth University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Washington list. Located in the large suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #8 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

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With a ranking of #9, Central Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Schools in Washington ranking. UW Tacoma is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tacoma.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 17,606
Oregon 3,137
Nevada 702
Hawaii 401
Alaska 259

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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