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2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Washington

14 Colleges
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Finding the Best Psychology School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, psychology was ranked 8th in Washington. In fact, 406 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Psychology Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 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 Psychology program at each school on the list.

Check out the psychology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Washington.

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle Pacific University the most popular school in Washington for psychology students. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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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 #2 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in Washington list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is a great place for psychology students. The Seattle School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great place for psychology students. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cheney.

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The excellent programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Washington. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

The excellent programs at Bastyr University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Washington. Located in the large suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#7

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in Washington list. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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City University of Seattle landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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Central Washington University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. CWU is a large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

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#10

Northwest University

Kirkland, WA

Northwest University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. Northwest University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.

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Best Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 7,826
Oregon 367
Nevada 88
Hawaii 140
Alaska 23

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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