Major Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Source: Higher Education Coordinating Board
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| MAJOR FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College/University | Date Founded | Location | Religious Affiliation | |
| Public | Research | |||
| University of Washington | 1861 | Seattle | -- | |
| UW - Tacoma | 1990 | Tacoma | -- | |
| UW - Bothell | 1990 | Bothell | -- | |
| Washington State University | 1890 | Pullman1 | -- | |
| WSU - Tri-Cities | 1989 | Richland | -- | |
| WSU - Vancouver | 1990 | Vancouver | -- | |
| Comprehensive | ||||
| Eastern Washington University | 1890 | Cheney | -- | |
| Central Washington University | 1891 | Ellensburg | -- | |
| Western Washington University | 1893 | Bellingham | -- | |
| The Evergreen State College | 1971 | Olympia | -- | |
| Independent1 | Whitman College | 1859 | Walla Walla | -- |
| Gonzaga University | 1887 | Spokane | Catholic | |
| University of Puget Sound | 1888 | Tacoma | -- | |
| Pacific Lutheran University | 1890 | Tacoma | Lutheran | |
| Whitworth College | 1890 | Spokane | United Presbyterian | |
| Seattle Pacific University | 1891 | Seattle | Free Methodist | |
| Seattle University | 1891 | Seattle | Catholic | |
| Walla Walla College | 1892 | College Place | Seventh Day Adventist | |
| St. Martin's University | 1895 | Lacey | Catholic | |
| Cornish College of the Arts | 1915 | Seattle | -- | |
| Northwest Baptist Seminary | 1929 | Tacoma | Baptist | |
| Northwest University | 1934 | Kirkland | Assemblies of God | |
| Trinity Lutheran College | 1944 | Issaquah | Lutheran | |
| Crown College | 1969 | Tacoma | -- | |
| Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary | 1969 | Tacoma | Inter-Denominational | |
| City University | 1973 | Seattle | -- | |
| Bastyr University | 1978 | Kenmore | -- | |
| Henry Cogswell College | 1979 | Everett | -- | |
| Antioch University - Seattle | 1980 | Seattle | -- | |
| Heritage University | 1982 | Toppenish | -- | |
| Northwest College of Art | 1982 | Pouslbo | -- | |
| Art Institute of Seattle | 1982 | Seattle | -- | |
| Puget Sound Christian College | 1984 | Edmonds | Non-Denominational | |
| ITT Technical Institute | 1986 | Seattle | -- | |
| University of Phoenix - Washington | 1996 | Seattle | -- | |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | 1996 | Redmond | -- | |
| Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine | 1997 | Seattle | -- | |
| Argosy University - Seattle Campus | 1999 | Seattle | -- | |
| DeVry University - Washington | 1999 | Federal Way | -- | |
| Mars Hill Graduate School | 2001 | Bothell | Inter-Denominational | |
1The Spokane campus of WSU is now considered part of the main WSU campus.
2"Independent" institutions are those non-public four-year institutions
that report annual survey data to the U.S. Department of Education.
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