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WalletHub releases top WA colleges and universities list

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by STAFF REPORT
| October 17, 2023 6:34 PM

MOSES LAKE — Personal finance website WalletHub released Monday its 2024’s Best College & University Rankings report, as well as expert commentary and separate rankings for colleges and for universities, according to an announcement from WalletHub.

The announcement stated that WalletHub compared more than 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as student selectivity, cost and financing and career outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

According to the report, the top ten colleges and universities in Washington are as follows:

  1. Whitman College
  2. University of Washington-Seattle Campus
  3. Gonzaga University
  4. Pacific Lutheran University
  5. Seattle University
  6. University of Puget Sound
  7. Whitworth University
  8. Seattle Pacific University
  9. Northwest University
  10. Western Washington University

To view the full reports, visit wallethub.com.

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