Best Seattle Four Year Colleges
22 four year colleges near Seattle, and 8 within city limits, enrolling 125,207 students across the metro.
University of Washington Seattle Campus ranks #90 nationally and leads the Seattle area. Olympic College has the lowest tuition at $4,197 per year.
University of Washington Seattle Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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3.5 | 6 reviews
- Nov 16 application deadline
UW is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate computer science, engineering, and oceanography. The urban campus sits beside Portage Bay and Lake Washington.
- SAT Range 1200-1453
- Avg GPA 3.82
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $11,784
Seattle University
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Seattle University is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing and business. The urban campus sits on First Hill near downtown Seattle.
- SAT Range 1200-1430
- Avg GPA 3.62
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $36,948
University of Puget Sound
- Private 4 Year
- Tacoma, WA
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4.0 | 5 reviews
- Jan 15 application deadline
Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the natural sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in Tacoma near Commencement Bay.
- SAT Range 1170-1380
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $43,188
Northwest University
- Private 4 Year
- Kirkland, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Aug 1 application deadline
Northwest University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, ministry, and business. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland east of Seattle.
- SAT Range 1040-1350
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $24,251
Seattle Pacific University
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Jul 11 application deadline
Seattle Pacific is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The urban campus sits in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1050-1320
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $25,232
Pacific Lutheran University
- Private 4 Year
- Tacoma, WA
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3.3 | 3 reviews
- Aug 15 application deadline
Pacific Lutheran is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, music, and education. Most students live on the residential campus in suburban Tacoma with a Lutheran church affiliation.
- SAT Range 1040-1260
- Avg GPA 3.71
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $22,299
Saint Martin's University
- Private 4 Year
- Lacey, WA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- Jul 31 application deadline
Saint Martin's is a private Benedictine university known for undergraduate engineering, education, and business. The suburban campus sits in Lacey near Washington's state capital of Olympia.
- SAT Range 1025-1230
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $29,116
The Evergreen State College
- Public 4 Year
- Olympia, WA
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3.7 | 3 reviews
Evergreen is a public liberal arts college known for interdisciplinary programs and environmental studies. The forested campus includes Puget Sound waterfront near Olympia.
- SAT Range 1035-1253
- Avg GPA 3.12
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $18,350
Bellevue College
- Public 4 Year
- Bellevue, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Sep 15 application deadline
Bellevue College is a public community college known for nursing, information technology, and business. The suburban campus sits in Bellevue east of Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $13,932
City University of Seattle
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
CityU is a private university known for undergraduate business, information technology, and education. The urban Seattle campus primarily serves working and nontraditional students.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Cornish College of the Arts
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
Cornish is a private arts college known for undergraduate dance, music, theater, design, and visual arts. The urban campus is spread across Seattle neighborhoods including Capitol Hill.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 62%
- Net Price $41,758
Bastyr University
- Private 4 Year
- Kenmore, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Apr 15 application deadline
Bastyr is a private university known for undergraduate nutrition, herbal sciences, and natural health sciences. The wooded campus sits on the shore of Lake Washington near Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Kirkland, WA
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| 0 reviews
LWTech is a public technical college known for undergraduate programs in nursing, information technology, and design. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland on Seattle's Eastside.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,801
Olympic College
- Public 4 Year
- Bremerton, WA
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| 0 reviews
Olympic College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and industrial technology programs. The main campus sits in Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula near Puget Sound.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,157
South Seattle College
- Public 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Sep 13 application deadline
South Seattle College is a public community college known for undergraduate programs in aviation technology and culinary arts. The urban campuses include a main West Seattle site and a Georgetown center focused on aviation training.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,012
Seattle Central College
- Public 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Aug 31 application deadline
Seattle Central is a public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts, nursing, and graphic design. The urban campus sits on Capitol Hill in Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,187
Antioch University Seattle
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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| 0 reviews
- Aug 15 application deadline
Antioch Seattle is a private university known for undergraduate degree-completion programs in liberal studies and psychology. The urban campus primarily serves adult and nontraditional students.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Northwest College of Art & Design
- Private 4 Year
- Tacoma, WA
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| 0 reviews
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $14,818