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Largest liberal arts programs in Washington
Washington liberal arts programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierce College District | Lakewood | Public, 4-year | 1,128 |
| 2 | Bellevue College | Bellevue | Public, 4-year | 982 |
| 3 | Clark College | Vancouver | Public, 4-year | 793 |
| 4 | Columbia Basin College | Pasco | Public, 4-year | 781 |
| 5 | Everett Community College | Everett | Public, 4-year | 677 |
| 6 | Green River College | Auburn | Public, 4-year | 672 |
| 7 | Olympic College | Bremerton | Public, 4-year | 624 |
| 8 | Spokane Falls Community College | Spokane | Public, 4-year | 600 |
| 9 | Tacoma Community College | Tacoma | Public, 4-year | 592 |
| 10 | South Puget Sound Community College | Olympia | Public, 4-year | 530 |
| 11 | Whatcom Community College | Bellingham | Public, 4-year | 417 |
| 12 | Yakima Valley College | Yakima | Public, 4-year | 408 |
| 13 | Highline College | Des Moines | Public, 4-year | 393 |
| 14 | Wenatchee Valley College | Wenatchee | Public, 4-year | 363 |
| 15 | The Evergreen State College | Olympia | Public, 4-year | 359 |
| 16 | Shoreline Community College | Shoreline | Public, 4-year | 349 |
| 17 | Spokane Community College | Spokane | Public, 4-year | 348 |
| 18 | Edmonds College | Lynnwood | Public, 4-year | 344 |
| 19 | Seattle Central College | Seattle | Public, 4-year | 317 |
| 20 | Skagit Valley College | Mount Vernon | Public, 4-year | 308 |
| 21 | Lower Columbia College | Longview | Public, 4-year | 274 |
| 22 | Big Bend Community College | Moses Lake | Public, 4-year | 271 |
| 23 | Cascadia College | Bothell | Public, 4-year | 257 |
| 24 | Centralia College | Centralia | Public, 4-year | 251 |
| 25 | North Seattle College | Seattle | Public, 4-year | 226 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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