by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Lake Washington Institute of Technology was awarded 49 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer software & applications.
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College Factual ranked LWTech as #370 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when LWTech held the #532 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
LWTech also holds the #7 spot on the Best Colleges in Washington ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Lake Washington Institute of Technology, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Lake Washington Institute of Technology is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Washington Institute of Technology is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,319 undergraduates at LWTech with 1,719 being full-time and 1,600 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,123 | $6,643 | $11,647 | $12,592 | $14,643 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of LWTech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LWTech, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $9,024 a year. That adds up to $36,096 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Lake Washington Institute of Technology make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Contact details for LWTech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11605 132Nd Ave Ne, Kirkland, WA 98034-8506 |
| Phone: | 425-739-8100 |
| Website: | https://www.lwtech.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 253 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 111 | NA |
| Nursing | 83 | NA |
| Accounting | 67 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 66 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 65 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 56 | NA |
| Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 51 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 47 | NA |
| Graphic Communications | 45 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,463 students took at least one online class at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. This is a decrease from the 1,744 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,463 | 797 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,744 | 1,049 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,490 | 1,944 |
| 2018-2019 | 654 | 206 |
Learn more about online learning at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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