2026 Best Best Schools in Washington
Best is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their best programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for best students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Best in Washington
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the best degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Best
No school ranked higher than Washington State University this year for best. Set in the town of Pullman, Washington State University is a very large public institution. Roughly 60% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 133 best students who graduated with this degree at Washington State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their best degree from Washington State University earn around $105,558 in the first couple years of their career. Washington State University graduates carry a median of $21,903 in student loans.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
