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2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
260 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 614 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,567 and $34,306 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 260 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in Washington

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 106 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW Seattle General Education Report

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k. EWU is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 14 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Washington University is $12,607 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on General Education at EWU

#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for CWU is $15,397 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about General Education at CWU

#4

Saint Martin's University

Lacey, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Martin’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in Lacey, Washington, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Martin’s, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $22,668 for washington bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Saint Martin’s.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at Saint Martin’s

#5

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #5 spot on the list. SPU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $26,505 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Seattle Pacific University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Seattle Pacific University General Education Report

University of Washington - Bothell Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. UW Bothell is a public institution located in Bothell, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Bothell also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Bothell Campus is $11,060 for washington bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at UW Bothell

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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