by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 82,308 people earned their degree in allied health professions, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, allied health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,436 and had an average of $20,148 in loans still to pay off.
Across Washington, there were 821 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,487 and $23,759 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 allied health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in allied health professions. That schools that top this list have a program in allied health professions in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. CWU is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Central Washington University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington list. Bellevue College is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Washington that handed out 12 bachelors’s allied health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s allied health students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s allied health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Allied Health Professions at Washington State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s allied health degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Eastern Washington University Allied Health Professions Report
Whitworth University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Allied Health Major in Washington ranking. Located in Spokane, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s allied health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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