2023 Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Washington, there were 28 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. That schools that top this list have a program in general health and wellness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington”.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for General Health & Wellness in Washington

1

Carrington College, Spokane
Spokane, Washington

$31,574 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,429 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carrington College, Spokane. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington. Spokane, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s health and wellness degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Carrington College, Spokane

2

Antioch University - Seattle
Seattle, Washington

$42,051 Average Early-Career Earnings

$34,871 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Antioch University - Seattle. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington. Antioch University - Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Antioch University - Seattle

3

Bellevue College
Bellevue, Washington

#15 overall quality in Washington

$53,966 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,840 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington list. Bellevue, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s health and wellness degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at BC

4

Northwest University
Kirkland, Washington

#20 overall quality in Washington

$43,507 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,091 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Washington list. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s health and wellness degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Northwest University

• Most Focused Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Colleges for General Health & Wellness

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.