2021 Best Colleges in Washington for Students from Iran

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Iranian Students in Washington ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for Iranian students in Washington. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Washington for Students from Iran

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

$39,906 Avg Tuition & Fees

16.2% International Students

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the best school for Iranian students in Washington in this year’s ranking. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9,451 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 16.2% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UW Seattle to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

$27,733 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Iranian students in Washington list. Located in Pullman, Washington, the large public school awarded 6,226 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 6.2% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to Wazzu to study.

Full Washington State University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.