Largest Washington Private Colleges

Gonzaga University is the largest private Washington college with 7,253 students. The percentage of online students is 9.04% at the school.

Seattle University with 7,121 students and Seattle Pacific University with 3,118 students are following it in the largetst Washington college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Washington online colleges.

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Gonzaga University is the largest school with 7,253 students and Seattle University has the second largest population with 7,121 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Gonzaga University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Seattle University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $46,579 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,652 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 81.30% and the average SAT score is 1,262 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Washington Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Washington Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA Private, four-years	7,253 42	5,084	2,169	3,103	4,150	656	12 to 1
2 -	Seattle University Seattle, WA Private, four-years	7,121 71	4,046	3,075	2,617	4,504	386	10 to 1
3 -	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA Private, four-years	3,118 483	2,432	686	976	2,142	116	12 to 1
4 -	Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA Private, four-years	2,633 274	2,301	332	942	1,691	39	11 to 1
5 -	Whitworth University Spokane, WA Private, four-years	2,415 341	2,047	368	986	1,429	57	10 to 1
6 1	Charter College Vancouver, WA Private, four-years	2,117 3	2,117	-	577	1,540	578	25 to 1
7 1	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA Private, four-years	2,023 107	1,712	311	814	1,209	-	9 to 1
8 1	Saint Martin's University Lacey, WA Private, four-years	1,609 29	1,365	244	654	955	47	11 to 1
9 1	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA Private, four-years	1,493 133	1,493	-	652	841	-	9 to 1
10 2	Walla Walla University College Place, WA Private, four-years	1,432 305	1,300	132	698	734	23	13 to 1
	Average	3,121	2,390	915	1,202	1,920	238	12 to 1

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