2025 Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in secondary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #102 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of secondary education. Combined, these schools handed out 33 bachelor's degrees in secondary education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to secondary education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other secondary education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized secondary education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for secondary education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Secondary Education in Washington

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in secondary education.

Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Secondary Teaching

1

Whitworth University
Spokane, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Whitworth University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Spokane.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from Whitworth University

2

Walla Walla University
College Place, WA

8 Annual Graduates

Walla Walla University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Located in the suburb of College Place, Walla Walla U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from Walla Walla University

Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	0
Oregon	343	25
Nevada	201	74
Hawaii	172	20
Alaska	87	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Secondary Teaching

One of 13 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Secondary Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	601
Early Childhood Education	409
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	19
Teacher Education	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.