2025 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Allied Health Professions is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #18 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for allied health professions students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 169 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Washington

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for allied health professions students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

143 Annual Graduates

$128,410 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in allied health professions needs to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus earn $4,369 more than the average allied health student.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

14 Annual Graduates

Washington State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the town of Pullman.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Washington State University

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	659
Oregon	158	169
Nevada	105	92
Hawaii	85	8

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Allied Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	143
Athletic Training	26

Most Popular Majors Related to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mental & Social Health Services	436
Public Health	285
Nursing	280
Communication Sciences	113
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	97
Health & Medical Administrative Services	76
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	45
Alternative Medicine & Systems	29
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	23
Alternative Medical Support Services	13

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.