If you pursue a degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #105 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nursing Practice Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 degrees in nursing practice annually.
The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Practice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Practice Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nursing practice degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat Gonzaga University if you want to pursue a degree in nursing practice. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Gonzaga is a great university overall.
There were about 33 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.
Pacific Lutheran University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in nursing practice. Located in the suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 19 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at PLU in the most recent data year.
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Any student who is interested in nursing practice has to take a look at Seattle Pacific University. SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle. This university ranks 12th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 17 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at SPU in the most recent data year.
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).
The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Practice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
