Humanities is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #37 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Humanities Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 176 degrees in humanities annually.
The humanities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Humanities rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for humanities schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Humanities Schools in Washington.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the humanities degree levels they offer.
Washington State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in humanities. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were roughly 93 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
Seattle University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in humanities. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #155 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Seattle U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in humanities needs to look into University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the midsize city of Tacoma. This university ranks 49th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 35 humanities students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in humanities needs to look into University of Washington - Bothell Campus. UW Bothell is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bothell. This university ranks 50th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 15 humanities students who graduated with this degree at UW Bothell in the most recent year we have data available.
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 humanities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Humanities rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for humanities schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
