2025 Best International Studies Schools in Washington
4Colleges in Washington
109International Studies Degrees Awarded
$39,900Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in international studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #100 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of international studies. Combined, these schools handed out 109 degrees in international studies to qualified students.
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Your choice of international studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The international studies 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 International Studies Schools in Washington.
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Best Schools for International Studies in Washington
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 international studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Seattle University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in international studies. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #155 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Seattle U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 international studies students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Pacific Lutheran University if you want to pursue a degree in international studies. PLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Tacoma. A Best Colleges rank of #568 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means PLU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 international studies students who graduated with this degree at PLU in the most recent data year.
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Earn the degree that can help you drive business beyond borders with a specialized online international business degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's hard to beat Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies if you want to pursue a degree in international studies. Northwest University CAPS is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Kirkland. This university ranks 36th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 26 international studies students who graduated with this degree at Northwest University CAPS in the most recent data year. International Studies degree recipients from Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies receive an earnings boost of around $7,714 over the typical earnings of international studies graduates.
Every student pursuing a degree in international studies has to check out University of Washington - Bothell Campus. Located in the suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 50th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 28 international studies 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).
Your choice of international studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
