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Washington colleges: career services and alumni support

73 colleges in Washington, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

The Washington job market

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 73

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Washington workforce boards · Washington by county and city

Colleges in Washington

Colleges in Washington
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Antioch University-SeattleSeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-year74Claim page
Bastyr UniversityKenmorePrivate nonprofit 4-year39Claim page
Bates Technical CollegeTacomaPublic 2-year1,813Claim page
Bellevue CollegeBellevuePublic 4-year7,364Claim page
Bellingham Technical CollegeBellinghamPublic 4-year1,733Claim page
Big Bend Community CollegeMoses LakePublic 4-year1,272Claim page
Carrington College-SpokaneSpokanePrivate for-profit 2-year352Claim page
Cascadia CollegeBothellPublic 4-year1,032Claim page
Central Washington UniversityEllensburgPublic 4-year7,833Claim page
Centralia CollegeCentraliaPublic 4-year1,552Claim page
City University of SeattleSeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,137Claim page
Clark CollegeVancouverPublic 4-year4,945Claim page
Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewoodPublic 4-year2,636Claim page
Columbia Basin CollegePascoPublic 4-year4,640Claim page
Cornish College of the ArtsSeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
DigiPen Institute of TechnologyRedmondPrivate for-profit 4-year995Claim page
Eastern Washington UniversityCheneyPublic 4-year6,222Claim page
Edmonds CollegeLynnwoodPublic 4-year3,656Claim page
Everett Community CollegeEverettPublic 4-year4,709Claim page
Faith International UniversityTacomaPrivate nonprofit 4-year276Claim page
Gonzaga UniversitySpokanePrivate nonprofit 4-year5,198Claim page
Grays Harbor CollegeAberdeenPublic 4-year1,010Claim page
Great Northern UniversitySpokanePrivate nonprofit 4-year48Claim page
Green River CollegeAuburnPublic 4-year4,965Claim page
Heritage UniversityToppenishPrivate nonprofit 4-year812Claim page
Highline CollegeDes MoinesPublic 4-year3,838Claim page
Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirklandPublic 4-year2,406Claim page
Lower Columbia CollegeLongviewPublic 4-year1,932Claim page
North Seattle CollegeSeattlePublic 4-year3,074Claim page
Northwest College of Art & DesignTacomaPrivate for-profit 4-year139Claim page
Northwest Indian CollegeBellinghamPublic 4-year629Claim page
Northwest School of Wooden Boat BuildingPort HadlockPrivate nonprofit 2-year50Claim page
Northwest UniversityKirklandPrivate nonprofit 4-year645Claim page
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended EducationKirklandPrivate nonprofit 4-year405Claim page
Olympic CollegeBremertonPublic 4-year3,826Claim page
Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacomaPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,401Claim page
Pacific Northwest Christian CollegeKennewickPrivate nonprofit 2-year129Claim page
Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesYakimaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Peninsula CollegePort AngelesPublic 4-year1,263Claim page
Perry Technical InstituteYakimaPrivate nonprofit 2-year1,072Claim page
Pierce College DistrictLakewoodPublic 4-year5,313Claim page
Pima Medical Institute-RentonRentonPrivate for-profit 2-year456Claim page
Pima Medical Institute-SeattleSeattlePrivate for-profit 2-year471Claim page
Renton Technical CollegeRentonPublic 4-year1,783Claim page
Saint Martin's UniversityLaceyPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,158Claim page
Seattle Central CollegeSeattlePublic 4-year3,953Claim page
Seattle Film InstituteSeattlePrivate for-profit 4-year65Claim page
Seattle Institute of East Asian MedicineSeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,762Claim page
Seattle UniversitySeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-year4,062Claim page
Shoreline Community CollegeShorelinePublic 2-year3,046Claim page
Skagit Valley CollegeMount VernonPublic 4-year2,477Claim page
South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympiaPublic 2-year3,075Claim page
South Seattle CollegeSeattlePublic 4-year1,616Claim page
Spokane Community CollegeSpokanePublic 4-year4,533Claim page
Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokanePublic 4-year3,199Claim page
Tacoma Community CollegeTacomaPublic 4-year4,668Claim page
The Evergreen State CollegeOlympiaPublic 4-year2,160Claim page
The Seattle School of Theology & PsychologySeattlePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
University of Puget SoundTacomaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,594Claim page
University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothellPublic 4-year5,457Claim page
University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattlePublic 4-year31,942Claim page
University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacomaPublic 4-year4,185Claim page
Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla WallaPublic 4-year2,418Claim page
Walla Walla UniversityCollege PlacePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,252Claim page
Washington State UniversityPullmanPublic 4-year21,099Claim page
Wenatchee Valley CollegeWenatcheePublic 4-year1,759Claim page
Western Washington UniversityBellinghamPublic 4-year13,544Claim page
Whatcom Community CollegeBellinghamPublic 4-year2,378Claim page
Whitman CollegeWalla WallaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,531Claim page
Whitworth UniversitySpokanePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,858Claim page
Whitworth University-Adult Degree ProgramsSpokanePrivate nonprofit 4-year145Claim page
Yakima Valley CollegeYakimaPublic 4-year2,770Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Washington

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Higher education conferences in Washington

Conferences for college and university staff held in Washington: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 5 with dates announced.

All conferences

Work in career services or alumni relations at a Washington college?

Claim your college’s page and set up a free workspace for alumni and students. Use a work email at your institution’s domain.

See how a college claims its page

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington unemployment benefits.