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Best Biology Colleges in Washington
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This ranking scores 20 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.
Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.
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Biology programs in Washington ranked by outcomes and program concentration
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Top 3
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
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Washington State University
Pullman, WA
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Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA
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Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA · 1,531 students · Private nonprofit
Washington State University
Pullman, WA · 21,099 students · Public
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA · 2,401 students · Private nonprofit
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA · 5,198 students · Private nonprofit
Seattle University
Seattle, WA · 4,062 students · Private nonprofit
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA · 13,544 students · Public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · 31,942 students · Public
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA · 1,594 students · Private nonprofit
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA · 1,762 students · Private nonprofit
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA · 6,222 students · Public
Northwest University
Kirkland, WA · 645 students · Private nonprofit
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA · 1,858 students · Private nonprofit
Walla Walla University
College Place, WA · 1,252 students · Private nonprofit
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA · 7,833 students · Public
Saint Martin's University
Lacey, WA · 1,158 students · Private nonprofit
Clark College
Vancouver, WA · 4,945 students · Public
Heritage University
Toppenish, WA · 812 students · Private nonprofit
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Tacoma, WA · 4,185 students · Public
Cascadia College
Bothell, WA · 1,032 students · Public
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA · 5,457 students · Public
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David Krug
Co-Founder, CollegeRanker
David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.
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