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Colleges with the smallest classes in Washington

24 colleges ranked by student–faculty ratio

These 24 smallest-class colleges in Washington, ranked by student–faculty ratio, run from 3:1 at Great Northern University to 29:1 at Northwest College of Art & Design. 6 are public and 18 are private.

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1Great Northern University
Spokane, WA
Private3:136100%
2Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA
Private6:148070%
3Heritage University
Toppenish, WA
Private7:1782
4Seattle Film Institute
Seattle, WA
Private8:160
5Bastyr University
Kenmore, WA
Private9:158
6City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA
Private9:11,091
7Northwest University
Kirkland, WA
Private9:164288%
8Saint Martin's University
Lacey, WA
Private10:11,25476%
9Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
Private10:12,07391%
10Seattle University
Seattle, WA
Private10:14,11776%
11University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
Private10:11,63176%
12Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
Private10:11,52350%
13Whitworth University
Spokane, WA
Private10:11,92787%
14DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WA
Private11:11,03268%
15Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
Private12:15,09876%
16Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA
Private12:12,35081%
17Walla Walla University
College Place, WA
Private13:11,214
18Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Public15:121,58385%
19Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA
Public17:18,08190%
20Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Public17:113,57491%
21Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA
Public20:16,51792%
22The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA
Public20:12,04297%
23University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Public20:131,58843%
24Northwest College of Art & Design
Tacoma, WA
Private29:115076%

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