Easiest Washington Colleges to Get Into
Washington has 29 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
15 colleges accept 100% of applicants in Washington. Examples include Bellevue College, City University of Seattle, Columbia Basin College and Heritage University.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in Washington, or the most selective colleges.
Bellevue College
- Public 4 Year
- Bellevue, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Sep 15 application deadline
Bellevue College is a public community college known for nursing, information technology, and business. The suburban campus sits in Bellevue east of Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $13,932
City University of Seattle
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
CityU is a private university known for undergraduate business, information technology, and education. The urban Seattle campus primarily serves working and nontraditional students.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Columbia Basin College
- Public 4 Year
- Pasco, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Columbia Basin College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and nuclear technology programs. The main campus is in Pasco in Washington's Tri-Cities region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $10,656
Heritage University
- Private 4 Year
- Toppenish, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Heritage is a private university known for undergraduate teacher education and nursing. The campus sits on the Yakama Nation Reservation in the Yakima Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.02
- Net Price $15,563
Bastyr University
- Private 4 Year
- Kenmore, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Apr 15 application deadline
Bastyr is a private university known for undergraduate nutrition, herbal sciences, and natural health sciences. The wooded campus sits on the shore of Lake Washington near Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Kirkland, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
LWTech is a public technical college known for undergraduate programs in nursing, information technology, and design. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland on Seattle's Eastside.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $8,801
Olympic College
- Public 4 Year
- Bremerton, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Olympic College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and industrial technology programs. The main campus sits in Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula near Puget Sound.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $8,157
Peninsula College
- Public 4 Year
- Port Angeles, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Peninsula College is a public community college known for associate nursing and transfer degree programs. The Port Angeles campus sits on the Olympic Peninsula near Olympic National Park.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $10,742
South Seattle College
- Public 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Sep 13 application deadline
South Seattle College is a public community college known for undergraduate programs in aviation technology and culinary arts. The urban campuses include a main West Seattle site and a Georgetown center focused on aviation training.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $8,012
Seattle Central College
- Public 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
Seattle Central is a public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts, nursing, and graphic design. The urban campus sits on Capitol Hill in Seattle.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $11,187
Walla Walla University
- Private 4 Year
- College Place, WA
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Walla Walla University is a private Seventh-day Adventist university known for undergraduate nursing and engineering. The residential campus is in College Place, a small town next to Walla Walla.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $25,505
Antioch University Seattle
- Private 4 Year
- Seattle, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Antioch Seattle is a private university known for undergraduate degree-completion programs in liberal studies and psychology. The urban campus primarily serves adult and nontraditional students.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Northwest Indian College
- Public 4 Year
- Bellingham, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
A tribal college known for undergraduate Native studies, environmental science, and tribal governance. The main campus sits on the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $4,048
Faith International University
- Private 4 Year
- Tacoma, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Faith International is a private Christian university known for undergraduate theology, biblical studies, and ministry. The compact urban campus serves students preparing for church and ministry roles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $25,165
Great Northern University
- Private 4 Year
- Spokane, Washington
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $21,029
The Evergreen State College
- Public 4 Year
- Olympia, WA
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
Evergreen is a public liberal arts college known for interdisciplinary programs and environmental studies. The forested campus includes Puget Sound waterfront near Olympia.
- SAT Range 1035-1253
- Avg GPA 3.12
- Net Price $18,350
Western Washington University
- Public 4 Year
- Bellingham, WA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Jan 31 application deadline
Western Washington is a public university known for undergraduate environmental science and education. The hillside campus overlooks Bellingham Bay near the Cascade Mountains.
- SAT Range 1150-1390
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $24,338
Central Washington University
- Public 4 Year
- Ellensburg, WA
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- 91% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Central Washington is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and aviation. Ellensburg is a residential college town in the Kittitas Valley of central Washington.
- SAT Range 930-1150
- Avg GPA 3.08
- Net Price $19,898