Washington contains 65 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. University of Washington-Seattle Campus, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in WA, has a total student population of 45,943 and is the 26th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 65 liberal arts and humanities schools in Washington, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Perry Technical Institute comes out as the most expensive ($30,048/yr), with Bellevue College as the lowest recorded at only $4,749/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Washington schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Washington alone, there are 70 employed mathematicians earning an average yearly salary of $89,480. Education teachers in this state earn $56,820/yr and there are 1,330 employed.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Washington, the average student population is 3,354 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 3883 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,017 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,803, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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