2025 Best Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Washington

a master's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 37 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 365 master's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt psychology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Psychology in Washington

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in psychology.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Central Washington University if you want to pursue a master's degree in psychology. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Central Washington University

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in psychology has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

3

Seattle University
Seattle, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Seattle University is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in psychology. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a master’s in psychology from Seattle University

4

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

Eastern Washington University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in psychology. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Eastern Washington University

5

Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a master’s in psychology from Seattle Pacific University

Best Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	33	6,233
Oregon	29	194
Hawaii	27	114
Nevada	27	32
Alaska	21	12

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	293
General Psychology	39
Child Development & Psychology	33

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.