BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University and some other colleges in Washington state rank highly on a scale of what they do for the country.
Washington Monthly annually ranks liberal arts colleges, those that focus on arts and sciences rather than professional degrees, on their contributions to the public good,
Evergreen State College in Olympia actually ranked number one, while Western came in at number 16.
Two other Washington schools made the top 20, the University of Washington – Tacoma at ten and Whitworth University at 18.
The publication rated schools in three broad categories: social mobility, research, and promoting public service.