Editing Education in Seattle (section)

==Colleges and universities==
[[Image:MK03240 University of Washington Suzzallo Library.jpg|thumb|upright|Inside [[Suzzallo Library]], University of Washington campus]]

Seattle is home to one of the nation's most respected public universities, the [[University of Washington]]. With over 40,000 under-graduates and post-graduates, UW is the largest school in the Pacific Northwest<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002113/University-of-Washington | title=University of Washington | publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica Online | access-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> and many of its departments are ranked in the top 10 for research universities in the United States according to the ''Chronicle of Higher Learning''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?institution=12&byinst=Go | title= Top Research Universities in the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index: University of Washington | publisher=Chronicle of Higher Education |year=2003 | access-date=2007-10-09}}</ref> A study by ''Newsweek International'' in 2006 cited UW as the twenty-second best university in the world.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/ | title=The Complete List: The Top 100 Global Universities | publisher=Newsweek International Edition | date=2006-08-13 | access-date=2007-11-02 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315053646/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/ | archive-date=2007-03-15}}</ref> Additionally, the University of Washington was ranked 16th internationally by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' in 2008.<ref name="Top 500">[http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm Top 500 World Universities (2008)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821124211/http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm |date=August 21, 2008 }} ''Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University''</ref>

The city's other prominent universities are [[Seattle University]], a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] university, and [[Seattle Pacific University]], a [[Free Methodist Church|Free Methodist]] university. 

There are also a handful of smaller schools, such as the [[City University, Washington|City University of Seattle]], a private university. [[Antioch University Seattle]] provide undergraduate and graduate degrees for working adults. [[Cornish College of the Arts]], [[The Art Institute of Seattle]], [[Gage Academy of Art]] and the [[School of Visual Concepts]] offer bachelor's degrees in the fine arts as dance, music, and theatre. Seattle also has three colleges within the [[Seattle Colleges District]] system, comprising [[North Seattle College|North]], [[Seattle Central College|Central]], and [[South Seattle College|South]]. ''Time'' magazine chose Seattle Central College for best college of the year in 2001, stating the school "pushes diverse students to work together in small teams".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000725,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102054331/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000725,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 2, 2007 | publisher=Time magazine | title=Seattle Central | date=2001-09-10 | access-date=2007-09-28 | author=Andrew Goldstein}}</ref>

Since 2013, [[Northeastern University]] has a satellite graduate campus in the [[South Lake Union]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2012/10/synergy-in-seattle/|title=Synergy in Seattle|date=19 October 2012}}</ref>