Education in Seattle
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 47.2% of Seattleites over the age of 25 have a bachelor's degree or higher, the highest rate in the nation, and 93% have a high school diploma or equivalent.
[edit] Colleges and universities
The University of Washington is located in Seattle; with over 36,000 students, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States. There are also two major private universities in the city: Seattle University, a Jesuit institution; and Seattle Pacific University, a Christian school founded by the Free Methodists. Smaller schools include Cornish College of the Arts, The Art Institute of Seattle, Gage Academy of Art and the School of Visual Concepts; the small, Pentecostal Seattle Bible College; and Antioch University Seattle and Argosy University/Seattle, both business and psychology schools mainly aimed at adults.
Seattle is also served by North Seattle, Seattle Central, and South Seattle Community Colleges, and its suburbs are home to the naturopathic Bastyr University (Kenmore), the Assemblies of God's Northwest University (Kirkland), and the adult-education City University (Bellevue).
[edit] Primary and secondary education
The public school system, Seattle Public Schools, is supplemented by a number of private primary and secondary schools. Four of the high schools are Catholic, namely Bishop Blanchet High School, Holy Names Academy, O'Dea High School, and Seattle Preparatory School. Also parochial is Seattle Lutheran High School. There are also a number of secular schools. Of these, the Bush School and Lakeside School are long-established, whereas Hazel Wolf High School, Northwest School, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences, and University Preparatory Academy are of more recent foundation.
