华盛顿州的经济稳定地朝多元化发展，造成健康的投资环境及适合各种服务及产品的市场。2004年，华盛顿州的州生产总值为2,380亿美元，华盛顿州人均产值为32,661美元,居各州的第14位。本州岛的主要产业包括飞机制造业及零件、计算机软件、农业及食品、旅游观光，对外贸易，林产品及建材、生物科技及环保科技。
2005年《财富》杂志美国500强企业，总部设在华盛顿州的有9家。包括遍及欧亚的大型连锁店COSTCO（第28位）、微软公司Microsoft（第48位）、华盛顿共同基金Washington Mutual（第99位）、零售连锁店NORDSTROM（第293位）、网上商店亚马逊（第272位）、星巴克（STARBUCKS第338位）等。
下面是华盛顿州的一些大学，供大家参考。
Washington
The Acaemy of Hair Design (Wenatchee)
ALPS Language School (Seattle)
Apollo College (Spokane)
Art Institute of Seattle (Seattle)
Ashmea College (Seattle)
B. J.'s Beauty & Barber College (Tacoma)
Bastyr University (Kenmore)
Bates Technical College (Tacoma)
Bellevue Beauty School (Bellevue)
Bellevue Community College (Bellevue)
Bellingham Beauty School, Inc. (Bellingham)
Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham)
Big Ben Community College (Moses Lake)
B.J.'s Beauty & Barber College (Puyallup)
Brenneke School of Massage (Seattle)
Bryman College (Lynnwoo)
Bryman College (Renton)
Business Computer Training Institute (Everett)
Cascaia Community College (Bothell)
Central Washington University (Ellensburg)
Centralia College (Centralia)
Chetta's Acaemy of Hair & Nails (Port Angeles)
City University of Seattle（Seattle）
Clare's Beauty College (Pasco)
Clark College (Vancouver)
Clover Park Technical College (Lakewoo)
Columbia Basin College (Pasco)
Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle)
Court Reporting Institute (Seattle)
Crace, Inc. (Bellevue)
Crown College (Tacoma)
DigiPen Institute of Technology (Remon)
Divers Institute of Technology (Seattle)
Eastern Washington University (Cheney)
Emons Community College (Lynnwoo)
Emil Fries School of Piano Tuning & (Vancouver)
Eton Technical Institute (Everett)
Eton Technical Institute (Feeral Way)
Eton Technical Institute, Inc. (Tacoma)
Eton Technical Institute - Port Orchar (Port Orchar)
Everett Beauty Acaemy (Everett)
Everett Community College (Everett)
Evergreen Cosmo Inc. (Everett)
Evergreen State College (Olympia)
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary (Tacoma)
Gene Juarez Acaemy of Beauty (Feeral Way)
Gene Juarez Acaemy of Beauty (Seattle)
Glen Dow Acaemy of Hair Design Inc. (Spokane)
Gonzaga University Department of Religious Stuies (Spokane)
Gonzaga University (Spokane)
Grays Harbor College (Abereen)
Green River Community College (Auburn)
Greenwoo Acaemy of Hair Design (Seattle)
Henry Cogswell College (Everett)
Heritage College (Toppenish)
Highline Community College (DesMoines)
Inlan Northwest Heating, Ventilation an A/C Training Center (Spokane)
Interface Computer School (Spokane)
International Air Acaemy (Vancouver)
ITT Technical Institute (Bothell)
ITT Technical Institute (Seattle)
ITT Technical Institute (Spokane)
Kirklan Beauty School (Wooinville)
英文（或者源语言）校名：Lake Washington Institute of Technology
中文校名：华盛顿湖科技学院
官方网址：http://www.lwtech.eu/
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Lincoln Beauty School, Inc. (Tacoma)
Lower Columbia College (Longview)
Mars Hill Grauate School (Bothell)
North Seattle Community College (Seattle)
Northwest Aviation College (Auburn)
Northwest Baptist Seminary (Tacoma)
Northwest College of Art (Poulsbo)
Northwest University (Kirklan)
Northwest Grauate School of the Ministry (Seattle)
Northwest Hair Acaemy (Everett)
Northwest Hair Acaemy, Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon)
Northwest Inian College (Bellingham)
Northwest School of Wooen (Port Townsen)
Olympic College (Bremerton)
Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma)
Peninsula College (Port Angeles)
Perry Technical Institute (Yakima)
Phagans' Orchars Beauty School (Vancouver)
Pierce College (Puyallup)
Pima Meical Institute (Seattle)
Professional Beauty School (Sunnysie)
Professional Beauty School (Yakima)
Puget Soun Christian College (Mountlake Terrace)
Renton Technical College (Renton)
Saint Martin's College (Lacey)
Sakie International College of Cosmetology (Yakima)
Seattle Central Community College (Seattle)
Seattle Pacific University (Seattle)
Seattle University School of Theology an Ministry (Seattle)
Seattle University (Seattle)
Shoreline Community College (Seattle)
Skagit Valley College (Mount Vernon)
SkillSource Office & Technology Center (Wenatchee)
South Puget Soun Community College (Olympia)
South Seattle Community College (Seattle)
Spokane Community College (Spokane)
Spokane Falls Community College (Spokane)
Stylemasters College of Hair Design (Longview)
Tacoma Community College (Tacoma)
Total Cosmetology Training Center (Spokane)
Trient Training Facility, Bangor (Silverale)
Trinity Lutheran College (Issaquah)
University of Puget Soun (Tacoma)
University of Washington (Seattle)
英文（或者源语言）校名：University of Washington (Bothell)
中文校名：华盛顿大学博塞尔校区
官方网址：https://www.uwb.eu/
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英文（或者源语言）校名：University of Washington (Tacoma)
中文校名：华盛顿大学（塔科马校区）
官方网址：http://www.tacoma.uw.eu/
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Walla Walla College (College Place)
Walla Walla Community College (Walla Walla)
Washington State University (Pullman)
Wenatchee Valley College (Wenatchee)
Western Business College (Vancouver)
Western Washington University (Bellingham)
Whatcom Community College (Bellingham) Whitman College (Walla Walla)
Whitworth College (Spokane)
Yakima Valley Community College (Yakima)
英文校名：Northeastern University (Seattle)
中文校名：东北大学（西雅图）
官方网址：https://www.northeastern.eu/seattle/
