universities & hospitals
Explore the sights and sounds of Seattle — enjoy the community festivals located on some of the nearby college campuses and around town, or take in a sporting event at the University of Washington.
For NCAA football fanatics, you will want to get tickets to a University of Washington football game. The Huskies are known for dominating the Pacific-Ten Conference and have won three national championships.
University of Washington
With campuses in Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma, the University of Washington is a leading public university offering various degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Main Seattle Campus: 6 miles/10 minutes
- Tacoma Campus: 40 miles/45 minutes
- Bothell Campus: 17 miles/20 minutes
Seattle Pacific University
Ranked in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges, Seattle Pacific University is a private Christian institution located about 10 minutes from downtown (6 miles/15minutes).
Seattle University
Founded in 1891, Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2012" ranks Seattle University among the top ten universities in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs. (8 miles/15 minutes).
Argosy University
A for-profit university that is an association of several accredited institutions owned by Education Management Corporation, with 19 locations in 13 US states and online (Seattle: 7 miles/15 minutes).
Everest College
Previously known as Ashmead College, Everest is a career college offering short-term diploma programs in a variety of in-demand career fields.
- Northgate Campus: Across the street/2 minutes walking;
- Everett Campus: 22 miles/25 minutes
- Lynnwood Campus: 10 miles/15 minutes
- Tacoma Campus: 40 miles/45 minutes
Area Hospitals
- Northwest Hospital & Medical Center: 0.4 miles / 1 minute
- All Women’s Health North: 0.9 miles / 4 minutes
- Seattle Gastroenterology Associates: 0.1miles / <1 minute
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance: 6.6 miles / 9 minutes
- Seattle Childrens Hospital: 5.6 miles / 14 minutes
- University of Washington Medical Center: 6.3 miles / 10 minutes
- Swedish Medical Center: 8.6 miles / 15 minutes
- Kindred Hospital: 0.7miles / 3 minutes
- Group Health Cooperative -Northgate: 1.1 miles / 5 minutes
- Group Health Medical Center -Downtown: 7.4 miles / 11 minutes
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: 6.5 miles / 9 minutes
- Virginia Mason Medical Center: 7.5 miles / 10 minutes
