The Master of Business Administration programs at Washington State University and Western Washington University have earned kudos from the Aspen Institute. WSU and WWU finished 76th and 87th, respectively, out of about 600 business schools invited to participate in the institute's "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" survey, which ranks the programs on academic content and on a university's efforts to integrate social and environmental concerns.

WSU and WWU were the only in-state programs to make the list. Stanford University's M.B.A. program ranked first. The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization.