SPU Facts
President
Daniel J. Martin
Mission
Seattle Pacific University seeks to be a premier Christian university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.
Denominational Affiliation
SPU is a private university founded in 1891 by the Free Methodist Church of North America. Students and faculty represent more than 50 different Christian denominations.
Location
SPU's 43-acre city campus is located in a residential neighborhood on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill, only 10 minutes from the heart of downtown Seattle. SPU also owns and operates a wilderness campus and field station on Blakely Island, and a seaside campus/retreat facility on Whidbey Island.
Enrollment
(Statistics are based on Autumn Quarter 2012)
Total enrollment: 4,095
Undergraduate enrollment: 3,238
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 29
Graduate enrollment: 828
(September 2011–August 2012)
Continuing education enrollment: 5,895
Academic Programs Offered
Undergraduate majors: 62
Undergraduate minors: 57
Undergraduate concentrations: 39
Master's degree programs: 17
Master's concentrations: 37
Doctoral degree programs: 5
Graduate certificates: 8
Students
(undergraduate through doctorate)
Average Age of students
Undergraduate: 21
Post-baccalaureate: 32
Master's: 32
Doctoral: 33
Gender
Men: 33%
Women: 67%
Student-Faculty Ratio
15:1 (based on Common Data Set definition)
Undergraduate Information
Average High School GPA
Entering freshmen: 3.54
Entering transfers: 3.17
Average SAT Scores of Entering Freshmen
National average: 1010
Washington state average: 1049
SPU average: 1117
Class Size
79 percent of Autumn Quarter 2012 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic Diversity
29% (undergraduate ethnic minority students)
Retention Rate
84% (based on first-year persistence)
Six-year Graduation Rate
72% (reported Autumn 2012)
Top 10 Undergraduate Programs
By number of students enrolled Autumn Quarter and accepted into a major:
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Business Administration
- Physiology
- Communication
- Political Science
- English
- Integrated Studies
- Visual Communication
- Music
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Quick Fact
In 2011-12, 49 percent of SPU's incoming freshmen students are from out of state.
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