Executive-in-charge/Provost
Laura Hartley
Mission
Seattle Pacific University is a 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 2020)
Total enrollment: 3,601
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,702
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 41
Graduate enrollment: 858
(Summer 2019–Summer 2020)
Continuing education enrollment: 2,531
Academic programs offered
Undergraduate majors: 69
Undergraduate minors: 59
Master’s degree programs: 31
Doctoral degree programs: 5
Graduate certificates: 8
Students
(undergraduate through doctoral)
Average age of students
Undergraduate: 21
Post-baccalaureate: 41
Master’s: 32
Doctoral: 33
Gender
Men: 33%
Women: 67%
Student-faculty ratio
13:1 (based on Common Data Set definition)
Undergraduate information
Average high school GPA
Entering freshmen: 3.58
Entering transfers: 3.10
Average SAT scores of entering freshmen
National average: 1059
Washington state average: 1075
SPU average: 1130
Class size
81% of Autumn Quarter 2019 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic diversity
50% (undergraduate ethnic minority students)
Retention rate
80% (based on first-year persistence)
Six-year graduation rate
68% (reported Autumn 2019)
Top 10 undergraduate programs
By number of students enrolled Autumn Quarter and accepted into a major:
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Business Administration
- Computer Science
- Physiology
- Communication
- Mechanical Engineering
- Political Science
- Integrated Studies
- Social Justice/Cultural Studies
More information
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Updated October 19, 2020