President
Daniel J. Martin
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 2015)
Total enrollment: 4,175
Undergraduate enrollment: 3,202
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 26
Graduate enrollment: 947
(2014–15)
Continuing education enrollment: 5,126
Academic Programs Offered
Undergraduate majors: 60
Undergraduate minors: 53
Undergraduate concentrations: 51
Master's degree programs: 24
Master's concentrations: 24
Doctoral degree programs: 5
Graduate certificates: 12
Students
(undergraduate through doctoral)
Average Age of Students
Undergraduate: 21
Post-baccalaureate: 31
Master's: 32
Doctoral: 33
Gender
Men: 31%
Women: 69%
Student-Faculty Ratio
15:1 (based on Common Data Set definition)
Undergraduate Information
Average High School GPA
Entering freshmen: 3.56
Entering transfers: 3.22
Average SAT Scores of Entering Freshmen
National average: 1006
Washington state average: 1028
SPU average: 1136
Class Size
80 percent of Autumn Quarter 2014 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic Diversity
36% (undergraduate ethnic minority students)
Retention Rate
87% (based on first-year persistence)
Six-year Graduation Rate
71% (reported Autumn 2015)
Top 10 Undergraduate Programs
By number of students enrolled Autumn Quarter and accepted into a major:
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Business Administration
- Political Science
- Physiology
- Communication
- Integrated Studies
- Visual Communication
- English
- Accounting
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