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 2019)
Total enrollment: 3,529
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,717
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 21
Graduate enrollment: 791
(Summer 2018–Summer 2019)
Continuing education enrollment: 2,531
Academic programs offered
Undergraduate majors: 71
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: 35
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: 3.52
Entering transfers: 3.13
Average SAT scores of entering freshmen
National average: 1059
Washington state average: 1074
SPU average: 1152
Class size
82% of Autumn Quarter 2019 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic diversity
43% (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
- Business Administration
- Nursing
- Computer Science
- Physiology
- Communication
- Visual Communications
- Global Development Studies
- Biochemistry
- Exercise Science
More information
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Updated October 28, 2019