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 2017)
Total enrollment: 3,813
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,911
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 32
Graduate enrollment: 870
(Summer 2016–Summer 2017)
Continuing education enrollment: 3,925
Academic Programs Offered
Undergraduate majors: 66
Undergraduate minors: 52
Undergraduate concentrations: 61
Master’s degree programs: 29
Doctoral degree programs: 6
Graduate certificates: 9
Students
(undergraduate through doctoral)
Average Age of Students
Undergraduate: 21
Post-baccalaureate: 34
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: 3.51
Entering transfers: 3.23
Average SAT Scores of Entering Freshmen
National average: 1010
Washington state average: 1075
SPU average: 1173
Class Size
81 percent of Autumn Quarter 2017 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic Diversity
40% (undergraduate ethnic minority students)
Retention Rate
79% (based on first-year persistence)
Six-year Graduation Rate
69% (reported Autumn 2017)
Top 10 Undergraduate Programs
By number of students enrolled Autumn Quarter and accepted into a major:
- Business Administration
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Communication
- Computer Science
- General Engineering
- Integrated Studies
- Exercise Science
- Physiology
- Political Science
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