Interim President
Pete Menjares
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 2021)
Total enrollment: 3,443
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,640
Post-baccalaureate enrollment: 43
Graduate enrollment: 760
(Summer 2020–Summer 2021)
Continuing education enrollment: 1,590
Academic programs offered
Undergraduate majors: 72
Undergraduate minors: 58
Master’s degree programs: 28
Doctoral degree programs: 5
Graduate certificates: 15
Students
(undergraduate through doctoral)
Average age of students
Undergraduate: 21
Post-baccalaureate: 33
Master’s: 32
Doctoral: 33
Gender
Men: 31%
Women: 69%
Student-faculty ratio
13:1 (based on Common Data Set definition)
Undergraduate information
Average high school GPA
Entering freshmen: 3.53
Entering transfers: 3.22
Average SAT scores of entering freshmen
National average: 1060
Washington state average: 1072
SPU average: 1184
Class size
85% of Autumn Quarter 2021 undergraduate classes had enrollments of 30 or less.
Ethnic diversity
54% (undergraduate ethnic minority students)
Retention rate
81% (based on first-year persistence)
Six-year graduation rate
66% (reported Autumn 2020)
Top 10 undergraduate programs
By number of students enrolled Autumn Quarter and accepted into a major:
- Business Administration
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Computer Science
- Communication
- Physiology
- English
- General Engineering
- Political Science
- Exercise Science
More information
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Updated October 27, 2021