unitid 236577 · Seattle, WA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Seattle Pacific University
- enrollment 2023
- 3,514
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
83%
69th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,762
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
62%
finish within 150% time
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$56,826
69th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$24,488
after aid, aided students
62nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$64,506
after entry, Title IV students
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,000
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $20,735 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $62,276
- First-generation students
- 23%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,407
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 87 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 87 | $96,041 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 80 | $79,317 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 62 | $55,138 | $26,000 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 60 | $92,084 | $22,000 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 34 | $79,971 | $26,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 30 | — | — |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 28 | — | $24,723 |
| Computer Science. | 25 | — | $18,908 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 22 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 22 | $77,383 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 21 | — | $26,949 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.