unitid 236595 · Seattle, WA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Seattle University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,954
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
77%
56th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
4,062
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
27th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
76%
finish within 150% time
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$72,124
87th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$34,662
after aid, aided students
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$75,272
after entry, Title IV students
88th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,883
20th 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 $22,896 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
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48k10%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+45%
- Median family income
- $74,788
- First-generation students
- 19%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $56,721
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 238 | $91,519 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 226 | $126,253 | — |
| Law. | 198 | $96,708 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 86 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 84 | $132,713 | $24,980 |
| Computer Science. | 82 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 77 | $75,090 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 72 | $59,587 | $19,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 69 | — | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 67 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 64 | — | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 59 | $82,379 | — |
— 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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- net
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.