| Location: | Northwest |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Free Methodist |
| Size: | Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Falcons |
SPU seeks to be a premiere 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.
Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a Christian university of the liberal arts, sciences and professions, located on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded in 1891 by the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seattle Seminary and College in 1913, changed names again to Seattle Pacific College in 1915, and took its present name in 1977. Seattle Pacific University is a member of the Christian College Consortium.
SPU enjoys a 43 acre campus on the northern slope of the residential neighborhood of Queen Anne Hill, close to the artsy Fremont neighborhood. Some of the massive trees on campus are the oldest remaining original trees in Seattle. SPU also owns and operates two satellite campuses: a wilderness field station specializing in biology on Blakely Island in the San Juan Islands and former military fort turned retreat facility at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island.
===Library=== The four-floor Seattle Pacific Library was completed in 1994. It houses over 190,000 volumes and 1,300 print periodicals, and grows by 6,000 new titles a year. Students and faculty have access to the collections of the Orbis Cascade Alliance and Summit, comprising over 30 million items held in Washington and Oregon academic libraries, including the University of Washington. In addition to printed reference materials, the library also hosts many electronic sources, including abstracts and indexes from ProQuest Direct, EBSCOHost, First Search, and other online services, and is available at all computers in library and on campus, including several computer labs in library.
In Summer 2007, the library began a series called "Thursday Food for Thought." At the weekly lunchtime readings, campus authors (faculty and staff) read from their published works.
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| Percent of Students International: | 1% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 54% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Pacific West Conference) Track (Pacific West Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 21,783 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 21,447 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 336 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 4,103 | 21% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,502 | 45% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,841 | 90% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,726 | 63% | |
Any Aid: |
93% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 82% (Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 93% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 530, Math: 520 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 650, Math: 630 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 26% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 22, Verbal: 21, Math: 21 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 28, Verbal: 29, Math: 27 |
| Application Fee: | $ 45.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
