Seattle Pacific University
Private College in Seattle, WA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $64,506.
Ten-year median earnings of $64,506 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $24,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 83% puts Seattle Pacific University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,885 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 16% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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62% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 26% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,082 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,232 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,735 at the $0–30k band to $29,819 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $28,171, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 49% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 380 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,735 |
| $30–48k | $18,559 |
| $48–75k | $19,332 |
| $75–110k | $27,976 |
| $110k+ | $29,819 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,023 of these 2,082 students, totalling $6,774,886 — an average of $6,623 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (King County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)