Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University admitted 78% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1040–1260 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $20,652 a year. Within six years, 64% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 78%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1040–1260
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $64,176 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,652 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $13,627 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $53,096 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 64%
- Students who return for a second year
- 82%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $71,109 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,401
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 27%
- Business, management and marketing
- 13%
- Visual and performing arts
- 9%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Georgia College & State University GA · 78% admitted
- Jacksonville State University AL · 78% admitted
- Oklahoma City University OK · 77% admitted
- Salem College NC · 77% admitted
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY · 78% admitted
- University of Louisville KY · 79% admitted
More colleges in Washington
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA · 39% admitted
- Washington State University WA · 87% admitted
- Western Washington University WA · 93% admitted
- Central Washington University WA · 91% admitted
- Eastern Washington University WA · 91% admitted
- University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA · 91% admitted
- Gonzaga University WA · 82% admitted
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA · 83% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.