Seattle Pacific scores high in 2025 national rankings
For the ninth year in a row, Seattle Pacific has been named a “” in U.S. News & World Report’s best college annual rankings for 2025. SPU was the first private university in the Pacific Northwest to achieve this ranking in 2017. U.S. News defines national universities as those institutions offering a range of undergraduate majors plus master's and doctoral programs and emphasizing faculty research or award professional doctorates.
Seattle Pacific is the No. 1 ranked Christian university in the Northwest in Niche’s “.” Niche is an online resource providing information on K–12 schools, colleges, and more and is a top guide for students looking for a college. The Wall Street Journal included SPU in its .
U.S. News also ranked SPU in the top 100 for and gave it high marks for . SPU was named a , which U.S. News describes as institutions that enroll and graduate large proportions of students who receive Pell Grants. (Pell Grants are a need-based federal financial aid program aimed at helping low-income families afford to pay for college).
SPU’s eligibility in the national university category is due to the growth in the institution’s programs, including a master of science in research psychology and a master of arts in theology as well as a new undergraduate degree in elementary education.
Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2024