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. °µÍøTV 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 °µÍøTV in its .
U.S. News also ranked °µÍøTV in the top 100 for and gave it high marks for . °µÍøTV 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).
°µÍøTV’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