Enrollment Trends at SPU

The student population at Seattle Pacific University is 3,118 (2,432 undergraduate and 686 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,152 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SPU is 78.00% which is decreased by 934 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 218 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.19 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

116 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 241.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,789 where 3,118 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.00% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.00% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 934 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 218 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.19 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SPU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,270	3,366	1,139	2,227	904	277	627
2014-15	4,217 -53	3,264 -102	1,084 -55	2,180 -47	953 49	280 3	673 46
2015-16	4,175 -42	3,202 -62	1,037 -47	2,165 -15	973 20	265 -15	708 35
2016-17	4,061 -114	3,095 -107	1,009 -28	2,086 -79	966 -7	231 -34	735 27
2017-18	3,783 -278	2,900 -195	966 -43	1,934 -152	883 -83	235 4	648 -87
2018-19	3,688 -95	2,876 -24	957 -9	1,919 -15	812 -71	232 -3	580 -68
2019-20	3,529 -159	2,717 -159	913 -44	1,804 -115	812 0	217 -15	595 15
2020-21	3,601 72	2,702 -15	884 -29	1,818 14	899 87	252 35	647 52
2021-22	3,443 -158	2,640 -62	867 -17	1,773 -45	803 -96	209 -43	594 -53
2022-23	3,118 -325	2,432 -208	796 -71	1,636 -137	686 -117	180 -29	506 -88
Average	3,789	2,919	965	1,954	869	238	631

Seattle Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,919 where 2,432 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,366	3,230	1,097	2,133	136	42	94
2014-15	3,264	3,107	1,032	2,075	157	52	105
2015-16	3,202	3,084	995	2,089	118	42	76
2016-17	3,095	2,998	967	2,031	97	42	55
2017-18	2,900	2,783	922	1,861	117	44	73
2018-19	2,876	2,781	916	1,865	95	41	54
2019-20	2,717	2,636	867	1,769	81	46	35
2020-21	2,702	2,606	843	1,763	96	41	55
2021-22	2,640	2,513	794	1,719	127	73	54
2022-23	2,432	2,332	750	1,582	100	46	54
Average	2,919	2,919	918	1,889	2,919	47	66

Seattle Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 869 where 686 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	904	379	114	265	525	163	362
2014-15	953	375	110	265	578	170	408
2015-16	973	381	84	297	592	181	411
2016-17	966	382	77	305	584	154	430
2017-18	883	352	90	262	531	145	386
2018-19	812	344	95	249	468	137	331
2019-20	812	383	89	294	429	128	301
2020-21	899	361	98	263	538	154	384
2021-22	803	327	81	246	476	128	348
2022-23	686	315	67	248	371	113	258
Average	869	869	91	269	869	147	362

Seattle Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.26% and the percentage of black students is 6.77% at Seattle Pacific University. 14.75% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seattle Pacific University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	429	148	304	7	2,819	274
2014-15	19	430	152	334	11	2,682	292
2015-16	24	413	145	342	14	2,428	281
2016-17	19	401	138	340	18	2,219	297
2017-18	14	389	143	359	28	2,048	272
2018-19	12	450	178	410	24	1,988	266
2019-20	13	441	180	437	25	1,811	282
2020-21	18	471	217	486	19	1,800	275
2021-22	12	483	249	493	23	1,588	280
2022-23	9	460	211	481	18	1,349	273
Average	15	437	176	399	19	2,073	279

Seattle Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

116 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 241.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Seattle Pacific University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,217	34	163	4,020
2015-16	4,175	59	156	3,960
2016-17	4,061	67	204	3,790
2017-18	3,783	59	211	3,513
2018-19	3,688	88	277	3,323
2019-20	3,529	89	248	3,192
2020-21	3,601	1,418	1,971	212
2021-22	3,443	170	823	2,450
2022-23	3,118	116	584	2,418
Average	3,735	233	515	2,986

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