Pacific Lutheran University is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Tacoma, Washington. It offers 8 health profession degree programs. By offered degree types, PLU have 1 vocational program, 1 bachelor's degree program, and 3 graduate programs for the health profession degrees.

The 2024 undergraduate tuition & fees of PLU is $50,272. For graduate programs, the PLU's graduate tuition & fees is $33,051.

Last year, total 192 students have completed their health profession studies. 132 students earned the bachelor's degrees, and 17 students earned master's or doctorate degrees.


Pacific Lutheran University 2024 Tuition & Academic Characteristics

The 2024 tuition & fees of PLU is $50,272 for undergraduate program. For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $50,272.

The acceptance rate at PLU is 81.01% and the graduation rate is 71%. The students to faculty ratio is 11 to 1 and the retention rate is 78%.

You can find the detailed information about Pacific Lutheran University at cost of attendance and admission pages.

Key Academics Stats
Tuition & Fees
Undergraduate$50,272
Graduate$33,051
Health Profession Programs8 programs
Total Programs59 programs
1 online programs
Student to Faculty Ratio11 to 1
Student Population2,633 Students
Number of Faculties301 Faculties
Number of Staffs785 Staffs

Number of Health Profession Programs and Completers

Pacific Lutheran University offers 8 health profession programs through bachelor's programs, and graduate programs, and vocational programs.

A total of 192 students have completed the health profession programs including 132 bachelor's degree earners and graduate degree earners.

The following table shows the number of health profession programs offered at PLU with number of completers and online availability.

Health Profession Programs by Offered Degrees
DegreesNumber of ProgramsOnline ProgramsNumber of Completers
Certificates of less than 12 weeks 1 NOT OFFERED -
Bachelor 1 NOT OFFERED 132
Master 2 NOT OFFERED 41
Doctoral (Professional Practice) 1 NOT OFFERED 17
Post-Bachelor Certificate 1 NOT OFFERED -
Post-Master Certificate 3 NOT OFFERED 2

Health Profession Programs by Concentrated Study

The following table shows the health profession programs by concentrated major with number of completers and online availability for each program.

"-" in a column means that there were no completers last year (or data is not available), and "online" means the program has online degrees and/or courses available.

Health Profession Vocational Programs
ProgramBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateAssociate'sCertificationsPost graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED--
Marriage and Family Therapy/CounselingNOT OFFERED17NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse132NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED2
Emergency Room/Trauma NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED17NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Clinical Nurse LeaderNOT OFFERED24NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED