Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA 1,762 Undergrads 66.3% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$56,826

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$24,488

After Aid

Median Earnings

$70,115

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$24,488

Peer Midpoint: $20,081

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation

$70,115

Peer Midpoint: $60,428

Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment

$64,506

Peer Midpoint: $53,763

Graduation Rate66.3%

Peer Midpoint: 58.9%

Average Starting Age20.8

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients34.4%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time96.9%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS76.5%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

83.4%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: -59575th: -

SAT Math

25th: -58075th: -

ACT Composite

25th: -2475th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$615k

+$148k

+$130k

Median Cost$24k/yr

+$527k

+$60k

+$42k

Full Cost$57k/yr

+$410k

-$57k

-$74k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$24k/yr

48%

Full Cost$57k/yr

Never

-36%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return24%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-56%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Bachelor's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

BachCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$80,110

Natl Median: $76,194

Lifetime Value Added

+$119k

Applied Mathematics

BachCIP: 2703

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $91,532

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Area Studies

BachCIP: 0501

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,625

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

BachCIP: 2602

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,466

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

BachCIP: 2699

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biology, General

BachCIP: 2601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,214

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business/Commerce, General

BachCIP: 5201

Median Debt

$21,500

Earnings (4yr)

$84,493

Natl Median: $68,407

Lifetime Value Added

+$152k

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

BachCIP: 2604

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $66,697

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Chemistry

BachCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,120

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Communication and Media Studies

BachCIP: 0901

Median Debt

$25,137

Earnings (4yr)

$62,411

Natl Median: $56,359

Lifetime Value Added

-$18k

Computer Engineering

BachCIP: 1409

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $109,015

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Science

BachCIP: 1107

Median Debt

$18,908

Earnings (4yr)

$133,039

Natl Median: $107,009

Lifetime Value Added

+$520k

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

BachCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $85,063

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

BachCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,378

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Design and Applied Arts

BachCIP: 5004

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$68,547

Natl Median: $51,490

Lifetime Value Added

+$30k

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

BachCIP: 5005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $39,775

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology

BachCIP: 2613

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,842

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Economics

BachCIP: 4506

Median Debt

$25,989

Earnings (4yr)

$66,787

Natl Median: $82,686

Lifetime Value Added

+$17k

Education, General

BachCIP: 1301

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$70,584

Natl Median: $49,808

Lifetime Value Added

+$46k

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

BachCIP: 1410

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $100,647

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering, General

BachCIP: 1401

Median Debt

$27,000

Earnings (4yr)

$106,291

Natl Median: $89,359

Lifetime Value Added

+$318k

English Language and Literature, General

BachCIP: 2301

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$52,378

Natl Median: $48,590

Lifetime Value Added

-$99k

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

BachCIP: 0502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,710

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

BachCIP: 1901

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,460

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

BachCIP: 5006

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $43,765

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fine and Studio Arts

BachCIP: 5007

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$32,456

Natl Median: $41,367

Lifetime Value Added

-$269k

Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services

BachCIP: 1905

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$61,463

Natl Median: $54,945

Lifetime Value Added

-$35k

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

BachCIP: 5111

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $61,911

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

History

BachCIP: 5401

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$29,685

Natl Median: $50,680

Lifetime Value Added

-$283k

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

BachCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,568

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

BachCIP: 2401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,072

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services

BachCIP: 1601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,984

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mathematics

BachCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $69,562

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering

BachCIP: 1419

Median Debt

$26,949

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $92,135

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Music

BachCIP: 5009

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$25,194

Natl Median: $42,892

Lifetime Value Added

-$324k

Nutrition Sciences

BachCIP: 3019

Median Debt

$26,000

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $60,053

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Philosophy

BachCIP: 3801

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,455

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Physics

BachCIP: 4008

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $76,786

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

BachCIP: 2609

Median Debt

$23,252

Earnings (2yr)

$21,234

Natl Median: $62,172

Lifetime Value Added

-$361k

Political Science and Government

BachCIP: 4510

Median Debt

$26,775

Earnings (4yr)

$62,972

Natl Median: $63,293

Lifetime Value Added

-$13k

Psychology, General

BachCIP: 4201

Median Debt

$25,687

Earnings (4yr)

$58,749

Natl Median: $50,706

Lifetime Value Added

-$47k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

BachCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$26,986

Earnings (4yr)

$93,334

Natl Median: $88,910

Lifetime Value Added

+$220k

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

BachCIP: 5123

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,792

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sociology

BachCIP: 4511

Median Debt

$25,666

Earnings (4yr)

$46,974

Natl Median: $52,657

Lifetime Value Added

-$144k

Special Education and Teaching

BachCIP: 1310

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $50,499

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations

BachCIP: 5219

Median Debt

$19,500

Earnings (4yr)

$62,392

Natl Median: $59,631

Lifetime Value Added

-$18k

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

BachCIP: 3105

Median Debt

$26,798

Earnings (4yr)

$50,235

Natl Median: $54,562

Lifetime Value Added

-$117k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

BachCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $47,382

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

BachCIP: 1313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,389

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Theological and Ministerial Studies

BachCIP: 3906

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,557

Natl Median: $44,535

Lifetime Value Added

-$114k

Urban Studies/Affairs

BachCIP: 4512

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,532

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Master's Degrees

Bible/Biblical Studies

MastCIP: 3902

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,028

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

MastCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $103,485

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business/Commerce, General

MastCIP: 5201

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$57,318

Natl Median: $125,988

Lifetime Value Added

-$161k

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

MastCIP: 4228

Median Debt

$57,680

Earnings (4yr)

$99,202

Natl Median: $65,184

Lifetime Value Added

+$188k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

MastCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $124,201

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Education, General

MastCIP: 1301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,824

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Educational Administration and Supervision

MastCIP: 1304

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$95,732

Natl Median: $71,685

Lifetime Value Added

+$158k

Educational/Instructional Media Design

MastCIP: 1305

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $70,644

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

MastCIP: 5115

Median Debt

$61,500

Earnings (4yr)

$68,165

Natl Median: $59,571

Lifetime Value Added

-$84k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

MastCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$121,906

Natl Median: $120,193

Lifetime Value Added

+$386k

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

MastCIP: 2313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,035

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Student Counseling and Personnel Services

MastCIP: 1311

Median Debt

$55,648

Earnings (4yr)

$83,306

Natl Median: $60,111

Lifetime Value Added

+$49k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

MastCIP: 1312

Median Debt

$40,979

Earnings (4yr)

$75,781

Natl Median: $59,916

Lifetime Value Added

-$17k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

MastCIP: 1313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$79,051

Natl Median: $63,707

Lifetime Value Added

+$12k

Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language

MastCIP: 1314

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,767

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Theological and Ministerial Studies

MastCIP: 3906

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$55,836

Natl Median: $61,300

Lifetime Value Added

-$196k

Theology and Religious Vocations, Other

MastCIP: 3999

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,640

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graduate Certificates

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

Gr-CertCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $126,911

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

DocCIP: 4228

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$88,473

Natl Median: $99,878

Lifetime Value Added

-$92k

Education, General

DocCIP: 1301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $87,373

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Educational Administration and Supervision

DocCIP: 1304

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $100,573

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

DocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $138,131

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Student Counseling and Personnel Services

DocCIP: 1311

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $83,794

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.