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Located in Tacoma, Washington, Pacific Lutheran University is a private not-for-profit institution. Tacoma is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Pacific Lutheran University?

Contact details for PLU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	12180 Park Ave South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
Phone:	253-535-8145
Website:	www.plu.edu

How Do I Get Into PLU?

You can apply to PLU online at: www.plu.edu/admission/first-year/

Admission Requirements for PLU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into PLU?

PLU has the high acceptance rate of 89%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to PLU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 718. Math scores were between 613 and 705.

PLU received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 34. Math scores were between 22 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 30.

Can I Afford Pacific Lutheran University?

The overall average net price of PLU is $34,271. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At PLU, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,921 a year. That adds up to $27,684 over four years for those students.

Pacific Lutheran University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,373 undergraduate students at PLU, with 2,279 being full-time and 94 being part-time.

There are also 333 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,279 full-time undergraduates at PLU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pacific Lutheran University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	253
Black or African American	77
Hispanic or Latino	366
White	1,217
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	340

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Pacific Lutheran University. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at PLU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Norway, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Pacific Lutheran University

In 2022-2023, 124 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PLU has changed over the last few years.

Pacific Lutheran University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	45	45
Elementary Education	24	0	24
Music Education	8	0	8
General Education	0	0	0
TOTAL	32	45	77

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.