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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.
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Where Is Pacific Lutheran University?
Contact details for PLU are given below.
Contact Details | |
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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? |
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High School GPA | Required |
High School Rank | Considered but not required |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Recommended |
Recommendations | Required |
SAT or ACT Scores | Considered but not required |
TOEFL | Neither required nor recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into PLU?
Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.
Average Test Scores
About 11% 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 570 and 693. Math scores were between 580 and 683.
Can I Afford Pacific Lutheran University?
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.
The student loan default rate at PLU is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Pacific Lutheran University Undergraduate Student Diversity
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 |
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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
The following chart shows how the online learning population at PLU has changed over the last few years.
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.
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