by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Seattle University was awarded 78 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Seattle U is ranked #155 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Seattle U has maintained this ranking for at least two years in a row.
Out of the 50 colleges in Washington, Seattle U is ranked at #2.
With an acceptance rate of 85%, Seattle U has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 24% of students accepted to Seattle U submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 690. Math scores were between 570 and 690.
The student to faculty ratio at Seattle U is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Seattle University is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Seattle University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Seattle U for first-time, full-time students is 63%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,244 undergraduates at Seattle U with 4,045 being full-time and 199 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,825 | $25,724 | $29,713 | $36,390 | $39,739 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Seattle U, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Seattle U, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,347 a year. That adds up to $29,388 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Seattle U are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122-4340 |
| Phone: | 206-296-6000 |
| Website: | www.seattleu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 311 | $81,021 |
| Business Administration & Management | 255 | $46,598 |
| Law | 213 | NA |
| Computer Science | 164 | $85,285 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 112 | $63,496 |
| General Psychology | 111 | $37,452 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 100 | $55,823 |
| Accounting | 58 | $70,570 |
| Public Administration | 56 | NA |
| Marketing | 52 | $44,714 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,390 students took at least one online class at Seattle University. This is a decrease from the 3,525 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,390 | 386 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,525 | 916 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,192 | 4,624 |
| 2018-2019 | 224 | 38 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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