by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Pacific Lutheran University came in at #485 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
PLU also ranked #13 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Washington.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and PLU took the #253 spot on the list.
In addition, PLU took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Washington.
Women make up 72.7% of the total graduate student body at PLU while men make you 27.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 33.3% of the graduate students who attend PLU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $29,084 | $29,084 |
| Fees | $600 | $600 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at PLU is $56,760. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 3% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/Pacific.Lutheran.University |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/PLUNEWS |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3.9% of the graduate students at PLU took at least one online course. Roughly 3.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 4 |
| Business Administration & Management | 30 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 8 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 21 |
| Nursing | 24 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 50 |
| Writing Studies | 12 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 23 |
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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