Enrollment Trends at SPU

The student population at Seattle Pacific University is 2,261 (1,776 undergraduate and 485 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,914 (45.84%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SPU is 78.55% which is decreased by 1,426 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 488 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, up from 45 in 2015.
53 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -10.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,432 where 2,261 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 4,175 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,261 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,175 to 2,261 students, a net loss of 1,914 (45.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,175	3,202	1,037	2,165	973	265	708
2016-17	4,061 -114	3,095 -107	1,009 -28	2,086 -79	966 -7	231 -34	735 27
2017-18	3,783 -278	2,900 -195	966 -43	1,934 -152	883 -83	235 4	648 -87
2018-19	3,688 -95	2,876 -24	957 -9	1,919 -15	812 -71	232 -3	580 -68
2019-20	3,529 -159	2,717 -159	913 -44	1,804 -115	812	217 -15	595 15
2020-21	3,601 72	2,702 -15	884 -29	1,818 14	899 87	252 35	647 52
2021-22	3,443 -158	2,640 -62	867 -17	1,773 -45	803 -96	209 -43	594 -53
2022-23	3,118 -325	2,432 -208	796 -71	1,636 -137	686 -117	180 -29	506 -88
2023-24	2,659 -459	2,082 -350	694 -102	1,388 -248	577 -109	156 -24	421 -85
2024-25	2,261 -398	1,776 -306	625 -69	1,151 -237	485 -92	138 -18	347 -74
Average	3,432	2,642	875	1,767	790	212	578

Seattle Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,642 where 1,776 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,202	3,084	995	2,089	118	42	76
2016-17	3,095	2,998	967	2,031	97	42	55
2017-18	2,900	2,783	922	1,861	117	44	73
2018-19	2,876	2,781	916	1,865	95	41	54
2019-20	2,717	2,636	867	1,769	81	46	35
2020-21	2,702	2,606	843	1,763	96	41	55
2021-22	2,640	2,513	794	1,719	127	73	54
2022-23	2,432	2,332	750	1,582	100	46	54
2023-24	2,082	2,006	661	1,345	76	33	43
2024-25	1,776	1,707	594	1,113	69	31	38
Average	2,642	2,642	831	1,714	2,642	44	54

Seattle Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 790 where 485 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Seattle Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	973	381	84	297	592	181	411
2016-17	966	382	77	305	584	154	430
2017-18	883	352	90	262	531	145	386
2018-19	812	344	95	249	468	137	331
2019-20	812	383	89	294	429	128	301
2020-21	899	361	98	263	538	154	384
2021-22	803	327	81	246	476	128	348
2022-23	686	315	67	248	371	113	258
2023-24	577	243	52	191	334	104	230
2024-25	485	176	39	137	309	99	210
Average	790	790	77	249	790	134	329

Seattle Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.07% and the percentage of black students is 8.31% at Seattle Pacific University. 13.71% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.16% to 35.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.89% to 13.71%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.47% to 8.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.19% to 16.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8166 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6395 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seattle Pacific University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	24	413	145	342	14	2,428	281
2016-17	19	401	138	340	18	2,219	297
2017-18	14	389	143	359	28	2,048	272
2018-19	12	450	178	410	24	1,988	266
2019-20	13	441	180	437	25	1,811	282
2020-21	18	471	217	486	19	1,800	275
2021-22	12	483	249	493	23	1,588	280
2022-23	9	460	211	481	18	1,349	273
2023-24	6	418	202	429	15	1,085	224
2024-25	11	310	188	376	12	793	189
Average	14	424	185	415	20	1,711	264

Seattle Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

53 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -10.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Seattle Pacific University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,175	59	156	3,960
2016-17	4,061	67	204	3,790
2017-18	3,783	59	211	3,513
2018-19	3,688	88	277	3,323
2019-20	3,529	89	248	3,192
2020-21	3,601	1,418	1,971	212
2021-22	3,443	170	823	2,450
2022-23	3,118	116	584	2,418
2023-24	2,659	98	480	2,081
2024-25	2,261	53	430	1,778
Average	3,432	222	538	2,672

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Enrollment Trends at SPU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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