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Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ Pacific scores high in 2025 national rankings

For the ninth year in a row, Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ Pacific has been named a “” in U.S. Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ & World Report’s best college annual rankings for 2025. SPU was the first private university in the Pacific Northwest to achieve this ranking in 2017. U.S. Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ defines national universities as those institutions offering a range of undergraduate majors plus master's and doctoral programs and emphasizing faculty research or award professional doctorates.

Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ Pacific is the No. 1 ranked Christian university in the Northwest in Niche’s “.” Niche is an online resource providing information on K–12 schools, colleges, and more and is a top guide for students looking for a college. The Wall Street Journal included SPU in its .

U.S. Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ also ranked SPU in the top 100 for  and gave it high marks for . SPU was named a , which U.S. Âé¶¹Ó³Ïñ describes as institutions that enroll and graduate large proportions of students who receive Pell Grants. (Pell Grants are a need-based federal financial aid program aimed at helping low-income families afford to pay for college).

SPU’s eligibility in the national university category is due to the growth in the institution’s programs, including a master of science in research psychology and a master of arts in theology as well as a new undergraduate degree in elementary education.

Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2024