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President
Dr. Philip Eaton
Mission
Statement
"Seattle Pacific University seeks to be a premier Christian
university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing
the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming
people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community."
Denominational
Affiliation
SPU is a private university founded in 1891 by the Free Methodist
Church of North America. Students and faculty represent more than
50 different Christian denominations.
Location
SPU's 43-acre city campus is located in a residential neighborhood
on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill, only ten minutes from the
heart of downtown Seattle. SPU also owns and operates a wilderness
campus and field station on Blakely Island, and a seaside campus/retreat
facility on Whidbey Island.
Enrollment
(Statistics are based on Autumn Quarter
2004)
Total enrollment -
3, 728
Undergraduate students - 2,859
Post-baccalaureate students - 65
Graduate Students - 804
Accreditation
Seattle Pacific University is fully accredited
by the Washington State Board of Education;
the Northwest Association of Schools
and Colleges; the American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business; the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education; the Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education; the Washington State
Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission;
Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology; and the Commission on
Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics
Education of the American Dietetics
Association.
SPU is a member of the Christian
College Consortium; the Council for
Christian Colleges and Universities; the
Association of American Colleges; the
American Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education; and the National
Association of Schools of Music.
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