2009-2010 Seattle Pacific University Facts

President

Philip W. 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 10 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 2009)
Total enrollment - 4,000
Undergraduate students - 3,016
Post-baccalaureate students - 28
Graduate Students - 956

Continuing Education - 3,603 (Summer 2009)

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Academic Profile

Accreditation

Seattle Pacific University is accredited by the Washington State Board of Education and the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The School of Business and Economics is accredited by the AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Washington State Board of Education for the preparation of elementary and secondary teachers. The School of Health Sciences is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and is appproved by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. Within the College of Arts and Sciences there is accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetics Association and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Within the School of Psychology, Family, and Community the M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy is accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

In addition, SPU is approved by the American Council on Education; the Board of Regents of the State of New York; the Commission on Christian Education of the Free Methodist Church for preparation of ministers and missionaries; and the Department of Christian Education of the Free Methodist Church.

SPU is a member of the Christian College Consortium; the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities; the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; and the National Association of Schools of Music.

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