Pacific Lutheran University

President: Dr. Loren J. Anderson

International Student Coordinator: Allyson Lindsley

Address: 12180 Park Avenue

Tacoma, WA 98444

Established: 1890

Website: www.plu.edu

School Population

Total number of students: 3600

Number of countries represented: 31

Student-Faculty ratio: 15:1

Tuition, Fees, Room & Board: $37,236

Pacific Lutheran University

Students at PLU enjoy successful internship opportunities in world-class local businesses, a hands-on classroom experience with professors that are experts in their field of study, and a tradition of excellence and service to the world established by PLU alumni.

Quality Education:

• Number of Majors: over 35 majors and Masters in Business Administration ranked nationally for its excellence
• Professional school acceptance rate: 85+%
• Top Tier U.S. News and World Report
• MBA program is listed in U.S. News and World Reports “Best Business Schools” (only 363 made the list)
• Rieke Science Center, with its nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, the first of its kind at  a West Coast undergraduate institute.
• Above 80% of faculty, who teach in the classroom, have their terminal degree most often the doctorate
• Colleen Hacker, Ph.D., Expert in sports psychology and who was the sport psychologist for the gold-medal U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology

Famous Alumni:

• Peter Wang, class of ‘60; CEO and Founder of Wang Foundation with ties to Tsinghua University in China
• Joyce A Barr, class of ‘76; Former U.S. Ambassador and US Representative
• Rick Larsen, class of ’87 US Representative.
• Elizabeth Pulliam, class of ‘85; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

Accreditation:

• Pacific Lutheran is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• American Chemical Society
• Council on Social Work Education
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET

Bachelor Degree Programs (short list)

• Actuarial Science
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Communication
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Education
• Graphic Design
• History/Pre-Law
• Mathematics
• Psychology

University Opportunities

• Internship opportunities and practicums are available

1. Intel
2. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
3. Microsoft

University Environment

• Safety measures: 24 hour security police
• City population: 191,000
• Average climate during year:
  Average rainfall: 24.4 inches
  Average annual temp: 11.5 Celsius
  Average high temp: 16.4C (24C in July)
  Average low temp: 6.7C (1.7C in Jan)
• Airport access: SeaTac International Airport (SEA)