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#9 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#10 Best Value Schools
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#20 Regional Universities West
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#12 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#7 Most Innovative Schools
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#102 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#161 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#331 Business Programs
Pacific Lutheran University is ranked #20 in Regional Universities West. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
61
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
25
Graduation and retention rank
11
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
70%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
82%
Social Mobility Rank
102
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
58%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
75%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
71%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
38
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
94
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
89.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
51.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
2%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
46
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
N/A
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
28
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
16
Average alumni giving rate
8.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
