- The Inkwell
- Washington
- City University of Seattle
Seattle, WACity: largeZIP 98121Founded 1973
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1973
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1978
- Website
- www.cityu.edu
WashingtonPrivate nonprofit
City University of Seattle
City University of Seattle is a private nonprofit university in Seattle, Washington, with 1,137 undergraduates. It graduates 12% within six years.
12%graduate
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share6.6%
Federal loans12%
—net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
12%graduate in 6 years
$66,765median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,000median debt
#495 of 1,704 for earnings#1,691 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,100
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,100
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Graduation · this college12%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college6.6%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 12%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- —
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 44%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,443
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,765middle 50%: $45,143–$91,327
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$91,327
Median, City University of Seattle$66,765
Lower quarter$45,143
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,137
- Part-time
- 89%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 31.9
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 6.6%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 6.2%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,147 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,232
- Endowment, end of year
- $4,028,637
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White16%
Hispanic61%
Black8.1%
Asian5.6%
Two or more races2.1%
U.S. nonresident3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown3.0%
8 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management47%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting30%
Computer & information sciences10%
Education4.8%
Psychology2.8%
Liberal arts & humanities2.4%
Health professions1.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies0.8%
keep comparing
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 234915. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5123487.