- The Inkwell
- Washington
- Faith International University
Tacoma, WACity: midsizeZIP 98407
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2003
- Website
- www.faithiu.edu
WashingtonReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Faith International University
Faith International University is a private nonprofit university in Tacoma, Washington, with 276 undergraduates. It graduates 29% within six years and costs $22,817 a year after aid.
29%graduate
Retention67%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share54%
Federal loans28%
$22,817net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
29%graduate in 6 years
$57,111median earnings, 10 yrs
$17,749median debt
#936 of 1,704 for earnings#1,079 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,566 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
- $31,435tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,850
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,850
- Average net price
- $22,817national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,817
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
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
Retention · this college67%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college29%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college54%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 29%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,761
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $57,111middle 50%: $33,751–$97,827
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,749
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$97,827
Median, Faith International University$57,111
Lower quarter$33,751
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
- 276
- Part-time
- 64%
- Women / men
- 53% / 47%
- Average age at entry
- 41.0
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 41%
- Average faculty salary
- $3,292 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,261
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White49%
Hispanic21%
Black17%
Asian6.9%
Two or more races4.3%
U.S. nonresident1.5%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management52%
Philosophy & religious studies29%
Psychology10%
Education9.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 443049. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5431182.