1500 N. Warner Street
Tacoma, WA 98416
General Information
Type: Private institution
Year Founded: 1888
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 2,604
Geographical Setting: Suburban
Endowment: $201,767,000
Admissions
Application Fee: $40
Application Deadline: February 1
Selectivity: More selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $30,425
Room/Board: $7,670
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial Services Offered: study skills
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Russell Investment Group, Japan Consulate, Peace Corps, Hitachi Consulting, Teach for America, Ames International, Guy Carpenter, Quellos
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 506,419
Number of current serial subscriptions: 10,732
Number of microforms: 356,705
Number of audiovisuals: 17,063
Number of ebooks: 18,980
Other library facilities: University Archives, Special Collections (History of Science), Student Diversity Center; Abby Williams Hill Digital Painting Collection
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Art gallery, sculpture building (completed September 2003), natural history museum, greenhouse, transmission and scanning electron microscopes, spectrophotometer, X-ray diffractometer and spectrometer, microcomputer lab, sedimentology lab, thin section preparation equipment, stereoscopic and petrographic microscopes, a computerized plotting/digitizing board and an image analysis system, portable seismograph, gravimeter, proton precession magnetometer, Global Positioning System, electrical resistivity meter, rock and mineral collection, exercise science lab, observatory, paleomagnetic & X-ray Lab, physiology labs, Spectrometer Gas Chromatography Mass Spectral Detector (GCMS), Automated DNA Sequencer, Arboretum, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer, Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) mass spectrometer
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 314
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 70
Classrooms: 44
Labs: 240
Other areas: 20
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 1,000
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 60%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 22%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 23%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 90%
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 60%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (59%), women’s dorms (5%), sorority housing (8%), fraternity housing (8%), special housing for disabled students (0%), other housing options (20%)
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 42%
Doubles: 54%
Triples or Suites: 3%
Apartments: 0%
Other: 1%
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 77
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 14%
Fire alarms: 22%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 97 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Sea-Tac (25)
Nearest train station: Tacoma (5)
Nearest bus station: Tacoma (4)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 46%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 25%
Average undergraduate wage: 2,000
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Seattle University @ Pacific Lutheran University)
Navy ROTC Not offered
Air Force ROTC: Not offered
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other
Campus
Most popular events: Diversity Theme Year, First Friday Log Jam, Homecoming, Campus Music Network Concerts, Cultural Events Series, Hawaiian Luau, Pierce Lectures, Film and Theatre Society, Foolish Pleasures Student Film Festival, Infinite Monkeys Theatre Festival