Pacific Lutheran University

ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION: PLU OFFERS 34 MAJORS AND 47 MINORS, AS WELL AS GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS (MARKETING ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION), CREATIVE WRITING, EDUCATION, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, KINESIOLOGY, AND NURSING. THE UNIVERSITY HELPS MORE THAN 2,785 STUDENTS FROM ALL FAITHS AND BACKGROUNDS DISCERN THEIR VOCATIONS THROUGH COURSEWORK, MENTORSHIP AND INTERNSHIPS AT WORLD-CLASS PUGET SOUND-AREA BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS. PLU SEEKS STUDENTS FROM EVERY POSSIBLE BACKGROUND, ALL RELIGIONS, ALL RACES, ALL SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS, ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, ALL AGES, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOR THE 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR, 56 PERCENT OF INCOMING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS ARE "FIRST GENERATION," COMING FROM FAMILIES WHERE NEITHER NATURAL NOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS RECEIVED A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE; 58 PERCENT SELF-IDENTIFY AS STUDENTS OF COLOR; 52 PERCENT ARE PELL GRANT-ELIGIBLE; AND 98 PERCENT RECEIVE AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS. THE FIRST AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TO HAVE STUDY AWAY CLASSES ON ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY, PLU ALSO IS THE FIRST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ON THE WEST COAST TO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS SENATOR PAUL SIMON AWARD FOR CAMPUS INTERNATIONALIZATION. PLU HOSTS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING MEDIALAB; A MACARTHUR AWARD-WINNING DETACHMENT OF ARMY ROTC; AND MORE THAN 80 CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING 18 VARSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS IN THE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE OF NCAA DIVISION III. THE UNIVERSITY HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN 109 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS SINCE 1975.