University profile
- Founded in 1895
- Private, Catholic Benedictine comprehensive university
- 380-acre campus, graced with woods,
trails, and wildlife
- 1 hour to Seattle; 2 hours to Portland; 45 minutes to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- 1,150 undergraduates and 275 graduate students on main campus in Lacey, Washington
- 370 students at extension campuses at JBLM McChord Field (old McChord Air Force Base), JBLM Main (old Fort Lewis Army Post) and Centralia College
- 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- Average incoming first year GPA for
fall 2012: 3.37
- Average SAT scores: Writing 503,
Math 529, Critical Reading 519
- Average ACT score: 22
- First-year student gender: 46% male; 54% female
- Transfer student gender: 45% male; 55% female
- First-year student race/ethnicity:
36% non-white
- New transfer student race/ethnicity:
36% non-white
- 41% of first-year students are Catholic (students represent a variety of religions and beliefs)
- 23% of transfer students are Catholic
- 21% of first-year students come from out-of-state (primarily California, Oregon, and Hawaii)
- 75% of first-year undergraduates live in campus housing
- 77 full-time and 125 part-time faculty members
- O'Grady Library offers access to
more than 28 million sources including
microforms, books, journals, and
recordings
- NCAA Division II sports: baseball,
basketball, cross country, golf, soccer,
softball, track and field, and
volleyball