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Warner Pacific University

Portland, Oregon·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·warnerpacific.edu
6-yr Graduation
49%
Total enrollment
378
peer median 275
Avg net price
$25,629
+$2.4k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
447
447 candidates competed
Admitted
318
71.1% acceptance rate
Enrolled
37
11.6% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
49%
4-year graduation
25%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
49%
Full-time retention
92%

Pell equity

10.1pp gap
Pell recipients
47%22 of 47
Non-Pell (all)
57%8 of 14
Subsidized loan, no Pell
57%4 of 7
No Federal Aid
57%4 of 7

Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 40 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 32 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
40
Passing
8
20.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

40programs
  • Passing8 · 20.0%
  • No Data32 · 80.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
7
No data
32

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

8
Human Services General
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+22.4%
$56,485 vs $46,158
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+28.8%
$55,773 vs $43,298
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+29.0%
$74,829 vs $58,014
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+62.2%
$58,518 vs $36,082
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
+66.8%
$60,180 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+70.3%
$61,464 vs $36,082
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+115.2%
$77,653 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+117.8%
$78,571 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Human Services General
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
96%
$54,018 debt · $56,485 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
74%
$41,000 debt · $55,773 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
55%
$41,000 debt · $74,829 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
51%
$31,500 debt · $61,464 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
48%
$28,269 debt · $58,518 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
48%
$37,061 debt · $77,653 earn
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
45%
$27,083 debt · $60,180 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
40%
$31,250 debt · $78,571 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 1961Next review Apr 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 2

  1. Jul 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  2. Jun 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$18,577
$30–48k$27,432
$48–75k$23,495
$75–110k$30,169
$110k+$32,393

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$25,629
+$2,366vs Baccalaureate median $23,264
Federal loans
66.0%
In-state tuition
$22,220
Out-of-state
$22,220

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 329 students received $1.7M in Pell grants, alongside $7.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
329
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.7M
$1,744,983 total
Direct Loans
$7.6M
952 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.8M
382 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.2M
401 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$2.6M
118 loan awards
Parent PLUS$853K
42 loan awards
Grad PLUS$124K
9 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 398 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (1.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.0%
-1.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
398
Defaulted
4
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.9%
2017
7.8%
2018
5.8%
2019
1.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Warner Pacific

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs37
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

108 total completions
01Health Professions
5147.2%
02Business
1614.8%
03Parks/Recreation
1413.0%
04Psychology
76.5%
05Public Admin
54.6%
06Communication
54.6%
07Security/Protective
43.7%
08Social Sciences
32.8%
09Education
21.9%
10Biological Sciences
10.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
378
12-mo unduplicated
414
Undergraduate
414
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
38%158
Women
62%256

Race / ethnicity composition

White
33.1%
Hispanic
31.5%
Asian
12.0%
Black
11.7%
Two or more
6.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.3%
Unknown
0.8%
Non-resident
0.5%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
166
96 M · 70 W
Women athletes
42.2%
Athletic aid
$1.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$2.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$641K
$482K
Recruiting expense
$91
$76
Head-coach salaries
$43K
$27K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Soccer
53 M · 20 W
$789K
Baseball
29 M ·
$317K
Basketball
15 M · 13 W
$343K
Softball
· 20 W
$263K
Volleyball
· 18 W
$238K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
17.14
6 offenses · 350 students

3-year trend

39.022 yrs ago6.761 yr ago17.14Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
25
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
4
Burglary
1
Fondling
1

By location

6total
  • On campus5
  • Non-campus1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
21

Warner Pacific vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Warner Pacific selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectWarner Pacific University
49%378$25,629Baccalaureate
59.3%257$17,343Baccalaureate
64%79.6%286$34,666Baccalaureate
8%66.9%263$11,097Baccalaureate
38%95.8%621$20,898Baccalaureate
50%161$33,984Baccalaureate
Peer group median49%73.2%275$23,264

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Campuses

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Warner Pacific Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Assessment and Institutional Research
Reports to Warner Pacific University
Email
admissions [at] warnerpacific.edu
Phone
503-517-1237
Address
2219 SE 68 Avenue, Portland, OR 97215

The Warner Pacific University Office of Assessment and Institutional Research supports students, staff, faculty and the community with assessment and research spanning the university mission, vision, academic programs and operational departments, grants, and more. Through provision of data including student learning assessment, rubrics, program evaluation, fiscal analytics, market research, forecasting, enrollment, retention, completion, statistical and predictive analytics, machine learning, real-time reporting, data visualization, and more, AIR serves to enhance decision-making.

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Frequently asked questions about Warner Pacific University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Warner Pacific.

What is the graduation rate at Warner Pacific University?

Warner Pacific University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 49% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Warner Pacific University?

Warner Pacific University reports a total enrollment of 378 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Warner Pacific University?

The average net price at Warner Pacific University is $25,629 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Warner Pacific University?

Warner Pacific University's yield rate is 11.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Warner Pacific University located?

Warner Pacific University is located in Portland, Oregon 97215.

Who runs Institutional Research at Warner Pacific University?

Warner Pacific University's IR work is done by the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research, which reports to Warner Pacific University.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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