Faith International University
Tacoma, WA · Private · Midsize city · FIU · Faith Seminary
Private institution in Tacoma, WA · 196 undergraduates · $51,006 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 21%Cost of attendance
- Top 21%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 21%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $18,361934th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,850466th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $8,850192nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $20,793415th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $17,650442nd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $51,0061,018th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,989416th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 66.7%534th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 66.7%1,386th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1961,868th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,158th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 47.2%449th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 15 mi (SEA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | $38,337 |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Faith International University’s 196 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Northwest College of Art & DesignTacoma, WA · 150 undergrads
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- Great Northern UniversitySpokane, WA · 36 undergrads
- Cornish College of the ArtsSeattle, WA · 480 undergrads
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Elsewhere
- Luther Rice College & SeminaryLithonia, GA · 195 undergrads
- Rabbinical College of AmericaMorristown, NJ · 197 undergrads
- Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland, OH · 193 undergrads
- College of Menominee NationKeshena, WI · 199 undergrads
- American Medical Sciences CenterGlendale, CA · 200 undergrads
- St Luke's CollegeSioux City, IA · 192 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitefaithiu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 443049)
- Compare colleges in WARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in WashingtonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Northwest College of Art & DesignSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Faith International University vs Northwest College of Art & DesignHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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