Warner Pacific University
Portland, OR · Private · Large city · WPU · Warner Pacific College ADP
Private institution in Portland, OR · 344 undergraduates · 59% acceptance rate · $55,204 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 20%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 23%Pell Grant share
- Top 24%Acceptance rate
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
- $18,818973rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $21,0101,154th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $21,010919th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $32,9751,036th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,238th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,204778th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,660825th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 82.1%181st highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 77.4%814th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 58.6%376th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3441,764th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10.0:1427th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 46.4%478th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 135 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.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 29 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $49,410 | $49,683 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $48,041 | $50,856 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $47,729 | $42,682 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $37,568 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | $35,416 | $33,382 |
| Health and Physical Education/FitnessParks, Recreation & Fitness | bachelors | $32,029 | $28,816 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Area StudiesArea & Ethnic Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
NAIA Division I · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $1,122,211 (M $640,607 · W $481,604)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Warner Pacific University’s 344 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In OR
- Pacific Northwest College of ArtPortland, OR · 412 undergrads
- Sumner CollegePortland, OR · 514 undergrads
- Bushnell UniversityEugene, OR · 533 undergrads
- Corban UniversitySalem, OR · 636 undergrads
- New Hope Christian College-EugeneEugene, OR · 45 undergrads
- Mount Angel SeminarySaint Benedict, OR · 28 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitewarnerpacific.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 210304)
- Compare colleges in ORRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in OregonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Pacific Northwest College of ArtSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Warner Pacific University vs Pacific Northwest College of ArtHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 5 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.