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
- $18,818975th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $21,0101,162nd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $21,010927th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $32,9751,038th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,246th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,204782nd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,660826th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 82.1%181st highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 77.4%820th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 58.6%382nd most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3441,770th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10.0:1436th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 46.4%484th highest of 2,140 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.
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
- Showdown: Warner Pacific University vs Multnomah UniversityHigher-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.