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How Colleges Spend Money
The graph below shows the Administrative Cost Per Student at Pacific Lutheran University. This is a measure of expenditures per student for day-today executive operations of the institution, not including student services or academic management.
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"PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities and for the Earth." [Source]
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Curriculum last evaluated: 1/28/2026
2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.