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PLU Comparisons

Tacoma, Washington

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Compare with Washington Public Colleges

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University of Washington Seattle Campus

$38,283 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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Washington State University

$38,764 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Western Washington University

$41,712 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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The Evergreen State College

$41,876 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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University of Washington Bothell Campus

$38,283 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Washington Private Colleges

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Seattle University

$856 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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Gonzaga University

$328 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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Seattle Pacific University

$12,968 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Whitman College

$8,728 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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University of Puget Sound

$7,858 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Northwest University

$14,972 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Whitworth University

$1,772 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Oregon

$36,960 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Oregon State University

$39,047 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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University of Portland

$1,880 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Reed College

$14,978 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


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Lewis & Clark College

$9,778 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


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Pacific University

$1,412 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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New Saint Andrews College

$34,972 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Lafayette College

$8,638 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$7,482 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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University of Dallas

$4,842 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


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Trinity University

$824 lower in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


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Skidmore College

$11,660 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$7,798 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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Fisk University

$27,872 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Austin College

$4,732 lower in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$632 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$10,528 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


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Gettysburg College

$12,288 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Rhodes College

$2,528 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$5,920 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


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The College of Wooster

$7,578 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Trinity College

$11,598 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


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Colorado College

$15,082 higher in-state tuition
73% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$958 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$1,489 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$16,180 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


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Sarah Lawrence College

$11,228 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


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Milwaukee School of Engineering

$4,871 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$16,254 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


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Union College

$14,131 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


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Bryn Mawr College

$8,528 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$3,478 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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St Lawrence University

$12,128 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


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Ursinus College

$8,544 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Holy Cross College

$15,972 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


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St John's College

$13,432 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


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Kalamazoo College

$6,529 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Kettering University

$5,092 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$10,878 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$10,278 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$1,402 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$11,522 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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Westminster College

$9,640 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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Sewanee The University of the South

$1,402 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


C
Covenant College

$11,712 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$254 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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Mills College

$20,132 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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Union University

$13,972 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


C
Connecticut College

$13,148 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


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Wittenberg University

$7,212 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Lawrence University

$4,195 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


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Washington College

$1,154 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$18,792 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$7,362 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$22,472 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


B
Bennington College

$11,176 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate