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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

$37,948 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


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Washington State University

$38,496 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Western Washington University

$41,475 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Central Washington University

$42,451 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Eastern Washington University

$42,178 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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University of Washington Tacoma Campus

$37,948 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


E
The Evergreen State College

$41,627 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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University of Washington Bothell Campus

$37,948 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Washington Private Colleges

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Seattle Pacific University

$11,507 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Northwest University

$13,937 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Whitworth University

$128 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Portland State University

$40,157 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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University of Idaho

$42,932 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Southern Oregon University

$39,797 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Oregon Institute of Technology

$38,980 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Pacific University

$3,702 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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George Fox University

$9,252 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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Linfield University

$792 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Multnomah University

$19,912 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


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Bushnell University

$14,972 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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New Saint Andrews College

$33,772 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Berry College

$9,332 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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Tuskegee University

$29,878 lower in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


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Roanoke College

$14,652 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


F
Florida College

$31,552 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Saint Marys College of California

$6,162 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
Curry College

$5,802 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


A
Ave Maria University

$22,544 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


G
Guilford College

$9,072 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Northwestern College

$14,472 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


F
Fresno Pacific University

$14,512 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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Springfield College

$6,906 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
Meredith College

$5,656 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Southern Virginia University

$29,682 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Delaware Valley University

$8,792 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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Alvernia University

$8,412 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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Otterbein University

$15,048 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Hanover College

$7,469 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Cabrini College

$14,672 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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Mount Saint Mary College

$9,652 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Saint Anselm College

$4,112 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


B
Bellarmine University

$4,282 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Saint Bonaventure University

$10,522 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Westminster College

$10,712 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Marywood University

$11,772 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Lees McRae College

$20,682 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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McKendree University

$16,812 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


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North Greenville University

$24,972 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Emory and Henry College

$14,972 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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Immaculata University

$21,772 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Saint Ambrose University

$14,154 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Saint Francis University

$8,452 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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John Paul the Great Catholic University

$20,972 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Lasell College

$23,472 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
Stephens College

$22,472 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


L
Lycoming College

$2,752 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


T
Toccoa Falls College

$26,222 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


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Wittenberg University

$5,816 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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St Louis College of Pharmacy

$18,152 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Washington & Jefferson College

$21,867 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Cairn University

$17,591 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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King's College

$8,952 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


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Quincy University

$13,732 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


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Seton Hill University

$8,608 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
Milligan College

$21,772 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


A
Augustana College

$202 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


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Georgian Court University

$14,112 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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University of Saint Joseph

$3,864 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Saint Thomas Aquinas College

$12,552 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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The College of Idaho

$14,292 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate