Seattle, the business and cultural heart of the Pacific Northwest, offers students easy access to numerous educational resources, providing internships and service experiences in the city's hospitals, schools and businesses. A gateway to Canada and the Pacific Rim, the Seattle metropolitan area offers a wide variety of activities.

Seattle University's location in the center of one of the nation's most diverse and progressive cities attracts a varied student body, faculty, and staff. Its urban setting promotes the development of leadership skills and independence and provides a variety of opportunities for students to apply what they learn through internships, clinical experiences, and volunteer work. It is an environment that allows students to "connect the mind to what matters." As a Jesuit institution, Seattle University is part of a network of twenty-eight colleges and universities and forty-five high schools noted for academic strength across the United States. The residential campus has undergone $123 million in recent improvements. Although it is in the center of Seattle, the campus has been designated by Washington State as an Official Backyard Sanctuary for its distinctive landscaping and environmentally conscious practices. Seattle University is located on First Hill in a port city of unsurpassed natural beauty. As the Pacific Northwest's largest city (and the fourteenth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.), Seattle is a scenic and cultural center in a setting that includes breathtaking mountain views of the Cascades to the east and the Olympics to the west; skiing is within 60 minutes of campus. In addition to being situated along Puget Sound, Seattle also contains Lakes Union and Washington; both provide a wide variety of recreational opportunities. Seattle's residents love the outdoors, and areas for hiking, backpacking, and climbing are minutes from campus. Biking is also popular and special trails for cycling and running are located throughout the city.

Seattle Pacific University is a flourishing Christian university of the arts, sciences, and professions serving 3,600 students. Seattle Pacific's beautiful 45-acre, tree-lined city campus lies in a residential area just 7 minutes from downtown Seattle,