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Pacific Lutheran University

Academics



Challenge. Support. Success.

At PLU you will be challenged to achieve at the peak of your ability, given support to meet that challenge and, as a result, find success both in college and in your chosen career. Challenge. Support. Success. They are the PLU experience. It’s all made possible by the people in our community – faculty, students, staff and alumni.

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A PLU Education

PLU’s liberal arts and professional programs combined give you more choices than you will find at a small college and more personal attention than you will find at a large public school. More

Professors and Students Learning Together

After beginning a career or graduate studies, our graduates often point to one person at PLU who had a profound influence on their intellectual development. Invariably, it’s a professor. And in many cases, it’s more than just one. More

A World of Understanding

At PLU, we think it is essential that students have an educational perspective that extends beyond campus – to the far corners of the world. More

Your Wild and Precious Life

Our Lutheran heritage gives PLU a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. Unlike many other universities, we believe that there is more to life than landing a good job and winning the race to the top of your career. For us, success also means developing both a deep understanding of your possible roles in the world and the tools necessary to benefit the world around you. More

First Year Experience

The First-Year Experience consists of courses, seminars, excursions and retreats that will help you make the transition to college-level study. More

Prepared for the World

You can be sure that the main goal of any college experience is to prepare you for the moment you step off campus and into the working world – to prepare you to be successful. But not all colleges are the same. PLU is distinguished by the way we measure success. Our goal is to prepare you both for success in a career and for success in service to others. More




Chase Averil '07, Bigfork Mont.

“I wanted to go away for college – someplace smaller, someplace located in a beautiful area.”

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