enticing professors close to retirement to retire early, whereas the cuts announced in April 2021 involved more involuntary cuts, with some tenured and tenure-track and most contingent professors involuntarily losing their jobs.
== Admission and financial aid ==
Tuition for the 2019–20 school year was $43,264 with room and meals costing $10,876. More than 97 percent of PLU students received some sort of financial support. The 2020 U.S. News College and University rankings listed PLU as the seventh most innovative school, ninth best undergraduate teaching, and tenth best value school in the west region.
The 2019–2020 student body was as follows: 64 percent female, 36 percent male; 41 percent were students of color; 75 percent were from Washington state; 13 percent were Lutheran; 3 percent were international students representing 23 countries.
== Academics ==
The academic calendar at PLU is divided into two semesters, fall and spring, with a one-month term during January known as J-term. Summer classes are …
