Warner Pacific University

Residence life at warner pacific university is committed to cultivating a responsible living and learning environment where holistic growth takes places through dynamic relationships. Our facilities include two residence halls and a variety of apartments and houses spread across our mt. Tabor campus. Our staff provides community building programming that connects students to each other and the broader campus community. The student dining experience centers on gathering with others, culinary expertise, fresh ingredients, healthy options, and a shared sense of environmental and social responsibility.

Warner pacific university continues to be recognized for diversity and value. It is the most diverse university in oregon, and the only christian university with a minority-serving mission in the pacific northwest. Wpu was oregon's first four-year school to earn the prestigious hispanic-serving institution (hsi) designation from the u.s. Department of education, and recently also attained the prestigious federal designation of asian american, native american pacific islander-serving institution (aanapasi). The university has also received acclaimed rankings by the u.s. News & world report's best colleges in the regional west 2025 edition; earning #4 as top performer in social mobility; #6 in overall best value; and #12 (out of 104) in overall regional colleges in the west. We are particularly proud of the ranking in the social mobility category as it recognizes that economically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college, even when controlling for other characteristics. Because of our role in serving as a pathway to success for minority and first-generation students, in the 2023-2024 school year wpu was chosen to receive a historic title v grant by the u.s. Department of education the first university in oregon to have received such an award. The 5-year grant will allow wpu to provide increased services to disadvantaged students including tutoring, mentoring, language support and other assistance. Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, wpu was also chosen to receive a hawkins grant by the u.s. Department of education to provide teacher education programs to increase the number of bilingual teachers in oregon.

In the 2019-2020 school year, the university piloted a new book program that provided new traditional students, both freshmen and transfers, automatic enrollment in a digital/rental book program for a standard per credit hour fee. The program ensured that students received their books on-campus during the weekend before classes started each semester. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, this program was rolled out to all traditional students and the cost of books was incorporated into the cost of tuition providing this program to students at no additional cost. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year this was expanded to include all students at warner pacific university.