Accolades

Ratings and Rankings

• 2024: Gold rating (score of 83.87) on The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™(STARS)
• 2024: National Wildlife Federation Campus Race to Zero Waste: SU ranked #1 in the medium sized campus division of the diversion category and #2 nationally in the diversion from landfill category.
• 2024: Since 2018, Seattle University has earned the "Tree Campus Higher Education" designation from the Arbor Day Foundation program.
• 2023: SU obtained the Green Grounds "Platinum" Certification, awarded by "Re:wild Your Campus
• 2023: SU in The Environmental Magazine's list of 10 Colleges & Universities That Support the Eco-Friendly Agenda
• 2021: #14 on Sierra Club's Cool Schools List
• 2021: Gold rating (score of 79.39) on The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™(STARS)
• 2021: #1 in school size and #9 nationwide for waste diversion in Race to Zero Waste competition
• 2020: SU recognized as top performer by AASHE's Sustainable Campus Index. SU scored #3 in overall performance among Master's institutions, #4 for curriculum, and #8 for Public Engagement.
• 2020: #20 on Sierra Club's Cool Schools List
• 2020: Princeton Review’s 2021 Green Honor Roll. SU is #16 out of 416 schools in Princeton Review's Top Green Colleges
• 2020: #6 out of 145 schools across North America for waste diversion in 2020 RecycleMania nationwide competition
• 2020: Best Newcomer Award, Puget Sound Energy Commercial Strategic Energy Management Program
• 2019: #21 Princeton Review Top 50 Green Colleges
• 2019: #13 on Sierra Club's Cool Schools List
• 2019: #2 in Nation for Sustainability Curriculum and #4 in Overall Sustainability Performance Among Master's Institutions (AASHE)
• 2019: EnviroStars Champion, EnviroStars
• 2018: Gold rating (score of 75.64) on The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™(STARS)
• 2018: #8 on Sierra's Cool Schools List
• 2018: Green Honor Roll on The Princeton Review's Green Ratings System
• 2016: Gold rating (score of 69.41) on The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™(STARS)
• 2007: National Wildlife Federation qualified the campus as a Wildlife Habitat.
• 1989: University’s landscape was designated a Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.