by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of the Pacific was awarded 333 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is athletic training.
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College Factual ranked Pacific as #250 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Pacific held the #292 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 168 colleges in California, Pacific is ranked at #40.
University of the Pacific has an acceptance rate of 79%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 29% of students accepted to Pacific submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 680. Math scores were between 560 and 700.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of the Pacific is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of the Pacific is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of the Pacific has a freshmen retention rate of 84%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Pacific the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 47%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of the Pacific.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,524 undergraduates at Pacific with 3,412 being full-time and 112 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,792 | $23,162 | $25,543 | $29,823 | $39,420 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Pacific, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Pacific, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,195 a year. That adds up to $24,780 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Pacific is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Pacific are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211-0197 |
| Phone: | 209-946-2011 |
| Website: | www.pacific.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-the-Pacific/28972094743 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/UOPacific |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 118 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 99 | $47,184 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 85 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 70 | $29,435 |
| General Psychology | 34 | $24,472 |
| Computer Science | 32 | $58,076 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 24 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 22 | NA |
| Economics | 22 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 21 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 24 students took at least one online class at University of the Pacific. This is an increase from the 15 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 24 | 24 |
| 2019-2020 | 15 | 15 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at University of the Pacific.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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