Pacific College
Costa Mesa, CA · For-profit · Midsize city
For-profit institution in Costa Mesa, CA · 285 undergraduates · 50% acceptance rate · $70,064 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 10%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 14%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 14%Graduation rate (4-year)
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,9411,267th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
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- Out-of-state tuition & fees
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- Cost of attendance
- $28,333873rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $22,469940th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $70,064278th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,792195th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 75.9%275th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 50.0%273rd most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2851,806th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1146th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 50.8%362nd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 36 mi (LAX)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $110,135 | $101,406 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Key links
- Official websitepacific-college.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 422695)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Pacific College vs John Paul the Great Catholic UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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