Pacific Oaks College Overview

Located in Pasadena, California, Pacific Oaks College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Pacific Oaks College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Pacific Oaks College since the student to facuty ratio is 6 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Pacific Oaks College is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Pacific Oaks College is the master's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 7% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Pacific Oaks College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $42,800 a year. That's about 5% more than their peers at other schools.

Pacific Oaks College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Pacific Oaks College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#100	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#113	Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Pacific Oaks College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies	College Factual
#17	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	College Factual
#27	Highest Paid Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduates	College Factual
#35	Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools	College Factual
#42	Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	College Factual

Where Is Pacific Oaks College?

Contact details for Pacific Oaks College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	45 W Eureka Street, Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone:	877-314-2380
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/PacificOaks
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/pacificoaks

How Do I Get Into Pacific Oaks College?

You can apply to Pacific Oaks College online at: https://apply.pacificoaks.edu/Home

Admission Requirements for Pacific Oaks College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pacific Oaks College?

The acceptance rate at Pacific Oaks College is 27%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 0% of accepted students are men and 100% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 0%, and the acceptance rate for women is 29%.

Can I Afford Pacific Oaks College?

The student loan default rate at Pacific Oaks College is 1.0%. 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.

Pacific Oaks College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 496 undergraduate students at Pacific Oaks College, with 1 being full-time and 495 being part-time.

There are also 742 graduate students at the school.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pacific Oaks College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Online Learning at Pacific Oaks College

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 1 master’s degree programs available online at Pacific Oaks College. In 2019-2020, 948 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pacific Oaks College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 57th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Pacific Oaks College

The following table shows how Pacific Oaks College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Development & Family Studies	#54	#31

Online Affordability Rankings of Pacific Oaks College Rankings

The following table shows how Pacific Oaks College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	#10	#10
Human Development & Family Studies	#10	#10
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#34	#31
Curriculum & Instruction	#47	#44
Business, Management & Marketing	#54	#51
Education	#56	#51

Online Growth Rankings of Pacific Oaks College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pacific Oaks College was 19.7%. This is the #700 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Pacific Oaks College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Pacific Oaks College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	26%
Business, Management & Marketing	26%
Education	38%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Pacific Oaks College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Pacific Oaks College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Curriculum & Instruction	#67
Education	#485

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Pacific Oaks College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Human Development & Family Studies	96	0	60	156
Teacher Education Grade Specific	61	0	59	120
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	65	65
Business Administration & Management	7	0	12	19
Other Education	0	2	0	2
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	164	2	196	362

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Sparrowman980 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.