Pacific University Overview

Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Forest Grove, Oregon. Pacific is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Pacific University Known For?

• Students at Pacific may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• Students at Pacific have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Pacific.
• For the <nil> academic year, 66% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Pacific with a bachelor's degree make about $56,365 a year. That's 38% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Pacific student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Pacific University?

Contact details for Pacific are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116
Phone:	877-722-8648
Website:	www.pacificu.edu

How Do I Get Into Pacific?

You can apply to Pacific online at: https://www.pacificu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Pacific

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pacific?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, Pacific is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% 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 550 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 660.

Pacific received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 27. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

Can I Afford Pacific University?

The overall average net price of Pacific is $39,250. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 91% of students took out student loans averaging $7,698 a year. That adds up to $30,792 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pacific is 0.5%. 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 University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,741 undergraduate students at Pacific, with 1,624 being full-time and 117 being part-time.

There are also 2,010 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,624 full-time undergraduates at Pacific, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	200
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	258
White	770
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	331

Geographic Diversity

Oregon students aren't the only ones who study at Pacific University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at Pacific. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Pacific University

In 2020-2021, 1,498 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 21st most popular in Oregon for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Pacific

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pacific University was 92.0%. This is the #442 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pacific regardless of major.

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%.

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 M.O. Stevens under License

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