Mathematics at Pacific University

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808. Of the 470 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 10 of them were mathematics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Pacific Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Pacific Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	451

Math Student Demographics at Pacific

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Pacific University.

Pacific Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Pacific in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at Pacific are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Mathematical Science Professors	700	$92,210
Statisticians	610	$80,920

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.