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Pacific Islands University Data & Information Overview

74% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Pacific Islands University Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Pacific Islands University was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Pacific Islands University?

74% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Pacific Islands University is 74%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Pacific Islands University is a good fit for you.

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Pacific Islands University Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Pacific Islands University 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.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Pacific Islands University

75% Freshmen Retention
13% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Pacific Islands University has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  75 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Pacific Islands University is 13%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  13 out of 100
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100

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Pacific Islands University Undergraduate Student Diversity

229 Full-Time Undergraduates
93.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 273 undergraduates at Pacific Islands University with 229 being full-time and 44 being part-time.

How Much Does Pacific Islands University Cost?

$5,875 Net Price
The overall average net price of Pacific Islands University is $5,875. 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.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Pacific Islands University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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How Much Money Do Pacific Islands University Graduates Make?

$20,443 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Pacific Islands University make around $20,443 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 52% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Pacific Islands University

Guam State
229 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Pacific Islands University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mangilao, Guam. The surrounding location of Mangilao is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Pacific Islands University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 172 Kinney’S Road, Mangilao, GU 96913
Phone: 671-734-1812
Website: www.piu.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PacificIslandsUniversity

Pacific Islands University Majors

2 Majors With Completions
10 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 5 NA
Biblical Studies 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Pacific Islands University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Pacific Islands University

100% Take At Least One Class Online
35% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 82 students took at least one online class at Pacific Islands University. This is a decrease from the 109 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 82 29
2019-2020 109 1
2018-2019 6 3
2017-2018 7 4
2016-2017 55 1

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Notes and References

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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