by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Pacific College was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Pacific College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Pacific College has an acceptance rate of 33%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Pacific College.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Pacific College it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Pacific College is 10%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 240 full-time undergraduates at Pacific College.
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 College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Pacific College, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $8,276 a year. That adds up to $33,104 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Pacific College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3160 Red Hill Ave, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-3402 |
| Phone: | 714-662-4402 |
| Website: | https://www.pacific-college.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 110 | NA |
| Nursing | 72 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 3 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 102 students took at least one online class at Pacific College. This is an increase from the 95 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 102 | 102 |
| 2021-2022 | 95 | 95 |
| 2020-2021 | 232 | 37 |
| 2018-2019 | 55 | 55 |
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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