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Pacific Islands University Data & Information Overview

69% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Pacific Islands University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Pacific Islands University Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Pacific Islands University was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Pacific Islands University?

69% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Pacific Islands University has an acceptance rate of 69%, 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 Islands University.

Learn more about Pacific Islands University admissions.

Pacific Islands University Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 15 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

100% Freshmen Retention
14% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 100% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Pacific Islands University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  100 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 14% for first-time, full-time students at Pacific Islands University, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  14 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?

$6,731 Net Price
The overall average net price of Pacific Islands University is $6,731. 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?

$20,902 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Pacific Islands University make about $20,902 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 58% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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See which majors at Pacific Islands University make the most money.

Location of Pacific Islands University

Guam State
229 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Pacific Islands University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mangilao, Guam. The suburban atmosphere of Mangilao makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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Contact details for Pacific Islands University are given below.

Contact Details
Address:172 Kinney’S Road, Mangilao, GU 96913-5917
Phone:671-734-1812
Website:www.piu.edu/

Pacific Islands University Majors

2 Majors With Completions
28 Undergraduate Degrees
28 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 2 majors graduated from Pacific Islands University. Of these students, 28 received undergraduate degrees and 28 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies10NA
Biblical Studies4NA

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
34% 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 2022-2023, 153 students took at least one online class at Pacific Islands University. This is an increase from the 82 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-202315352
2021-20228229
2020-20211091
2018-201974

Learn more about online learning at Pacific Islands University.

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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