by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of the Pacific was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is athletic training.
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College Factual ranked Pacific as #295 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 161 colleges in California, Pacific is ranked at #43.
With an acceptance rate of 93%, University of the Pacific is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 26% 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 560 and 680. Math scores were between 560 and 743.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of the Pacific, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of the Pacific is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of the Pacific has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Pacific for first-time, full-time students is 45%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of the Pacific.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,524 undergraduates at Pacific with 3,412 being full-time and 112 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,447 | $17,676 | $19,749 | $23,985 | $34,948 |
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, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,817 a year. That adds up to $27,268 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Pacific are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211-0197 |
| Phone: | 209-946-2011 |
| Website: | www.pacific.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 206 | NA |
| Dentistry | 168 | NA |
| Law | 152 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 152 | NA |
| General Biology | 144 | $14,396 |
| Business Administration & Management | 101 | $56,453 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 81 | $104,803 |
| Computer Science | 73 | $90,476 |
| Health & Physical Education | 67 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 63 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 30 students took at least one online class at University of the Pacific. This is an increase from the 24 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 30 | 30 |
| 2021-2022 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020-2021 | 15 | 15 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at University of the Pacific.
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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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