- The Inkwell
- California
- Pacific Oaks College
Pasadena, CACity: midsizeZIP 91103Founded 1945
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1945
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.pacificoaks.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Pacific Oaks College
Pacific Oaks College is a private nonprofit college in Pasadena, California, with 312 undergraduates. It admits 34% of applicants.
—graduate
Admission rate34%
Pell Grant share56%
Federal loans63%
—net price / year
34%admission rate
—average SAT
—graduate in 6 years
$53,848median earnings, 10 yrs
$32,844median debt
#1,078 of 1,704 for earnings#123 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,180
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,180
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 34%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college34%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Pell share · this college56%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- —within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- —
- First-year retention
- —
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 57%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,318
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,848middle 50%: $35,243–$73,143
- Median debt at graduation
- $32,844
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$73,143
Median, Pacific Oaks College$53,848
Lower quarter$35,243
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 312
- Part-time
- 100%
- Women / men
- 89% / 11%
- Average age at entry
- 34.7
- First-generation students
- 58%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 13%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,053 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,507
- Endowment, end of year
- $12,546,490
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White21%
Hispanic50%
Black16%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races3.9%
U.S. nonresident1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown6.1%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Education56%
Family & consumer sciences32%
Public administration & social service6.9%
Psychology4.1%
Business & management1.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 120768. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7122600.