Far WestUrbanPrivate4-yearFamily & Consumer & Science+ Reach

Pacific Oaks College

A reach for almost every applicant, including very strong ones.

Pasadena, CA346 students
Acceptance Rate
40%
highly selective
Median SAT
Net Price After Aid
Sticker $33.4k
Graduation Rate
6-year, full-time

Pacific Oaks College is a private institution in Pasadena, CA with an acceptance rate of 40% and 346 students.

About Pacific Oaks College

A private 4-year urban university in Pasadena, CA.

Pacific Oaks College is a college in Pasadena, CA. It enrolls roughly 346 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 40%.

Far WestUrbanPrivate4-yearFamily & Consumer & Science
Acceptance Rate
40%
Highly Selective
Total Enrollment
346
Small
Retention
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

A clear-eyed view of how your profile compares to admitted students — and the things that would move your odds the most.

Acceptance Rate
40%
40 of every 100 applicants admitted
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Admitted Student GPA

Pacific Oaks College is a reach school for the average admitted student profile. A reach for almost every applicant, including very strong ones. Here is what would make your application as competitive as possible.

Things that would move your odds the most

  1. Build a single deep extracurricular peak
    Depth beats breadth at selective schools — one nationally-visible accomplishment outperforms ten clubs.
  2. Strengthen one teacher recommendation
    A specific, personal letter from a teacher who knows your work moves the needle.

Probability is based on a model trained on historical admissions data. It is a guide, not a guarantee. Admissions decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Pacific Oaks College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Pacific Oaks College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
Tuition $33,360
Average net price after aid
After grants and scholarships
Pell Grant Recipients
55%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
74%
Avg loan $23,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Pacific Oaks College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Family & Consumer & Science
55% of degrees awarded
Retention
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Pacific Oaks College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White19%
  • Asian2%
  • Hispanic64%
  • Black13%
  • International1%

Gender

  • Female93%
  • Male7%
International
1%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
346

Outcomes after graduation

What Pacific Oaks College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$52.5k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
6-year, full-time

What this means

$52k is near the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark.

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