Pacific College
About
Pacific College is a WSCUC accredited institution located in Costa Mesa, California. It offers programs in nursing, healthcare administration, and business administration. The college provides both undergraduate and graduate degrees, though the founding year is not specified.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at Pacific College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Pacific College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Pacific College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPacific College | 63% | — | 243 | $21,941 | — |
Acupuncture and Massage College | 14% | — | — | $34,656 | — |
Ambria College of Nursing | — | — | 123 | — | — |
American Institute of Alternative Medicine | — | 78.3% | 251 | $32,285 | — |
American Medical Academy | — | — | 412 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
American Medical Sciences Center | — | — | 365 | $23,566 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
American National University-Pikeville | — | — | 444 | $16,238 | — |
Angeles College | — | — | 603 | $25,805 | — |
ATA Career Education | — | — | 201 | $26,290 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
ATA College-Cincinnati | — | — | 266 | $25,439 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions | — | 100.0% | 575 | — | — |
Beckfield College-Florence | 2% | 79.6% | 536 | $27,539 | — |
California Career College | — | — | 190 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Kansas City | — | 96.3% | 198 | $28,094 | — |
Daytona College | — | — | 191 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Eastern International College-Jersey City | 6% | 69.6% | 495 | $23,532 | — |
Felbry College | — | 85.4% | 192 | $63,922 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
HCI College | — | 47.3% | 218 | $29,461 | — |
North-West College-San Diego | — | — | 636 | $43,043 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Northwestern College | — | 80.6% | — | $24,929 | — |
Pacific College of Health and Science | — | 100.0% | 245 | — | — |
PCI College | — | — | 149 | $24,046 | — |
Professional Skills Institute | — | 83.1% | 395 | $20,237 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton | — | 80.0% | 419 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 10% | 80.6% | 259 | $25,805 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityCal Grant ACalifornia Student Aid Commission (CSAC)institution_site$8,056
- opportunityCal Grant BCalifornia Student Aid Commission (CSAC)institution_site$8,056
- opportunityCal Grant CCalifornia Student Aid Commission (CSAC)institution_site$2,462
- opportunityCal Grant B Access StipendCalifornia Student Aid Commission (CSAC)institution_site$1,648
- opportunityCal Grant C StipendCalifornia Student Aid Commission (CSAC)institution_site$547
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