Pacific Oaks College
Pacific Oaks College at a Glance
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About Pacific Oaks College
According to Wikipedia, Pacific Oaks College is a private college with its main campus in Pasadena, California. The college draws on Quaker principles and focuses on social justice. It offers full and part-time undergraduate and graduate courses at Pacific Oaks' California campuses as well as online. Pacific Oaks also operates a children's school that has been in operation since 1945.
Pacific Oaks College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Annual Applications | Acceptance |
|---|---|
| 30 | 34% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Pacific Oaks College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $16,780 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Pacific Oaks College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Pacific Oaks College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $53,848 a year, and 90% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Pacific Oaks College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads | Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| 1,517 | 558 | 959 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Pacific Oaks College?
Pacific Oaks College is located at 45 W Eureka Street, Pasadena, CA 91103.
How Safe is Pacific Oaks College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Pacific Oaks College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Pacific Oaks College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Pasadena has a violent crime rate of 0.49% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.82%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Pacific Oaks College Known For?
Pacific Oaks College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Pacific Oaks College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Pacific Oaks College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Pacific Oaks College ranks #646 in the U.S. and #1678 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology DegreesPacific Oaks College ranks #741 in the U.S. and #1811 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesPacific Oaks College ranks #982 in the U.S. and #4243 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesPacific Oaks College ranks #1539 in the U.S. and #5290 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine Degrees
