Pacific at-a-glance
Facts and Figures
- Pacific Founded July 10, 1851, California’s First Chartered University
- 80 + Undergraduate Majors and 17 Graduate Programs in 9 Schools and Colleges
- 4-year private, co-educational university, with a dental school in San Francisco and a law school in Sacramento
- Four-Year Graduation Guarantee for incoming freshmen
- Traditional brick and ivy campus, 175 acres with more than 100 species of regional and international trees.
- The campus has been the setting for more than a dozen movies, including Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Academic Profile (2010 Admitted Freshmen)
- Average GPA (Unweighted, Grades 9-12)
All Freshman: 3.56
Pre-Health*: 3.84 - Average SAT (Combined Verbal and Math)
All Freshman: 1198
Pre-Health*: 1378 - Average ACT Composite Scores:
All Freshman: 26
Pre-Health*: 31
* (Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Dentistry, Biology)
Class Size and Faculty
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14:1
- Average Class Size: 18 (62% <20 enrolled)
- Full-time Faculty, Stockton Campus: 317
- Faculty Holding Terminal or Doctorate Degree: 92%
Enrollment (Fall 2010)
- Undergraduate (Stockton): 3,757
- University Wide: 6,717
- Stockton: 5,139
Sacramento (Law): 1,065
San Francisco (Dentistry): 513
Student Demographics
(Fall 2010)
Geographic Distribution:
- 79% from California
- 21% from 27 other states, and 31 foreign countries
Ethnic Background (Undergraduates):
- Caucasian, Non-Hispanic: 36%
- Asian 31%
- Pacific Islander: 2%
- Hispanic: 14%
- International / Non-resident: 3%
- Black, Non-Hispanic: 4%
- American Indian: 1%
- Multi-Ethnic 4%
- Race/Ethnicity Unknown 5%
Gender (Stockton):
- Female: 55%
- Male: 45%
Financial Aid and Annual Tuition
- Percentage of students receiving
financial assistance: 80+% - Tuition and fees (2011/12): $35,770
- Required Fees (2011/12): $520
- Room and Board (2011/12): $11,688
Stockton
- Population: 290,000
- Centrally located on the California Delta in the heart of Northern California, close to Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and the Pacific Coast
- 80 miles east of San Francisco
- 45 miles south of Sacramento
A comprehensive list of facts and figure about Pacific can be found on our Fast Facts page.