Pacific College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Pacific College

Pacific College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Costa Mesa, California (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 225 students of which 436 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Pacific College is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 56.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,363 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,469, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.1%. Graduates earn a median of $70,064 ten years after enrolling, compared with $62,792 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 31200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.