Pacific Oaks College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Pacific Oaks College

Pacific Oaks College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Pasadena, California (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 312 students of which 558 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 Oaks College is categorized as “19” 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 34.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. Net price data is not yet reported, with published in-state tuition of $32,520 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $29,105, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable. Graduates earn a median of $52,485 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,962 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 35300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 81.6% 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.