Pacific Oaks College
Pacific Oaks College is a private nonprofit college in Pasadena, CA, with about 405 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
The short version on Pacific Oaks College
Many students are adults coming back to school
89% of undergraduates are 25 or older, and 100% study part-time. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Pacific Oaks College is very small
About 405 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Pacific Oaks College is mostly about education
56% of the degrees Pacific Oaks College awards are in education; the next biggest field, family and consumer sciences, is 32%. Majors ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
312 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Pacific Oaks College?
of applicants admitted
About 7 of every 20 applicants get in.
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Pacific Oaks College is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$309 a month against about $3,997 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 57% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Pasadena
8% of Pasadena’s 135,804 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Pasadena pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Pacific Oaks College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.