Pacific University Business Programs

Located in Forest Grove, Oregon, Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution. Forest Grove is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Pacific University?

Contact details for Pacific are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116
Phone:	877-722-8648
Website:	www.pacificu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pacificu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/pacificu

How Do I Get Into Pacific?

You can apply to Pacific online at: https://www.pacificu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Pacific

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pacific?

Since Pacific has an acceptance rate of 89%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% of students accepted to Pacific submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 610.

Pacific received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford Pacific University?

The overall average net price of Pacific is $39,250. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pacific, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $8,748 a year. That adds up to $34,992 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pacific is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Pacific University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,758 undergraduate students at Pacific, with 1,687 being full-time and 71 being part-time.

There are also 2,050 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,687 full-time undergraduates at Pacific, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pacific University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	206
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	256
White	794
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	385

Geographic Diversity

Oregon students aren't the only ones who study at Pacific University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at Pacific. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Pacific University

In 2019-2020, 2,925 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pacific has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Pacific

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pacific University was 92.0%. This is the #369 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pacific regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Pacific University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	23	18	41
Finance	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	23	18	41

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.