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Pacific College

Costa Mesa, California Private for-profit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Pacific College is a private for-profit four-year institution based in Costa Mesa, California. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 243 students in fall 2024, including 225 undergraduates and 18 graduate students.

Pacific College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training, Registered Nursing, and Family Practice Nurse/Nursing. It awarded 171 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Key figures

243
Students enrolled
171
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 4
Business, Management and Marketing 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
15
Associate degrees
115
Master's degrees
6
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
35

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
243
Undergraduates, fall 2024
225
Graduate students, fall 2024
18
Full-time, fall 2024
93%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
375
Undergraduates, 2024-25
346
Graduate students, 2024-25
29
Full-time, 2024-25
92%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
83%
Men
17%
White
11%
Hispanic or Latino
44%
Black or African American
12%
Asian
22%
Two or more races
6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
20%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools
President
Donna L. Woo
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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