unitid 422695 · Costa Mesa, CA · private for-profit 4-year · city (midsize)
Pacific College
- enrollment 2023
- 507
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
56%
18th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
undergraduates
225
29th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
63%
finish within 150% time
71st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
not reported
avg net price / yr
$29,363
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$70,064
after entry, Title IV students
89th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$22,469
60th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $29,386 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k46%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75k27%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $31,207
- First-generation students
- 63%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,575
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 113 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 86 | — | $16,125 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 34 | $123,355 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 15 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 12 | $60,015 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 11 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 0 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 0 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | — | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | — | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | — | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.