Graduate Programs at Pacific University

Graduate School Overview

Pacific University (referred to as PU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Forest Grove, OR.

The school is accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (9/1/1929 - Current).

PU Directory Information
School Name	Pacific University (PU)
Address	2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116
Phone	877-722-8648
Web	https://www.pacificu.edu
Online Application	https://www.pacificu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.pacificu.edu/financial-aid-scholarships

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of PU is $37,805 in average. The school has 1,920 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,559 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 98 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$37,805
Student Population	1,920
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	98 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at PU is $37,805 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,097.

PU offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$36,103
Required Fees	$541
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$1,097

PU offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	4 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Pacific University is $37,805. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.17% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$31,297	$218
2019-2020	$32,768	$247
2020-2021	$35,047	$278
2021-2022	$35,909	$260
2022-2023	$36,103	$541
2023-2024	$37,228	$577

The graduate school tuition & fees of PU is expensive compared to private graduate schools in Oregon. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Oregon graduate tuition is $26,845 (public) / $22,682 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Pacific University	$37,805
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Oregon Graduate Schools	$19,235	$23,389
Public	$19,050	$26,845
Private	$22,682

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,858 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at PU.

On-campus living costs are increased by 4.01% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $12,036. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.70% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,528	$1,614	$12,528	$1,614
2019-2020	$12,905	$1,800	$9,108	$1,800
2020-2021	$13,420	$1,800	$9,108	$1,800
2021-2022	$13,892	$1,800	$9,428	$1,800
2022-2023	$14,408	$1,800	$9,806	$1,800
2023-2024	$15,058	$1,800	$10,236	$1,800

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,132 at Pacific University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.19% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$890
2019-2020	$933
2020-2021	$1,006
2021-2022	$1,060
2022-2023	$1,097
2023-2024	$1,132

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at PU.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Pacific University
	Tuition	Fees
Optometry	$46,464	$461
Pharmacy	$53,706	$2,292

Graduate Programs at PU

Pacific University offers 35 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 747 students have completed their study at Pacific University.

Offered Degrees at Pacific University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	23	0	340
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	1	15
Doctor's degree - other	7	1	381
Post Bachelor's Degree	2	1	11
Total	35	3	747

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Pacific University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Gerontology program with 11 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Physician Assistant program with 56 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 96 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Pacific University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Gerontology	✕	11	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Pacific University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physician Assistant	✕	56	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	46	$43,400
Applied Psychology	✕	36	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	30	-
Social Work	✕	24	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Pacific University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	96	$119,600
Optometry	✕	85	$84,900
Clinical Psychology	✕	54	$59,500
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	49	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	39	-

Pacific University offers 35 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 747 students have completed their graduate studies.

340 students have earned/completed Master's program.
381 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
11 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	82 completers	-
Multicultural Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	1	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	14	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	21	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	20	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	2	-
Education (other)	✕	20	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	23	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	82 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	46	$43,400
Counseling Psychology	✕	-	-
Applied Psychology	✕	36	-
Human Services [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Social Work	✕	24	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	30	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	10	$62,500
Physician Assistant	✕	56	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	8	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	2	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	18	-
	Total	340

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	10	$59,500
	Total	15

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	54	$59,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	294 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	25	-
Optometry	✕	85	$84,900
Pharmacy	✕	96	$119,600
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	39	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	49	-
	Total	381

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-
	Total	11

Graduate Student Population at PU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,920 students enrolled into Pacific University graduate schools where it has total 3,559 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,705 full-time and 215 part-time graduate students. By gender, 494 male and 1,426 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,920	494	1,426
Full-time	1,705	434	1,271
Part-tme	215	60	155

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 958 White (49.90%), 27 Black/African American (1.41%), 190 Hispanic (9.90%), 264 Asian (13.75%), and 481 students with other races. 121 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,920	494	1,426
American Indian/Native American	13	6	7
Asian	264	57	207
Black/African American	27	8	19
Hispanic	190	52	138
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	6	10
White	958	243	715
Two More	88	28	60
Un-Known	243	62	181
Non-resident Alien	121	32	89

Pacific University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 154 graduate students (8.02% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 785 graduate students (40.89% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,920
Enrolled Online Exclusively	154
Enrolled Some Online Courses	785
Not in Online Courses	981

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Pacific University. 587 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.57% of total students), 70 students are aged above 50 (3.65%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Pacific University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,920	494	1,426
Age 20-21	41	5	36
Age 22-24	546	111	435
Age 25-29	743	190	553
Age 30-34	256	94	162
Age 35-39	129	39	90
Age 40-49	135	37	98
Age 50-64	62	15	47
Over 64	8	3	5

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