College · Private nonprofit · Angwin, CA · Rural
Pacific Union College
Angwin, CA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate47%
6-yr median pay$53k
Net price / yr$41k
Undergrad size805
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $41k/yr for a shot at a $53k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 47% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
805 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $41k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$198k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$164k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$34k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.2k
- Room & board
- $9.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,062
How students pay for it.
Pell grants34%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans58%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $13k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$53k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 805
- Location
- Angwin, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- PUC
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic30%
- Asian20%
- Two or more races17%
- White16%
- Unknown7%
- Black5%
- International3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students26%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time13%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$55k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 42
What you can study.