College · Private nonprofit · Palo Alto, CA · Rural
Palo Alto University
Palo Alto, CA
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr—
Undergrad size14
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $0k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
14 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.
Net price not reported — check the college's financial aid office.
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans41%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$83k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 14
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- 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
- Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White36%
- Asian21%
- Black14%
- Unknown14%
- Hispanic7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander7%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$19k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 3
What you can study.