University of the Pacific

For Fall 2025, 8,656 first-year students applied to Pacific, 5,977 were admitted and 676 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 69.1%.

Source: Pacific Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By residency, first-year applicants, Fall 2025

Source: Pacific Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1, residency table. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By school or major. Pacific's Common Data Set reports one first-year acceptance rate for the whole university, with no rate by school or major.

Source: Pacific Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early action. Pacific has no early decision plan. Its Early Action plan is nonbinding and not restrictive. The Common Data Set gives no early action counts, so it gives no early round acceptance rate.

Source: Pacific Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

You apply to Pacific as a whole. A few programs ask for more:

• Conservatory of Music. Every music major except Music Industry Studies requires an audition with the Conservatory.

  Source: Pacific Undergraduate Admission, Interviews and Auditions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

• Pre-Pharmacy Advantage and Pre-Dentistry Advantage programs. Apply by November 15, the Early Action deadline; it is the required deadline for both programs.

  Source: Pacific Undergraduate Admission, Early Action (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Source: Pacific Undergraduate Admission, Interviews and Auditions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

56 majors across 9 schools. Every bachelor's degree major in Pacific's official 2026-2027 Academic Catalog, grouped by the school or college that offers it, with the degree it leads to. Minors, certificates and graduate programs are left out.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Applications after January 15 are considered as space allows. January 15 is also the final deadline for the Powell Scholars Program and the First-Year Honors program. The enrollment confirmation deadline is May 1.

Source: Pacific Undergraduate Students Admission, First-Year Student Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early Action is not binding. Pacific describes it as a plan for applicants with exceptionally strong academic records who consider Pacific their top choice; most who apply Early Action without meeting its criteria are considered with the regular group decided March 31.

Source: Pacific Undergraduate Admission, Early Action (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Pacific is test-optional: you can send SAT or ACT scores if you want to share them, and your application is complete without them. Pacific says applicants who do not send scores are not disadvantaged in any way in the review.

Source: Pacific Undergraduate Admission, Test Scores (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The Common Data Set also marks the SAT or ACT as not required but considered if submitted for fall 2027 applicants, and says scores can help place students in the right math and English course.

Source: Pacific Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028

Not announced yet. When we checked Pacific's admission pages on October 1, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.

Source: Pacific Undergraduate Students Admission, First-Year Student Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The published cost of a year at Pacific, 2026-2027:

For a full-time undergraduate living on campus, fall and spring. Pacific lists $78,536 billed by the university and $5,755 in other expected costs; the total is the two together. Pacific does not label the year on this page; its tuition matches the published rate for fall 2026 and spring 2027.

Source: Pacific Financial Aid, Undergraduate Student Cost (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:

What first-year, full-time students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from Pacific's aid offer.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Chosen for how close each is to University of the Pacific on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.

• Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA · Private69.4% admitted$58,098 average net price
• Chapman UniversityOrange, CA · Private72.1% admitted$46,555 average net price
• ULV
  University of La VerneLa Verne, CA · Private71.2% admitted$20,161 average net price
• University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · Private61.7% admitted$41,431 average net price
• Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA · Private79.6% admitted$35,119 average net price

Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.