Pacific Union College
Private College in Angwin, CA. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $70,484.
Students who entered Pacific Union College reach a median of $70,484 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 47% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,500, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree. It also moves people — 2.8% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Pacific Union College admits 47% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. With 1,313 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 47%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is strong at 89%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 832 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,767 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $41,008 at $0–30k, $25,182 at $110k+. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $19,943 on average. 63% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 109 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $41,008 |
| $30–48k | $15,897 |
| $48–75k | $18,211 |
| $75–110k | $20,495 |
| $110k+ | $25,182 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 525 of these 832 students, totalling $4,074,515 — an average of $7,761 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Napa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)