General Education at Pacific University

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. Of the 55 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 32 of them were general education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Pacific General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education

Pacific General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general education progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general education major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
	87
Best General Education Schools	106
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	124
Most Popular General Education Schools	198
Most Focused General Education Schools	220
	228
Best Value General Education Schools	424

General Education Student Demographics at Pacific

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general education majors at Pacific University.

Pacific General Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a bachelor's degree in general education from Pacific. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men. The typical general education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general education at Pacific are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Pacific also has a doctoral program available in general education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Education Professors	910	$62,640

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.