Education at University of the Pacific

If you plan to study education, take a look at what University of the Pacific 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 Stockton, California and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year.

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

Pacific Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Pacific Education Rankings

The education major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #132 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of education master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of the Pacific. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Curriculum & Instruction	197
Educational Administration	46
Teacher Education Grade Specific	20
Teacher Education Subject Specific	17

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CA, the home state for University of the Pacific.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.