Which Pacific University major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $26,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Pacific University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Pacific University cost?

Tuition and fees are $56,374 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $35,273 a year.

How many Pacific University programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Pacific University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Pacific University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Forest Grove, OR
1,516 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Pacific University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Dental Hygiene and Assisting pays the most in the first year ($76,060), and Communications the least ($23,879). The median program pays $34,340.

Tuition and fees$56,374Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$35,273Per year

Graduation rate67%Within 6 years

Admission rate90%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oregon" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Oregon. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Oregon
1	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year	$76,060	$86,554	$28,375	1st of 2
2	Business AdministrationAbout 34 graduates a year	$44,435	$61,140	$26,000	6th of 9
3	PsychologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$34,930	$53,506	$27,000	1st of 14
4	BiologyAbout 46 graduates a year	$34,612	$61,102	$26,021	4th of 14
5	EducationAbout 22 graduates a year	$34,067	$50,071	$27,000	3rd of 4
6	Public HealthAbout 29 graduates a year	$30,412	$62,105	$26,277	4th of 4
7	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year	$26,219	$56,664	$26,848	8th of 8
8	CommunicationsGraduates a year not reported	$23,879	Not reported	$27,000	9th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Oregon ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Oregon programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Dental Hygiene and Assisting$76,060
Business Administration$44,435
Psychology$34,930
Biology$34,612
Education$34,067

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$26,000
Biology$26,021
Public Health$26,277
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$26,848
Psychology$27,000

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 46 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 34 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 29 graduates a year

Common questions

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates earn a median of $76,060 in their first year, the most of 8 Pacific University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Oregon rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels