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# Pacific Oaks College Majors & Programs

Updated October 1, 2026

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## Which majors earn the most at Pacific Oaks College?

Pacific Oaks College awards bachelor's degrees in three fields, all concentrated in human-centered professions. Family & Consumer Sciences accounts for 50.7% of degrees awarded, and Education accounts for 42.4%.

The largest program is Human Development and Family Studies, with 73 degrees awarded. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #3 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field, and graduates earn a median of $56,791 four years after completion.

Teacher Education is the other program, awarding 61 degrees. Its graduates earn $51,865, and Azimuth ranks it #46 nationally in its field.

The earnings difference between the two programs is modest, and both sit above the national median for their respective fields.

### Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

-   Family and consumer sciences**73 · 50.7%**
-   Education**61 · 42.4%**
-   Psychology**10 · 6.9%**

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Four-year earnings · first two matching programs

**Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services 73 degrees awarded**
$56,791

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods 61 degrees awarded**
$51,865

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

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Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks

| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 73 | $56,791 | #3 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 61 | $51,865 | #46 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |

[Program data and definitions](#page-sources) · [How to evaluate program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## What are the largest programs at Pacific Oaks College?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded

**Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services**
73

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**
61

**Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology**
10

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. [Program data and definitions](#page-sources)

## How do Pacific Oaks College majors rank nationally?

### National program rankings

1.  Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services**#3**
2.  Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**#46**

Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

[How Azimuth compares programs across colleges](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## Further analysis

Pacific Oaks College concentrates its bachelor's degrees in a handful of fields, and outcomes differ by program. Azimuth scores programs by four-year earnings among federally aided completers, debt, and cohort size instead of reputation.

Azimuth assigns a national rank to 2 programs, and earnings data are published for both. Family & Consumer Sciences accounts for 50.7% of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Education is next at 42.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, and Psychology accounts for 6.9%. Human Development and Family Studies is the largest program, with 73 degrees awarded a year.

[Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #3 within its field and #1 in California, and completers earn $56,791 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks Teacher Education #46 within its field, and its completers earn $51,865 four years after completion.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).