University of the Pacific Outcomes: $82K Earnings (2026)

How much do University of the Pacific graduates earn?

The reported median is $81,820 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $13,570 per year.

The return case at University of the Pacific rests on strong modeled and observed earnings measures. Azimuth places its return in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $20,820 more than expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,415. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $19,405.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $81,820 four years after completion; Azimuth places that median in the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, and the university’s median is $13,570 above it.

Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.

The program mix leaves room for very different earnings paths. Earnings scenarios run from $53,807 in the downside case to $143,554 in the upside case; they are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

At the higher end, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies has median earnings of $171,261 four years after completion, Computer Science reaches $147,511, and Mechanical Engineering reaches $99,573. Those field results help explain the distance between the modeled endpoints.

Four-year earnings exclude completers who remain enrolled, so further study matters when reading the reported median. An estimated 33.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

That estimate means the earnings figure describes those working and not enrolled, not every completer.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $81,820
Rank for difference from expectations: 96th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of the Pacific reported median: $81,820
Peer schools comparable schools · $13,570 below University of the Pacific: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $20,820 below University of the Pacific: $61,000

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $53,807
Median · reported: $81,820
Higher estimate: $143,554

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of the Pacific graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of the Pacific graduates’ reported earnings are $20,820 above that expectation, the 96th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of the Pacific caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of the Pacific report the highest earnings?

Program choice matters here because the leading fields post different median earnings. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies has median earnings of $171,261 four years after completion, with 81 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #1 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Computer Science records $147,511 and 68 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #37 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. At a more moderate earnings level, Kinesiology and Physical Education posts $59,012 across 55 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #61 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

The higher figures in the first two fields contrast with the more moderate median of Kinesiology and Physical Education.

A sharp difference in program earnings is the main story among University of the Pacific's 6 ranked bachelor's programs. Within its field, Azimuth places Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies at #1 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; 81 degrees were awarded, and median earnings four years after completion were $171,261.

For Biology, Azimuth records a #5 national position in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions, alongside 138 degrees awarded and $83,012 in median earnings four years after completion. Computer Science holds an Azimuth ranking of #37 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions; 68 degrees were awarded and the four-year median was $147,511. The range shows why the chosen field matters to the return picture.

Further analysis

Program-mix earnings scenarios span a downside of $53,807, a typical outcome of $81,820, and an upside of $143,554. At the high end, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies has median earnings of $171,261 four years after completion.

Among the largest programs, Kinesiology and Physical Education is the lowest-earning at $59,012. The spread shows that the field selected can substantially change the earnings picture.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, earnings four years after completion have a median of $81,820 at University of the Pacific. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, from an earnings cohort of 987 completers.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are favorable here. Graduates earn about $20,820 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix run from $53,807 in the downside case through a typical case to $143,554 in the upside case. An estimated 33.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The earnings median and the model comparison point in the same direction.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.