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Fresno Pacific University

Fresno Pacific University is a private campus in Fresno proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Mennonite Brethren Church affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$13,059

family income
under $30k

$11,874

$30–48k

$11,116

$48–75k

$15,205

$75–110k

$20,235

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$13,6302023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Fresno Pacific University has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $20,706 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $13,630.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$14,576
2009	$13,273
2010	$14,768
2011	$16,138
2012	$15,403
2013	$18,920
2014	$16,117
2015	$16,020
2016	$16,177
2017	$20,706
2018	$16,356
2019	$19,029
2020	$11,531
2021	$14,773
2022	$14,317
2023	$13,630

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$44,2492024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Fresno Pacific University rose from $33,378 (2009) to $44,249 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$33,378
2010	$32,462
2011	$32,745
2012	$34,317
2013	$33,973
2014	$35,508
2015	$35,787
2016	$37,451
2017	$38,420
2018	$40,950
2019	$43,780
2020	$43,317
2021	$38,688
2022	$41,576
2023	$42,673
2024	$44,249

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$13,950
2001	$14,900
2002	$16,200
2003	$17,592
2004	$18,728
2005	$19,674
2006	$20,790
2007	$21,796
2008	$23,202
2013	$25,716
2014	$26,638
2015	$27,954
2016	$29,320
2017	$30,458
2018	$32,458
2019	$32,950
2020	$33,452
2021	$33,452
2022	$34,188
2023	$35,558

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $36,660 before grants and other attendance costs. At Fresno Pacific University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,544 — Fresno Pacific University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

50% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Fresno Pacific University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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50%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Fresno Pacific University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 67.7% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 50%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	54.5%
1992 cohort	61.5%
1993 cohort	56.1%
1994 cohort	57.9%
1995 cohort	56.8%
1996 cohort	62.1%
1997 cohort	56.8%
1998 cohort	64.9%
1999 cohort	57.4%
2000 cohort	63.1%
2001 cohort	58.8%
2002 cohort	59.8%
2003 cohort	62.5%
2004 cohort	63.1%
2005 cohort	57.1%
2006 cohort	59.4%
2007 cohort	54.1%
2008 cohort	63.3%
2009 cohort	54.2%
2010 cohort	61.8%
2011 cohort	65.4%
2012 cohort	66.4%
2013 cohort	67.3%
2014 cohort	67.4%
2015 cohort	67.7%
2016 cohort	50.2%
2017 cohort	55.9%
2018 cohort	50%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$10,278	$6,390
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$11,625	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$11,625	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$13,250	$7,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,511	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$15,000	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$15,865	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$18,738	$10,250
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$18,750	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$18,617	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,515	$11,625
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$21,250	$13,892
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$21,500	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$22,300	$12,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$23,000	$13,000
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,219	$15,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$23,146	$16,388

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$51,422

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$55,335

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$58,896

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Fresno Pacific University admitted 1,136 of 1,773 applicants in Fall 2024. The 64.1% rate describes that application pool.

64.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $35,558 tuition · 2023–24 1,544 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Fresno Pacific University received 1,773 applications and admitted 1,136 (64.1%), with 196 enrolling.

Fresno Pacific University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Fresno Pacific University under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

64.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	76.1%
Fall 2002	80.2%
Fall 2003	—
Fall 2004	64.4%
Fall 2005	64.5%
Fall 2006	67.9%
Fall 2007	68%
Fall 2008	76.5%
Fall 2009	51.1%
Fall 2010	75.6%
Fall 2011	44.5%
Fall 2012	72.7%
Fall 2013	78.4%
Fall 2014	66.6%
Fall 2015	63.1%
Fall 2016	68.5%
Fall 2017	72.4%
Fall 2018	85.1%
Fall 2019	66.1%
Fall 2020	66.9%
Fall 2021	77.9%
Fall 2022	75%
Fall 2023	57.5%
Fall 2024	64.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

970–1240Fall 2021 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	890	1140
Fall 2002	890	1110
Fall 2003	880	1140
Fall 2004	870	1130
Fall 2005	870	1140
Fall 2006	870	1160
Fall 2007	860	1140
Fall 2008	880	1150
Fall 2009	840	1100
Fall 2010	840	1100
Fall 2011	880	1090
Fall 2012	900	1140
Fall 2013	880	1100
Fall 2014	900	1120
Fall 2015	880	1077
Fall 2016	850	1060
Fall 2017	978	1140
Fall 2018	968	1140
Fall 2019	930	1150
Fall 2020	930	1110
Fall 2021	970	1240

IPEDS Fall 2001–2021, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

17–24Fall 2021 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	17	26
Fall 2002	17	24
Fall 2003	18	24
Fall 2004	18	25
Fall 2005	17	24
Fall 2006	17	25
Fall 2007	17	25
Fall 2008	18	23
Fall 2009	18	24
Fall 2010	18	24
Fall 2011	18	26
Fall 2012	19	25
Fall 2013	18	22
Fall 2014	19	24
Fall 2015	19	24
Fall 2016	18	24
Fall 2017	18	22
Fall 2018	17	23
Fall 2019	16	24
Fall 2020	16	22
Fall 2021	17	24

IPEDS Fall 2001–2021, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,544Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Fresno Pacific University rose from 1,180 (Fall 2002) to 1,544 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,180
Fall 2003	1,304
Fall 2004	1,113
Fall 2005	1,077
Fall 2006	1,456
Fall 2007	1,553
Fall 2008	1,589
Fall 2009	1,798
Fall 2010	2,338
Fall 2011	2,481
Fall 2012	2,480
Fall 2013	2,496
Fall 2014	2,605
Fall 2015	2,342
Fall 2016	2,421
Fall 2017	2,791
Fall 2018	2,888
Fall 2019	2,872
Fall 2020	2,711
Fall 2021	2,668
Fall 2022	1,743
Fall 2023	1,614
Fall 2024	1,544

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

72%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Fresno Pacific University fell from 84% (Fall 2003) to 72% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	84%
Fall 2004 cohort	77%
Fall 2005 cohort	71%
Fall 2006 cohort	75%
Fall 2007 cohort	75%
Fall 2008 cohort	79%
Fall 2009 cohort	80%
Fall 2010 cohort	73%
Fall 2011 cohort	78%
Fall 2012 cohort	83%
Fall 2013 cohort	81%
Fall 2014 cohort	80%
Fall 2015 cohort	86%
Fall 2016 cohort	79%
Fall 2017 cohort	76%
Fall 2018 cohort	74%
Fall 2019 cohort	71%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	75%
Fall 2022 cohort	81%
Fall 2023 cohort	72%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Fresno Pacific University

58.4% of Fresno Pacific University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Fresno Pacific University as a primarily nonresidential campus — most of its 1,544 undergraduates live off campus, and 71.6% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Fresno Pacific University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 64.1%. Review Fresno Pacific University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Fresno Pacific University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Fresno Pacific University64.1%

California median74.4%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Fresno Pacific University$36,660

California median$23,000

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Fresno Pacific University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Fresno Pacific University$58,896

California median$64,778

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Fresno Pacific University, California and national reference values
Metric & basis	Fresno Pacific University	California median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	64.1%	74.4%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$36,660	$23,000	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$58,896	$64,778	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Fresno Pacific University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Fresno Pacific University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 12 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$112,178
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$88,542
Human Resources Management and Services	$74,265
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$70,983
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$66,778
Social Work	$61,951
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$61,005
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$60,338
Psychology, General	$52,695
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$51,756
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$51,624
Bible/Biblical Studies	$51,475

These 12 fields listed for Fresno Pacific University measure earnings after completion. The $58,896 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 32 additional Fresno Pacific University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Fresno Pacific University report?

Fresno Pacific University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 64.1% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Fresno Pacific University's acceptance rate?

64.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,136 admitted from 1,773 applicants.

How much does Fresno Pacific University cost?

At Fresno Pacific University, tuition is $36,660. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Fresno Pacific University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $58,896. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in California

Dominican University of California — 83.5% admitted
University of La Verne — 71.2% admitted
Concordia University-Irvine — 66% admitted
Chapman University — 65.4% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.