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About Pacific
California’s private university of choice
University of the Pacific provides personalized learning and small class sizes, with professors passionate about their students' success. We offer all the choices of a major university, with 9 schools and colleges and more than 160 undergraduate, graduate and professional academic programs.
Among all U.S. Colleges and Universities (Wall Street Journal 2025)
IN RANKINGS FOR OVERALL CAREER EARNINGS
(GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CENTER ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE)
Best Value in California (U.S. News & World Report, 2026)
Social Mobility (Wall Street Journal 2025)
Pacific’s mission is to provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education to develop the next generation of great leaders and lifelong learners, by teaching students not what to think, but how to think.
From its 1851 founding, the university has consistently made the choice to look forward, create change and deliver education that puts our students first.
Pacific academic programs emphasize hands-on learning through internships, externships, clinical rotations and public service placements as well as campus-based real-world learning and undergraduate research.
All undergraduate degree programs are fully in person, as are most professional degree programs, while the university is successfully growing its offerings of all-online graduate degree programs geared toward working professionals.
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Pacific's nine schools and colleges span three cities
Stockton
The 175-acre Stockton Campus is regularly ranked as among the most beautiful in America, conjuring up images of a New England campus with its Collegiate Gothic architecture.
Sacramento
The 15-acre Sacramento Campus, three miles from the state capitol, is home to the McGeorge School of Law, the School of Health Sciences and many Benerd College programs.
San Francisco
The downtown San Francisco Campus, home to the renowned Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and the School of Health Science's Audiology program, is in the middle of a world-class city and global cultural, arts and technology hub.
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Pacific is the Official Higher Education Partner of the San Francisco 49ers
The multi-year collaboration between Pacific and the San Francisco 49ers is designed to create new pathways for learning, career growth and community impact across Northern California.
Service is an essential part of the learning enterprise at Pacific. Law clinics, dental clinics, vaccination centers, audiology and speech clinics and health screenings serve thousands of Northern California residents while honing students’ skills.
Living on campus is a central part of the Pacific undergraduate experience, helping students build community and feel at home throughout their time in Stockton. We place a premium on the residential learning experience, offering a four-year on-campus housing guarantee.
Pacific is also one of only a few universities in the country with a dedicated facility designed to provide affordable housing for student veterans, and there are six residential Greek houses.
The Pacific Tigers compete in NCAA’s Division I with 21 women’s and men’s teams, most in the West Coast Conference. Men’s golf, men’s tennis and men’s and women’s water polo are nationally ranked.
Pacific is a living laboratory dedicated to finding sustainable solutions. Renewable energy sources now provide 100% of the electricity needs at Pacific across all three campuses, making it one of only 16 universities nationwide powered entirely by renewable electricity. An interdisciplinary sustainability major launched in fall 2025.
University Leadership
President Christopher Callahan has recruited some of the leading minds in higher education to Pacific.
