Academics
The university is the only private institution in the United States with fewer than 10,000 students to offer degrees from eight different professional schools, giving it the broad mix of undergraduate and professional education it offers. Pacific offers more than 100 academic programs and more than 60 undergraduate degrees. In the 2010 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Pacific was ranked as the 99th best university, one of the top 40 best value colleges, and a top university for economic and ethnic diversity. Its undergraduate engineering school, need based aid, small class sizes, and low acceptance rate were also ranked as being noteworthy. Numerous graduate degrees are offered including doctoral degrees in over 15 departments in five schools and colleges. University degrees include:
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
- Bachelor of Science (BS)
- Bachelor of Music (BM)
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Education (MEd)
- Master of Laws (LLM)
- Master of Music (MM)
- Master of Science (MS)
- Education Specialist (EdS)
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
- Doctor of Education (EdD)
- Juris Doctor (JD)
- Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD)
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
The university offers degrees programs in nine schools and a graduate program.
- Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry: San Francisco
- Gladys L. Benerd School of Education: Stockton
- College of the Pacific: The University's school of arts and sciences (liberal arts), Stockton
- Conservatory of Music: The first conservatory of music on the west coast, Stockton
- Eberhardt School of Business: Stockton
- Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Stockton
- McGeorge School of Law: Sacramento
- School of Engineering and Computer Science: Stockton
- School of International Studies: Stockton. One of six undergraduate schools of international studies in America. The school offers four Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Global Studies, International Affairs and Commerce, and Development as well as a minor. The school offers a M.A. in Intercultural Relations.
- The Office of Research and Graduate Studies: Stockton
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, an adjunct professor, teaches at the McGeorge School of Law in Salzburg, Austria, in the University's summer program abroad.
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