-42%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Pacific States University fell 42% between 2007 and 2010 (85.7% → 50.0%).
California · Private nonprofit · Predominantly graduate
Pacific States University
Los Angeles, California. 17 undergraduate students. 10 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pacific States University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+38%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Pacific States University rose 38% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.4k → $10.2k).
+19%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Pacific States University rose 19% between 2007 and 2010 ($13.4k → $16.0k).
-17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Pacific States University fell 17% between 2007 and 2010 (60 → 50).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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California median $42,588—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry100.0%+350% · '98→'24
California median 61.3%—
At program completion17+61% · '98→'10
latest IPEDS100.0%-38% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—-65% · '01→'22
latest cohort$9,810+43% · '03→'10
out-of-state $9,810SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
+350%
Pacific States University · completion · 150% rose
22.2% → 100.0%
-100%
Pacific States University · completion · 100% fell
22.2% → 0.0%
-38%
Pacific States University · retention fell
80.0% → 50.0%
+43%
Pacific States University · in-state tuition rose
$11,200 → $16,000
-100%
Pacific States University · cohort default rate fell
33.3% → 0.0%
-24%
Pacific States University · pell share fell
1.2% → 0.0%
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pacific States University graduates earn $X” — not “Pacific States University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pacific States University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.