University of the Pacific ranks No. 4 in the West among midsize colleges— behind only Stanford University, Santa Clara University and Loyola Marymount University, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education.
 
The study looked at universities with undergraduate populations between 3,000 and 10,000 students and focused on four main areas: student success (40% of the score), resources (30%), student engagement (20%) and environment (10%).

Following Pacific in the Top 10 were: Seattle University, University of Denver, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Chapman University and Pepperdine University. 

In the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education national rankings of almost 800 universities, Pacific is No. 19 in the West and No. 96 in the nation. 
 
“This is a reflection of the outstanding talents, creativity and efforts of our students, faculty and staff,” said President Christopher Callahan. “In our personalized learning environments, students excel by working closely with their professors, whether it’s on innovative research or through unique experiential learning opportunities that provide tremendous benefit to our communities.”

Pacific has received impressive rankings in other recent studies:

• Pacific is ranked No. 1 in the nation in career earnings for low-income students at universities with the largest percentages of Pell Grant recipients, according to an analysis from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
• The Georgetown center also ranked Pacific in the top 2% of career alumni earnings among all U.S. colleges and universities.
• The Eberhardt School of Business is ranked No. 1 in the West and No. 8 nationally among smaller universities, according to an analysis by Poets&Quants.