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Pacific (OR) scholarships and merit aid

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Posted price$79,856per year · 2026-2027 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Pacific (OR) awards automatic merit on admission. Pacific (OR) does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

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Published scholarships

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  1. Pacific Merit Scholarships (Academic Scholarships)Up to $40,000AutomaticRenewable
    Published awardAcademic thresholds

    Pacific Merit Scholarships (Academic Scholarships)

    Up to $40,000

    Variable or qualified amountAll published eligibility conditions still apply. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Pacific Merit Scholarships (Academic Scholarships)

    Who qualifies

    Holistic: 'eligibility is based on the strength of an applicant's academic record, as well as all materials submitted with the admission application.' Must be admitted to the Forest Grove undergraduate program (College of Arts & Sciences). No separate application. No GPA/test grid is published — do not assume one exists.

    How to keep it

    Catalog: 'Most renewable institutional scholarships require students to meet Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements.' First-year recipients are eligible for renewable institutional aid for up to four academic years. No published per-award renewal GPA beyond SAP.

    Worth knowing

    Admissions pages advertise 'up to $40,000'; the 2025-2026 academic catalog describes Academic Scholarships as '$20,000 to $30,000 annually' and states 'Eligible students may receive only one of these scholarships.' Year mismatch flagged in Section C. Students are notified of eligibility at the time of admission.

  2. Pacesetter Excellence AwardFull tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Pacesetter Excellence Award

    Full tuition

    Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Pacesetter Excellence Award

    Who qualifies

    Recipients are selected from freshmen participants in the on-campus Pacesetter Honors Day competition. Participation in Pacesetter Honors Day is by invitation only.

    How to keep it

    Available for up to four years of full-time enrollment.

    Worth knowing

    Documented in the 2025-2026 academic catalog (target aid year is 2026-2027 — confirm current terms with admissions).

  3. Pacesetter Scholarships$1,000-$10,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Pacesetter Scholarships

    $1,000-$10,000

    Published rangeNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Pacesetter Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    Recipients selected from freshmen participants in the invitation-only on-campus Pacesetter Honors Day competition.

    How to keep it

    Available for up to four years of full-time enrollment.

    Worth knowing

    Documented in the 2025-2026 academic catalog.

  4. Senior Preview Scholarship Day$2,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Senior Preview Scholarship Day

    $2,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Senior Preview Scholarship Day

    Who qualifies

    High school seniors who attend a Senior Preview Scholarship Day and then apply and are admitted to Pacific.

    How to keep it

    Annually renewable ($8,000 over 4 years).

    Worth knowing

    CONFLICT: the 2025-2026 catalog lists this as $1,000 annually; the current admissions scholarships page says $2,000 ($8,000 over 4 years). The admissions-page figure is used here; flagged in Section C.

  5. Pacific University Oregon Promise Award (transfer)$30,000Not automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Pacific University Oregon Promise Award (transfer)

    $30,000

    Published amountNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Pacific University Oregon Promise Award (transfer)

    Who qualifies

    Oregon Promise students transferring to Pacific; must enroll as a full-time undergraduate transfer student at the Forest Grove Campus. Application deadline March 1 of the academic year prior to transfer.

    How to keep it

    Renewable; awarded to up to five Oregon Promise students transferring each fall.

    Worth knowing

    Replaces — does not stack with — the academic merit scholarship: 'Students may receive either an academic merit scholarship, or the Pacific University Oregon Promise Award, but not both.'

  6. United Church of Christ Tuition ScholarshipsHalf of full-time tuitionNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    United Church of Christ Tuition Scholarships

    Half of full-time tuition

    Published coverage or packageNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for United Church of Christ Tuition Scholarships

    Who qualifies

    Dependents (per IRS rules) of UCC clergy members. No application required; report parent's UCC clergy status on the admission application.

    How to keep it

    Catalog: institutional funds awarded for up to four years of full-time enrollment.

    Worth knowing

    Either/or with the academic scholarship: 'Students will either receive the UCC Tuition Scholarship OR a Pacific University Academic Scholarship (awarded at the time of admission), whichever is higher. Students may not receive both awards.'

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The fine print

Renewal rulePacesetter Excellence Award: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Available for up to four years of full-time enrollment. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Aid capHard $79,856 cost-of-attendance ceiling

Institutional aid at Pacific (OR) cannot push the package past $79,856. Big outside wins can mathematically reduce institutional grant once the ceiling is reached.

What makes Pacific (OR) different

DRAFT: Pacific awards holistic, no-application academic scholarships advertised at up to $40,000/year (no published GPA/test grid), an invitation-only Pacesetter competition that can reach full tuition, a $2,000/year scholarship just for attending a Senior Preview Day, and a deep bench of talent awards with a March 1 deadline.

Merit tiers61 based on grades or scores
Research checkedJun 2026By our research team

More than one award path

Separate the two paths.

Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.

  1. Match the published criteria

    Use all requirements together, including residency and the entering class.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. Know what happens next year

    Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.

The fine print / Three questions to carry forward

Before you count on it.

Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.

Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.

Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.

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Straight from the aid office

What Pacific (OR)'s aid office says

Per the Office of Financial Aid, Pacific University, August 2026. How we verify

Cost of Attendance page location

Where can I find the 2026-27 tuition/fees and room/board figures?

The Cost of Attendance for the 2026-27 academic year can be viewed at the provided admissions webpage.

“you can go to https://www.pacificu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/estimated-costs-scholarships/cost-attendance to view the Cost of Attendance for the 2026-27 academic year.”
Basis for tuition and fees

What enrollment level are the tuition and fees figures based on?

The tuition and fees figures are based on full time enrollment of 12-18 credits each semester.

“The tuition and fees are based on full time enrollment (12-18 credits) each semester.”
Basis for room & meals cost

What is the on-campus Room & Meals cost figure based on?

The on-campus Room & Meals component is based on the cost of a double room and Meal Plan 1.

“The on campus Room & Meals component is based on the cost of a double room and Meal Plan 1.”

What families often miss

  1. Pacific publishes no stat grid — awarding is holistic ('based on the strength of an applicant's academic record, as well as all materials submitted'). Families cannot pre-compute their award; eligibility is communicated at admission, and the net price calculator is the only self-service estimate.

  2. The catalog states 'Eligible students may receive only one of these scholarships,' the UCC Tuition Scholarship is either/or with the Academic Scholarship ('Students may not receive both awards'), and the Oregon Promise Award 'replaces the academic merit scholarship.'

  3. The catalog warns: 'Awards can decrease if applicants receive outside scholarships that exceed their remaining need or, in combination with their financial aid, exceed the cost of attendance for the year.'

  4. Talent and special-interest awards (art, dance, forensics, music, Oregon Promise, etc.) have application deadlines of March 1 prior to the academic year, and the catalog sets Pacific's FAFSA priority filing deadline at March 1; later filers 'will be considered for institutional and some federal resources' (i.e., reduced priority).

  5. The catalog limits renewable institutional aid to four academic years for first-years (up to three for transfers, depending on credits), and CAS grants/scholarships 'may not use those funds for programs in the College of Health Professions, the College of Optometry,' or other professional colleges.

  6. Simply attending a Senior Preview Scholarship Day and later enrolling earns an annually renewable $2,000 scholarship ($8,000 over 4 years) — free money many families never claim. Note the catalog still shows the older $1,000 figure, so confirm the current amount.

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Who this school may work for

DRAFT: Strong-record students who want big merit without test-score gates — awards are holistic and automatic at admission — plus artists, musicians, debaters, and Oregon transfer students (Oregon Promise transfers can get $30,000/year).

Published yearly cost: Approximately $79,856 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Pacific (OR), what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Pacific (OR), academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$23,318
$30,001–$48,000$23,607
$48,001–$75,000$29,844
$75,001–$110,000$34,369
$110,001+$40,911
All income levels (average)$35,273

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$56,374
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$35,273

That works out to roughly a 51% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $72,374 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
67%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
79%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$23,223 (~$246/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$60,583
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
31%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
92%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Pacific caps aid at federally defined need / cost of attendance: outside scholarships can reduce financial aid awards if they exceed remaining need or push total aid over COA. Several big awards are either/or rather than stackable: students may receive only one Academic Scholarship; UCC Tuition Scholarship OR Academic Scholarship (whichever is higher); Oregon Promise Award replaces the transfer merit scholarship.

Catalog: 'Awards can decrease if applicants receive outside scholarships that exceed their remaining need or, in combination with their financial aid, exceed the cost of attendance for the year.' The catalog does not state which component (loan vs grant) is reduced first. Institutional aid is also time-limited (4 years for first-years, up to 3 years for transfers) and CAS scholarships cannot be used in the health-professions colleges.

Source

Other Pacific (OR) scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Amount$1,000-$5,000EligibilityFreshmen or transfer students passionate about creating and understanding art; up to four years with program participation. Application deadline March 1.

Separate application required.

Source

Amount$1,000-$6,000 (dance majors); $1,000-$3,000 (dance minors)EligibilityApplication and audition; renewable up to four years with program participation. Deadline March 1.

Source

Amount$2,000-$4,000 annuallyEligibilityStudents interested in collegiate forensics; up to four years if they maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA and meet program participation requirements. Deadline March 1.

One of the few awards with a stated renewal GPA (3.0).

Source

Amount$2,000-$6,000 annuallyEligibilityMusic and non-music majors; audition required (in person, MP3, or YouTube). Renewable up to four years if students take private lessons and perform in an appropriate large ensemble. Deadline March 1.

Source

Amount$5,000-$7,000EligibilityEntering students; up to four years with program participation. See application for deadlines.

Source

AmountUp to $8,000 per year (renewable)EligibilityIncoming freshmen, transfers, and returning sophomores committing to a STEM major and career; must have financial need and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Need + merit hybrid; application required.

Source

AmountUp to $5,000EligibilityIncoming first-year or transfer students majoring/minoring in English (literature or creative writing focus); selection-committee determined; up to four years.

Source

Amount$2,500 (renewable)EligibilitySelected entering transfer students who are PTK members with at least 30 semester / 45 quarter hours accepted by Pacific; must maintain a satisfactory GPA. (Catalog adds: must have maintained a 3.5+ cumulative GPA.)

Source

AmountAmount not published on admissions page (catalog lists $2,500 annually)EligibilitySelect first-year CAS undergraduates engaged in civic engagement and public affairs; renewable. Application deadline March 1.

Source

AmountUp to $1,500 (with need) / up to $500 (without need)EligibilityStudents who receive an outside UCC scholarship; report the qualifying scholarship to the Financial Aid Office. No application.

A rare case where an outside scholarship triggers EXTRA institutional money.

Source

AmountFull tuition and fees (combined federal, state, and institutional gift aid; one award)EligibilityGraduate of a participating Early College High School dual-enrollment program (majority of coursework through Portland Community College); apply as a current high school senior; application and interview required.

Source

AmountFull tuition and fees plus standard book allowance (combined gift aid; up to three awards)EligibilityIncoming transfer students completing their AAOT through the Future Connect program at participating PCC campuses; application and interview required.

Source

Amount100 percent of federally defined need (one Oregon resident)EligibilitySelected via the Black United Fund of Oregon; need met with scholarships, grants, federal loans, and work-study.

Package includes loans and work-study, not all gift aid.

Source

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityGraduates of Forest Grove High School attending Pacific; non-renewable, awarded annually. Deadline March 1.

Source

Pacific (OR) merit aid FAQ

  • What are the scholarship deadlines?

    Talent and special-interest scholarship applications run between Nov. 1 and March 1, with most listed deadlines on March 1 prior to the academic year. The catalog also sets the FAFSA priority filing deadline at March 1. Financial aid offers are typically available in early February.

  • Do I need a separate application for the academic merit scholarship?

    No. 'No separate application is required' — all admitted Forest Grove undergraduates are considered automatically and notified at the time of admission.

  • How much is Pacific's cost of attendance?

    For 2026-27, the on-campus undergraduate COA is $79,856 (tuition & fees $60,100, room & meals $16,834, plus books, personal, transportation, and loan fees); off-campus is $75,274.

  • Is there a full-tuition merit award?

    Yes — the Pacesetter Excellence Award is a full-tuition scholarship for up to four years, but recipients are selected from the invitation-only on-campus Pacesetter Honors Day competition (per the 2025-2026 catalog).

  • How long does merit aid last?

    First-year students who receive renewable institutional aid are eligible for up to four academic years; transfer students for up to three years depending on transfer credits. Most renewals require meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress; some talent awards add criteria (e.g., Forensics requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA).

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How Pacific (OR) compares

  • 235 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use cost-of-attendance cap displacement.

    Pacific (OR) is in a recognizable cluster (235 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Pacific (OR) is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Pacific (OR)’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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