Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville

27501 SW Parkway Ave, Wilsonville, OR 97070

Website: Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville

Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville School Description

Pioneer Pacific College's mission is to help people improve their lives through high-quality, college-level, career education. The College has adopted a number of objectives in order to fulfill this mission, including offering a curriculum that teaches students the academic, technical, and interpersonal skills necessary for entry-level employment and future advancement in their chosen career field; maintaining an environment that encourages the ethical standards, self-discipline, professionalism, and spirit of cooperation necessary to function effectively in society; encouraging an appetite for learning in students, faculty, administrators, and staff; and cultivating an appreciation for life-long learning.

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Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville

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Pioneer Pacific College is an American private, post-secondary school in Oregon. Primarily offering Associate's degrees and certificate programs, the for profit school operates three campuses with the main branch in Wilsonville. Founded in 1981, academic programs include health care, business, criminal justice, information technology, and culinary arts. As of 2007, the school had an enrollment of 1,287 students.

History

Pioneer Pacific College began in 1981 as an electronics school in Corvallis, Oregon, named Skilltronics. Founded by Irene and James Childers, the training school was moved to Wilsonville in 1983. Pacific Education Corporation purchased Skilltronics in 1989 and changed the name to Pioneer Pacific College with accreditation coming in 1995. Former Oregon legislator Kelly Clark co-owned the college in the early 1990s.

In 1999, the college added a campus in Clackamas and the next year moved the main campus to a larger facility. For the 2001 to 2002 academic year the school granted 108 associates degrees. Pioneer Pacific started a criminal justice program in 2002 that offered an associates degree at its Wilsonville campus. Also in 2002, the school established a campus in Lane County adjacent to the University of Oregon, with the campus relocating the next year to Springfield.

Bachelors degrees were added in 2004, first with information technology and then others in 2005. In 2004, the college added the Health Career Institute, followed by a culinary arts program in 2006. For the 2005 to 2006 academic year the school's criminal justice program ranked 41st in the United States for most associates degrees granted in that field. As of 2007, the school had 1,287 students with 250 graduating each year.

Campuses and programs

Pioneer Pacific’s main campus is in Wilsonville and includes the Health Career Institute. This includes a library with 2,500 volumes. The Lane County campus is located in Springfield's Gateway District on Sports Way and is housed in a two-story building with of space. Culinary arts are taught at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Downtown Portland, while the Clackamas Campus is on Portland’s eastside on Sunnyside Road. Seventy-three percent of students attend full-time and the school employs 119 teachers, of which 41% are full-time faculty members.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northwest
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
For Profit
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,132
On Campus Housing:
Unavailable
Full Time Students:
99%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 10,619
Students Receiving Aid:
90%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 50
Selectivity:
Open Admissions
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Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 99%
Part-Time 1%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 55%
Other 37%
Hispanic 5%
Asian 2%
African-American 1%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 97%
Out-of-State 3%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Oregon 97%
Washington 2%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: No

Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 10,619    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 10,269    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 400    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 1,928 51%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 1,810 8%  
Student Loans:
$ 1,638 58%  
Any Aid:
  90%  

Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 100% (Open Admissions)

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 50.00

College Advice on Pioneer Pacific - Wilsonville

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14 months ago

Best Answer

Only the students really know for sure. http://www.tradeandtechnicalschools.com/Oregon-Technical-Schools.html

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