Why Choose Pacific School of Engineering and Computer Science?

Elisa Orosco
Assistant Professor and Director of Outreach & MEP
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If I had to summarize in just a few bullets why so many prospective students choose Pacific as offering the most distinctive and best educational opportunity, it would look something like this:

• Your classes will be small and taught by professors, not teaching assistants. They will know you personally. Their goal is to help you succeed.

• We hire faculty based on teaching abilities first, and research second. All faculty are engaged in research, but their first interest is in you.

• All engineering students complete a 7 ½-month paid internship by their senior year, including Fortune 100 companies and many companies across the globe.

• All students are encouraged to complete one semester abroad, either in classes or on their paid internship.

• Extensive undergraduate research opportunities in excellent labs– normally restricted to graduate students at many other institutions.

• Beautiful ivy-covered campus, close to Lawrence and Sandia Labs and tech-rich Silicon Valley, leading to countless exchanges.

• Extensive personal academic support through faculty engagement and free drop-in tutoring.

• U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Pacific as one of 50 "Great Schools at Great Prices."

• Our 4+1 Program allows your fourth year to blend into a Masters degree. Imagine leaving Pacific after five years with a B.S., 7.5 months of paid practical experience in industry, an international experience, and a Masters degree!

• Most students actually come out ahead financially by attending Pacific.

• 100% placement rate upon graduation with much higher starting salaries than the national averages. (They also do extremely well with graduate school applications.)