Pacific Union College

Pacific Union College
Former names
Healdsburg Academy (1882–1899)
Healdsburg College (1899–1906)
Pacific College (1906–1910)
MottoThey shall be all taught of God. (John 6:45)
TypePrivate liberal arts college
EstablishedApril 11, 1882; 142 years ago (1882-04-11)
Religious affiliation
Seventh-day Adventist Church[1]
Academic affiliations
NAICU[2]
CIC
PresidentRalph Trecartin[3]
DeanLindsay Hayasaka
Academic staff
65[4]
Students829 (2021–2022)[4]
Location,
United States

38°34′9″N 122°26′27″W / 38.56917°N 122.44083°W / 38.56917; -122.44083
CampusRural, 1,800 acres (730 ha)
Student newspaperCampus Chronicle
ColorsGreen & Gold
   
NicknamePioneers
Sporting affiliations
NAIACal Pac
MascotPioneer Pete
Websitewww.puc.edu

Pacific Union College (PUC) is a private Seventh-day Adventist liberal arts college in Angwin, California. It is the only four-year college in Napa County, and the twelfth oldest institution of higher education in California.[5] As a coeducational residential college with an almost exclusively undergraduate student body, most of those who attend the college are four-year students living on campus.

PUC is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and maintains various programmatic accreditation for specific programs. Enrollment at Pacific Union College is roughly 825.[6] The college offers about 60 undergraduate majors and three master's programs organized in 25 academic departments, with its health science degrees the largest number of those sought out by students.[7][6] The campus occupies 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the college's 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) in property.[7]

  1. ^ Seventh-day Adventist Online Yearbook, Pacific Union Conference: Institutions. Accessed 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ NAICU – Member Directory Archived November 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Ralph Trecartin Announced as Pacific Union College's 24th President". Pacific Union College (Press release). May 25, 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "IPEDS Data Center: Pacific Union College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ^ Utt, Walter C. (1996). A Mountain, A Pickax, A College: Walter Utt's history of Pacific Union College (PDF) (3rd ed.). Nampa, Idaho: Pacific Press Publishing. ISBN 0965078906. OCLC 34848635.
  6. ^ a b "IES Data Center: Pacific Union College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).