By 1958, land was purchased for the construction of the current campus near the corner of Butler and Chestnut, along with the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary and the new Butler Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church. Construction began on a new classroom building that year, and two dormitory buildings one year later. The classroom building was ready for use in the fall of 1959, but the dorm buildings were not completed until 1961 because of financial difficulties.
The Bible Institute became an accredited junior college in 1961, and decided to develop a four-year program two years later, in 1963. In 1964, Pacific Bible Institute changed its name to Pacific College, and became accredited with the WASC the next year. By 1967, the decision was made to add graduate courses, and the accreditation for the first master of arts program was received from WASC in 1975. The college changed its name to Fresno Pacific College in 1976 and to Fresno Pacific University in 1997.
成立时，太平洋圣经学院位于范尼斯大道北 1095 号的一个大房子里。有五名教职员工和二十八名学生。到第一学年结束时，位于 Tuolumne 和 L 街拐角处的一座前基督教女青年会大楼（最初由 Julia Morgan 设计）已被购买，下一学年就在这座大楼内开始。
到 1958 年，购买土地用于在巴特勒和栗树拐角附近建造当前的校园，以及门诺会弟兄会圣经神学院和新的巴特勒大道门诺会弟兄会教堂。那年开始建造一座新的教学楼，一年后建造了两座宿舍楼。教学楼于1959年秋季建成投入使用，但由于财政困难，宿舍楼直到1961年才竣工。
圣经学院于 1961 年成为经认可的初级学院，并决定在两年后的 1963 年制定四年制课程。1964 年，太平洋圣经学院更名为太平洋学院，并于次年获得 WASC 的认可。到 1967 年，决定增加研究生课程，并于 1975 年获得 WASC 的第一个艺术硕士课程认证。学院于 1976 年更名为弗雷斯诺太平洋学院，1997 年更名为弗雷斯诺太平洋大学。
