- The Inkwell
- California
- Occidental College
Los Angeles, CACity: largeZIP 90041Founded 1887
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1887
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.oxy.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Occidental College
Occidental College is a private nonprofit college in Los Angeles, California, with 1,877 undergraduates. It admits 44% of applicants, graduates 79% within six years and costs $37,470 a year after aid.
79%graduate
Admission rate44%
Retention90%
4-year graduation68%
Pell Grant share20%
Federal loans39%
$37,470net price / year
44%admission rate
1452average SAT
79%graduate in 6 years
$79,660median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#214 of 1,704 for earnings#1,628 of 1,739 for lowest net price#196 of 1,738 for graduation rate#198 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $88,656tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,704
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,704
- Average net price
- $37,470national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,797
$30,001–48,000$10,724
$48,001–75,000$25,027
$75,001–110,000$23,892
$110,001+$53,785
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 44%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1452
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 690–750
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 690–770
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 31–34
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college44%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college79%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college20%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 79%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 85%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,194
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $79,660middle 50%: $51,271–$115,592
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$115,592
Median, Occidental College$79,660
Lower quarter$51,271
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,877
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 59% / 41%
- Average age at entry
- 19.5
- First-generation students
- 18%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 74%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,349 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $24,676
- Endowment, end of year
- $654,297,483
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White46%
Hispanic18%
Black4.4%
Asian16%
Two or more races9.8%
U.S. nonresident5.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.1%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences29%
Visual & performing arts13%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Psychology9.3%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies7.6%
Computer & information sciences5.3%
Physical sciences4.5%
Foreign languages & linguistics4.3%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 120254. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1346110.