- The Inkwell
- California
- Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, CASuburb: largeZIP 92656Founded 2001
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 2001
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2004
- Website
- www.soka.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Soka University of America
Soka University of America is a private nonprofit university in Aliso Viejo, California, with 484 undergraduates. It admits 43% of applicants, graduates 88% within six years and costs $16,383 a year after aid.
88%graduate
Admission rate43%
Retention90%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share20%
Federal loans48%
$16,383net price / year
43%admission rate
1440average SAT
88%graduate in 6 years
$66,071median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,500median debt
#521 of 1,704 for earnings#592 of 1,739 for lowest net price#86 of 1,738 for graduation rate#193 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
- $58,536tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,536
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,536
- Average net price
- $16,383national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,621
$30,001–48,000$12,619
$48,001–75,000$12,752
$75,001–110,000$11,372
$110,001+$29,747
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 43%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 620–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 713–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college43%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college88%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college20%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 88%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 87%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,920
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,071middle 50%: $41,048–$89,458
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$89,458
Median, Soka University of America$66,071
Lower quarter$41,048
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
- 484
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 62% / 38%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 77%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,313 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $45,356
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,523,965,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White12%
Hispanic14%
Black1.5%
Asian9.9%
Two or more races6.2%
U.S. nonresident55%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.0%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 399911. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q11285095.