- The Inkwell
- California
- West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County
Anaheim, CACity: largeZIP 92802
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2007
- Campuses
- 6
- Website
- westcoastuniversity.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County
West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County is a private for-profit university in Anaheim, California, with 3,192 undergraduates. It graduates 25% within six years and costs $36,240 a year after aid.
25%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation25%
Pell Grant share45%
Federal loans85%
$36,240net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
25%graduate in 6 years
$104,344median earnings, 10 yrs
$33,500median debt
#38 of 1,704 for earnings#1,606 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,608 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $40,470tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $24,715
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $24,715
- Average net price
- $36,240national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$33,491
$30,001–48,000$38,975
$48,001–75,000$33,075
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+$40,470
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college25%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college45%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 25%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 25%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 76%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $98,984
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $104,344middle 50%: $67,468–$137,571
- Median debt at graduation
- $33,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$137,571
Median, West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$104,344
Lower quarter$67,468
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
- 3,192
- Part-time
- 26%
- Women / men
- 77% / 23%
- Average age at entry
- 27.8
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 20%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,170 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,987
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White11%
Hispanic40%
Black2.8%
Asian38%
Two or more races6.6%
U.S. nonresident0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.8%
Unknown0.3%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions100%
Business & management0.5%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 458210. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q99285700.