- The Inkwell
- California
- West Coast University-Ontario
Ontario, CACity: midsizeZIP 91761
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2008
- Campuses
- 6
- Website
- westcoastuniversity.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
West Coast University-Ontario
West Coast University-Ontario is a private for-profit university in Ontario, California, with 2,671 undergraduates. It graduates 56% within six years and costs $47,072 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Retention89%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share53%
Federal loans90%
$47,072net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$104,344median earnings, 10 yrs
$33,500median debt
#40 of 1,704 for earnings#1,704 of 1,739 for lowest net price#828 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
- $52,946tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $38,314
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $38,314
- Average net price
- $47,072national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$42,466
$30,001–48,000$44,100
$48,001–75,000$45,551
$75,001–110,000$52,946
$110,001+$51,668
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 college89%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college53%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 79%
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-Ontario$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
- 2,671
- Part-time
- 17%
- Women / men
- 76% / 24%
- Average age at entry
- 27.8
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 53%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 26%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,321 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,873
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White12%
Hispanic53%
Black4.3%
Asian23%
Two or more races6.6%
U.S. nonresident0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.9%
Unknown0.4%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 458229.