- The Inkwell
- California
- Whittier College
Whittier, CASuburb: largeZIP 90601Founded 1887
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1887
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.whittier.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Whittier College
Whittier College is a private nonprofit college in Whittier, California, with 764 undergraduates. It admits 81% of applicants, graduates 55% within six years and costs $24,940 a year after aid.
55%graduate
Admission rate81%
Retention66%
4-year graduation48%
Pell Grant share39%
Federal loans58%
$24,940net price / year
81%admission rate
—average SAT
55%graduate in 6 years
$68,254median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,000median debt
#443 of 1,704 for earnings#1,222 of 1,739 for lowest net price#839 of 1,738 for graduation rate#884 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
- $64,712tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $52,877
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $52,877
- Average net price
- $24,940national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,133
$30,001–48,000$17,661
$48,001–75,000$20,925
$75,001–110,000$22,404
$110,001+$32,567
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 81%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college81%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college66%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college55%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college39%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 55%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 66%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,624
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $68,254middle 50%: $45,926–$91,794
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$91,794
Median, Whittier College$68,254
Lower quarter$45,926
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
- 764
- Part-time
- 2.5%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 39%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 74%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,094 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $25,263
- Endowment, end of year
- $139,279,793
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White24%
Hispanic39%
Black5.6%
Asian5.8%
Two or more races4.6%
U.S. nonresident13%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.7%
Unknown5.6%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management23%
Parks, recreation & fitness13%
Psychology12%
Social sciences8.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences7.1%
Family & consumer sciences5.2%
Visual & performing arts5.2%
Liberal arts & humanities4.7%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 125763. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7996868.