- The Inkwell
- California
- Woodbury University
Burbank, CACity: largeZIP 91504Founded 1884
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1884
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- woodbury.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Woodbury University
Woodbury University is a private nonprofit university in Burbank, California, with 779 undergraduates. It admits 82% of applicants, graduates 44% within six years and costs $44,337 a year after aid.
44%graduate
Admission rate82%
Retention74%
4-year graduation24%
Pell Grant share56%
Federal loans71%
$44,337net price / year
82%admission rate
—average SAT
44%graduate in 6 years
$65,896median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#530 of 1,704 for earnings#1,692 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,227 of 1,738 for graduation rate#913 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
- $71,778tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $48,629
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $48,629
- Average net price
- $44,337national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$40,217
$30,001–48,000$39,072
$48,001–75,000$44,438
$75,001–110,000$46,112
$110,001+$52,941
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 82%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college82%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college74%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college44%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college56%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 44%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 24%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $49,948
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $65,896middle 50%: $36,453–$93,446
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$93,446
Median, Woodbury University$65,896
Lower quarter$36,453
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
- 779
- Part-time
- 6.2%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 22.7
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $18,298
- Endowment, end of year
- $6,554,362
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White39%
Hispanic28%
Black5.1%
Asian12%
Two or more races1.7%
U.S. nonresident4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown9.4%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Architecture48%
Computer & information sciences12%
Business & management11%
Communications technologies9.9%
Communication & journalism7.4%
Engineering technologies3.1%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3.1%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting1.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 125897. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3445331.