Occidental College Overview

Occidental College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Occidental College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Oxy since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The 0% student loan default rate at Oxy is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Oxy.
• For the <nil> academic year, 76% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Oxy with a bachelor's degree make about $68,355 a year. That's 68% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average Oxy student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Occidental College?

Contact details for Oxy are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392
Phone:	323-259-2500
Website:	www.oxy.edu

How Do I Get Into Oxy?

You can apply to Oxy online at: https://www.oxy.edu/admission-aid/apply

Admission Requirements for Oxy

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Considered but not required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oxy?

The acceptance rate of Occidental College is 38%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 34%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Oxy submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 740. Math scores were between 670 and 750.

Oxy received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Occidental College?

The overall average net price of Oxy is $48,840. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Oxy, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $7,373 a year. That adds up to $29,492 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Oxy is 0.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Occidental College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,964 undergraduate students at Oxy, with 1,938 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,938 full-time undergraduates at Oxy, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Occidental College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	261
Black or African American	88
Hispanic or Latino	305
White	906
International Students	121
Other Races/Ethnicities	257

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Occidental College. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at Oxy. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By The Port of Authority under License

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