Westmont College Overview

Located in Santa Barbara, California, Westmont College is a private not-for-profit institution. Santa Barbara is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Westmont College Known For?

• Students at Westmont have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Westmont.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 64% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Westmont bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $60,057 a year. That's about 47% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Westmont student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Westmont College Rankings

Westmont is ranked #16 out of 152 schools in California.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Westmont has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#158	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Westmont.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#46	Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#52	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#78	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#82	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#115	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Westmont has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#239	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Westmont College?

Contact details for Westmont are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	955 La Paz Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1089
Phone:	805-565-6000
Website:	www.westmont.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/westmont
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/westmontnews

How Do I Get Into Westmont?

You can apply to Westmont online at: www.westmont.edu/a/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Westmont

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Westmont?

Westmont has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 79% of students accepted to Westmont submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 690. Math scores were between 540 and 680.

Westmont received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 34. Math scores were between 23 and 29. Composite scores were between 24 and 31.

Can I Afford Westmont College?

The overall average net price of Westmont is $39,935. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Westmont, approximately 88% of students took out student loans averaging $7,130 a year. That adds up to $28,520 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Westmont is 1.3%. 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.

Westmont College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,226 undergraduate students at Westmont, with 1,224 being full-time and 2 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,224 full-time undergraduates at Westmont, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	87
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	249
White	658
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	192

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Westmont College. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Westmont. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Rwanda.

Online Learning at Westmont College

In 2019-2020, 270 students took at least one online class at the school.

Westmont College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business/Managerial Economics	0	60	60
Health & Physical Education	0	37	37
Communication & Media Studies	0	29	29
General Psychology	0	26	26
General Biology	0	24	24
General English Literature	0	20	20
Fine & Studio Arts	0	15	15
Chemistry	0	14	14
History	0	12	12
Music	0	11	11
Computer Information Systems	0	10	10
Philosophy	0	10	10
Political Science & Government	0	10	10
Teacher Education Grade Specific	9	0	9
Religious Studies	0	9	9
Drama & Theater Arts	0	9	9
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	8	8
General Social Sciences	0	8	8
Sociology	0	8	8
Engineering Physics	0	7	7
Mathematics	0	5	5
Romance Languages	0	4	4
Physics	0	3	3
Anthropology	0	1	1
General Engineering	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0
TOTAL	9	340	349

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.