Whittier College Overview

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

What Is Whittier College Known For?

• Students at Whittier may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Whittier.
• In a recent academic period74% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Whittier makes roughly $59,492 a year. This is 46% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Whittier student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Whittier College?

Contact details for Whittier are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	13406 E Philadelphia Street, Whittier, CA 90601
Phone:	562-907-4205
Website:	www.whittier.edu

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How Do I Get Into Whittier?

You can apply to Whittier online at: www.commonapp.org/school/whittier-college

Admission Requirements for Whittier

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Whittier?

Whittier has an acceptance rate of 75%, 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 51% of accepted students are men and 49% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Whittier submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 590 and 690.

Whittier received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 33. Math scores were between 22 and 0. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Whittier College?

The overall average net price of Whittier is $36,222. 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 Whittier, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,785 a year. That adds up to $31,140 over four years for those students.

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Whittier College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,490 undergraduate students at Whittier, with 1,455 being full-time and 35 being part-time.

There are also 74 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,455 full-time undergraduates at Whittier, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	101
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	779
White	331
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	116

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Whittier College. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Whittier. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Canada.

Whittier College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	64	0	64
General Biology	49	0	49
General Psychology	36	0	36
General Social Sciences	34	0	34
Health & Physical Education	32	0	32
General Education	0	18	18
Human Development & Family Studies	16	0	16
Romance Languages	16	0	16
General English Literature	14	0	14
Mathematics	13	0	13
Natural Resources Conservation	13	0	13
Social Work	13	0	13
Economics	9	0	9
Political Science & Government	9	0	9
History	7	0	7
Engineering Physics	6	0	6
Physics	6	0	6
Sociology	6	0	6
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	5
Drama & Theater Arts	5	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	4	0	4
Anthropology	4	0	4
Fine & Studio Arts	4	0	4
Music	4	0	4
International Studies	3	0	3
Philosophy	3	0	3
Chemistry	1	0	1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0
East Asian Languages	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	376	18	394

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 Geographer at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.