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Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA · CDS 20242025 · City: Large · 4-year · Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

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Overall admit rate
Lower = more selective
Yield rate
Admitted students who enrolled
Avg % of need met
100.0%
Total cost — out-of-state
$85,526
Sticker price before aid
Student-faculty ratio
Avg loan debt at graduation

Admit rate over time

% of need met over time

Total cost (out-of-state) over time

Enrollment

Total all undergraduates
Total all graduate
Grand total all students

Admissions

Total applicants
Total admitted
Total enrolled
Overall admit rate
Admit rate — women
Admit rate — men
Yield rate

Early Decision / Action

Offers Early Decision plan?
ED closing date
ED notification date
# admitted under ED plan
Offers Early Action plan?
EA closing date
EA notification date
Restrictive Early Action?

Test Scores

% submitting SAT
% submitting ACT
SAT EBRW 25th %ile
SAT EBRW 75th %ile
SAT Math 25th %ile
SAT Math 75th %ile
ACT Comp 25th %ile
ACT Comp 75th %ile
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class

Cost

Tuition — in-state$65,678
Tuition — out-of-state
Required fees$596
Room and board$19,252
Total cost — in-state$85,526
Total cost — out-of-state$85,526

Financial Aid

Avg need-based grant$48,208
Avg % of need met100.0%
% with 100% of need met
Avg merit grant (no need)$16,567
Avg loan debt at graduation

Waitlist & Transfer

# offered place on waitlist
# admitted from waitlist
Waitlist admit rate
Transfer applicants (total)
Transfer admit rate

Faculty

Student-faculty ratio
% faculty full-time

College Scorecard

Federal outcomes data — not in the CDS. Each figure's cohort year can differ from the CDS year above and from other Scorecard figures below; see the vintage next to each.

Admissions & cost

Admit rate (Scorecard)44.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
Average net price (public)
Average net price (private)$38,263Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Completion, retention & earnings

Completion rate (200% of expected time)82.9%Scorecard · Fall 2016 or AcadYr 2016-17 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS200)
Completion rate — Pell recipients (150% of expected time)88.7%Scorecard · Fall 2018 or AcadYr 2018-19 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS)
First-year retention rate88.5%Scorecard · Fall 2023 bachelor's-seeking cohort, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRSRET_FT)
Median earnings, 4 yrs after completing$68,467Scorecard · Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars

Financial aid

% receiving a Pell Grant16.3%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)
% receiving a federal loan38.1%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)

Federal loan repayment status (2 yrs after entering repayment)

Paid in full24.5%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Making progress33.6%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Not making progress16.2%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Discharged
Defaulted

Undergraduates

% part-time1.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white45.6%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black4.4%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino17.6%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian16.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races9.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international5.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown1.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Instructional staff

% women51.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% men48.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white51.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black5.9%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino13.4%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian17.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races2.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown9.4%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Fields of study

% of degrees awarded, by broad field — College Scorecard.

Social Sciences29.0%
Visual And Performing Arts13.2%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences11.1%
Psychology9.3%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies7.6%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services5.3%
Physical Sciences4.5%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics4.3%