Whittier College
Whittier College admitted 81% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $24,940 a year. Within six years, 55% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 81%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $64,712 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $24,940 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $22,133 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $52,877 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 55%
- Students who return for a second year
- 66%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $68,254 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 764
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 39%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 23%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 13%
- Psychology
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 9%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Aurora University IL · 81% admitted
- Flagler College FL · 81% admitted
- Graceland University-Lamoni IA · 81% admitted
- Indiana State University IN · 81% admitted
- Nichols College MA · 81% admitted
- Albion College MI · 81% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.