by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Occidental College was awarded 18 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general biology.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Oxy is ranked #180 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Oxy held the #254 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Oxy is also ranked #25 out of 168 schools in California.
The acceptance rate at Occidental College is a competitive 38%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
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.
The student to faculty ratio at Oxy is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Occidental College is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Occidental College has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Oxy the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 80%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Occidental College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,839 undergraduates at Oxy with 1,791 being full-time and 48 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,452 | $13,475 | $18,209 | $29,981 | $49,854 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Oxy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 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 1.2%. 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.
Get more details about the location of 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: | https://www.oxy.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 51 | $46,544 |
| General Psychology | 41 | $25,916 |
| General Biology | 37 | $25,035 |
| Political Science & Government | 35 | $42,360 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 32 | $29,948 |
| International Relations & National Security | 31 | $38,329 |
| Sociology | 26 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 24 | NA |
| Computer Science | 18 | NA |
| Cultural Studies & Analysis | 17 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 1,839 students who took online classes the previous year.
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Footnotes
*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.
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