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UWest was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The student to faculty ratio at UWest is an impressive 3 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 University of the West is 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of the West is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 114 undergraduates at UWest with 104 being full-time and 10 being part-time.
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 UWest, 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 UWest, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,763 a year. That adds up to $27,052 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UWest is 8.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Get more details about the location of University of the West.
Contact details for UWest are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1409 Walnut Grove Ave, Rosemead, CA 91770 |
| Phone: | 626-571-8811 |
| Website: | www.uwest.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofthewest |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/u_west |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 15 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 11 | NA |
| General Psychology | 10 | NA |
| General English Literature | 2 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 0 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 0 | NA |
| Applied Mathematics | 0 | NA |
| Religious Studies | 0 | NA |
| Information Science | 0 | NA |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 0 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 238 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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