by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Whittier College landed the #890 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 64.9% of the total graduate students at Whittier are women and 35.1% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Whittier, around 75.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,742 | $14,742 |
Master's degree recipients from Whittier earn an average salary of $56,241 during the early years of their career. That's about 4% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Whittier, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $34,282. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 54% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/whittiercollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/WhittierCollege |
Around 41.9% of Whittier graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 14.5% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 24 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physics | 19 |
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.
References
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