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Occidental College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The city atmosphere of Los Angeles makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

$48,840 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
38% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Occidental College?

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Contact details for Oxy are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392
Phone: 323-259-2500
Website: www.oxy.edu

How Do I Get Into Oxy?

You can apply to Oxy online at: https://www.oxy.edu/admission-aid/apply

Admission Requirements for Oxy

Submission Required?
High School GPA Considered but not required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oxy?

38% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Oxy. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 38%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 34%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Occidental College  ( 670 to 740 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Occidental College  ( 670 to 750 )
200
800
Oxy received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

ACT English Scores for Occidental College  ( 31 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Occidental College  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Occidental College  ( 30 to 33 )
1
36

Can I Afford Occidental College?

$48,840 Net Price
35% Take Out Loans
0.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Oxy is $48,840. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 0.2%. 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.

Occidental College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,938 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,964 undergraduate students at Oxy, with 1,938 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,938 full-time undergraduates at Oxy, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Occidental College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 261
Black or African American 88
Hispanic or Latino 305
White 906
International Students 121
Other Races/Ethnicities 257

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Occidental College. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at Oxy. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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