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Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,877 students · mostly bachelor degrees
455th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$38,263
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$84,800
Graduation rate
81%
Admission rate
44%
Median graduate earnings
$75,951
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,000
Average SAT
1452
Median ACT
32
Pell grant recipients
17%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
32 programsEconometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree73 grads/yr$103,164Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$88,080Contemplative Studies/Inquiry · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$78,782Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$72,441French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$71,779National Security Policy Studies · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$70,394Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$59,985Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$59,542Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$58,598Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree$56,800
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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