Whittier College

7/10 Overall Rating
4 Year
Whittier, CA
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Overview

Total enrollment

795

Location Whittier, California
Website whittier.edu
Type Private 4 Year
Setting Large Suburban

Size Small
Status Non-profit
Housing Yes
Level of Study Undergrad/Graduate

Whittier College, a private liberal arts institution located in Whittier, California, sits on a 75-acre campus in Los Angeles County, approximately 12 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1887, the college maintains its historic ties while operating as a non-sectarian institution, with the campus centered around a hillside setting featuring Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. The college operates on a 3-3 academic calendar system and offers undergraduate programs across more than 30 majors, with notable strengths in business administration, kinesiology, psychology, and its flagship Whittier Scholars Program that allows students to design their own course of study. Whittier College maintains a residential campus community where most first-year and sophomore students live in one of the college's residence halls, and the institution competes in NCAA Division III athletics as the Poets.

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Ratings

Whittier College is rated within the top 33% of four-year colleges nationally and earns a CollegeSimply grade of 7 out of 10.

Overall Rating

7 out of 10
Academics

8 out of 10
Resources

10 out of 10
Outcomes

6 out of 10
Value

8 out of 10

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Admissions

Admission Standards

Difficult

GPA 3.61

Acceptance Rate

80.8%

Applications Due -
Enrollment Rate 5.4%
Application Fee $0

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Annual Cost to Attend

Tuition

$51,350

Costs for Whittier College
Fee		Cost
Tuition		$51,350
Books and Supplies		$1,000
Other Fees		$940
Room and Board		$17,082
Budget for Other Expenses		$1,000
Total One Year Cost		$71,372

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Student Outcomes

Average Salary After 10 Years

$47,400 per year

Bachelor's Degree Graduation Rate

55% within 6 years

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Popular Areas of Study

Popular majors at Whittier College are Social Sciences, Business, and Psychology. 22% of students major in Social Sciences, 17% in Business, and 8% in Psychology.