SCHOOLS / OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

Occidental College

LOS ANGELES, CAIPEDS 120254CARNEGIE CLASS 21

§ CDS archive · latest 3 shown

2025-26

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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters

25th1,400

Median1,460

75th1,510

§ 25% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →

ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters

25th31

Median32

75th34

§ 8% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →

ADMIT RATE 45%SAT SUBMIT 25%ACT SUBMIT 8%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →

§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported

§ Wait list attrition

Offered a spot969

Accepted a spot297

Admitted from wait list72

31% joined after being offered a spot. 24% of students who joined were admitted. 13% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data

Wait-list data
Metric	Value
Offered a wait-list spot	969
Accepted a wait-list spot	297
Admitted from wait list	72
Joined after being offered	31%
Admitted after joining	24%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →

NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Student-faculty ratio	9	EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Admissions total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	2854	ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate	44%	DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	6461	ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	509	ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	509	ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policy	No	IC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate	18%	DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
ACT composite 25th percentile	31	ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile	33	ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile	34	ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate	8%	ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile	690	ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile	720	ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile	750	ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile	690	ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile	720	ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile	770	ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate	20%	ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Bachelor's degrees awarded	401	DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded	0	DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded	0	DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
In-state required fees	$596	COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition	$65,678	COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees	$596	COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition	$65,678	COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus	$88,656	DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus	$88,656	DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Full-time undergraduate enrollment	1858	DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment	0	DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment	23	DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment	1881	DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment	1881	DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Any aid rate	84%	SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid	$6,912	SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan	$8,943	SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant	$5,825	SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate	16%	SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate	38%	SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate	16%	SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
City	Los Angeles	HD2024.CITY
Control	Private not-for-profit	HD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting status	Degree-granting	HD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offering	Master's degree	HD2024.HLOFFER
Institution level	Four or more years	HD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution name	Occidental College	HD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category	1,000 - 4,999	HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sector	Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above	HD2024.SECTOR
Locale	City: Large	HD2024.LOCALE
State	California	HD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years	68%	DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years	80%	DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years	81%	DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate	90%	EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time	81%	DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Transfer-out rate	11%	DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT

§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.

Median earnings

$75,951

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

81%

6-year completion

Average net price

$38,263

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$23,000

federal loans only

§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25

$53,141$53k

MEDIAN

$75,951$76k

P75

$105,789$106k

$20k

$40k

$60k

$80k

§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23

$0 – $30,000

$20,705

$30,001 – $48,000

$17,655

$48,001 – $75,000

$21,468

$75,001 – $110,000

← MODAL BRACKET$28,033

$110,001 and up

$54,959

§B · Completion and retention

4-yr grad

68%

6-yr grad

81%

8-yr grad

83%

Retention

90%

Pell grad

86%

Transfer

11%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.