Occidental College Business Programs

Occidental College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Occidental College?

Contact details for Oxy are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392
Phone:	323-259-2500
Website:	https://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	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oxy?

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 41%. 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 39%, and the acceptance rate for women is 42%.

Average Test Scores

About 70% 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 640 and 730. Math scores were between 630 and 730.

Oxy received ACT scores from 41% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 31. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

Can I Afford Occidental College?

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 44% of students took out student loans averaging $7,097 a year. That adds up to $28,388 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Oxy is 1.2%. 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

There are 1,839 undergraduate students at Oxy, with 1,791 being full-time and 48 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,791 full-time undergraduates at Oxy, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	277
Black or African American	68
Hispanic or Latino	294
White	831
International Students	116
Other Races/Ethnicities	205

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.

Online Learning at Occidental College

In 2019-2020, 1,839 students took at least one online class at the school.

Occidental College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	51	51
TOTAL	51	51

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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