Whittier College Business Programs

Whittier College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Whittier, California. Whittier is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Whittier College?

Contact details for Whittier are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	13406 E Philadelphia Street, Whittier, CA 90601
Phone:	562-907-4205
Website:	www.whittier.edu
Facebook:	http://facebook.com/whittiercollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WhittierCollege

How Do I Get Into Whittier?

You can apply to Whittier online at: www.commonapp.org/school/whittier-college

Admission Requirements for Whittier

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Whittier?

Whittier has an acceptance rate of 72%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Can I Afford Whittier College?

The overall average net price of Whittier is $36,222. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Whittier, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $8,453 a year. That adds up to $33,812 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Whittier is 2.5%. 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.

Whittier College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,490 undergraduate students at Whittier, with 1,455 being full-time and 35 being part-time.

There are also 74 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,455 full-time undergraduates at Whittier, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	101
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	779
White	331
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	116

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Whittier College. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Whittier. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Canada.

Online Learning at Whittier College

In 2019-2020, 192 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Whittier has changed over the last few years.

This is the #1,506 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Whittier regardless of major.

Whittier College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	64	64
General Economics	10	10
Business Statistics	2	2
TOTAL	76	76

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
• Image Credit: By Geographer at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.