Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit
44.2%
Acceptance rate
1,461
SAT Average
$39,329
Avg net price
1,844
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 486Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 141Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 64Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 45Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Projected sponsored sports22
Athletic participation
374 unique student-athletes · 18 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile, Financial Aid Deadline due Nov 1
Early Action
FAFSA, CSS Profile, Financial Aid Deadline due Nov 1
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile, Financial Aid Deadline due Jan 10
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile, Financial Aid Deadline due Jan 10
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,678
- Required fees
- $596
- Food and housing
- $19,252
- Books and supplies
- $1,250
- Other expenses
- $1,880
- Total
- $88,656
- $76,6002019–2019–20
- $75,9162020–2120–21
- $77,8782021–2221–22
- $80,6362022–2322–23
- $84,8002023–2423–24
- $88,6562024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $39,329 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 51%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,023
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and State aid form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Occidental College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Occidental College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Occidental College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Occidental College admits in-state applicants at 50.9%, out-of-state applicants at 54%, and international applicants at 16.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
437 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 10. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 22% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
25% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Occidental College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 97% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 21% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.64
High-school class rank
Among the 21% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Occidental College rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Occidental College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $93,415 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $39,329 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 223 of 436 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $93,415
Averages among the 223 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Occidental College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Occidental College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
87.2% of Occidental College’s first-years return for a second year and 85.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03