Occidental College
What Occidental College's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2023-24.
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InternationalOccidental College
International applicants face 2.6× tougher odds at Occidental College.
15% of international applicants are admitted, against 40% overall.
Overall40%
International15%
Source: Occidental College's Common Data Set 2023-24
Who says yesOccidental College
80% of students admitted to Occidental College go elsewhere.
Only 20% of admits enroll, so Occidental College admits far more students than it has seats.
Enroll20%
Go elsewhere80%
Source: Occidental College's Common Data Set 2023-24
Test scoresOccidental College
At most 36% of Occidental College's first-years sent an SAT or ACT.
23% sent an SAT and 13% an ACT (some sent both), so most enrolled without a score. SAT middle 50% among those who sent: 1370–1470.
Sent an SAT23%
Sent an ACT13%
Source: Occidental College's Common Data Set 2023-24
MoneyOccidental College
Occidental College meets 100% of need.
The average need-based grant is $46,423 a year, against tuition of $62,850.
Average grant$46k
Tuition$63k
Source: Occidental College's Common Data Set 2023-24
8 more things the data says PRO
- Early Decision filled about 43% of the 2023-24 first-year class, more than 90% of similar colleges.
- Applications fell 10% from 2018-19 to 2023-24 (7,281 to 6,573).
- Only 23% of enrolled first-years sent an SAT score, so its SAT range describes a minority of the class.
- After ED, 302 of 532 seats were left for 6,132 other applicants: about one seat for every 20.
- ED applicants were admitted at 52%, against 39.0% for everyone else: 1.3 times the rate.
- It reports meeting 100% of financial need for first-years who have need.
- 841 students stayed on the waitlist and 60 were admitted from it (7.1%).
- Men were admitted at a lower rate: 42.3% for women against 36.6% for men.
What students say PRO
From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.
- All 13 admits who named a round applied Regular Decision.
- Most admits who shared SAT scores reported 1400 or higher, typically with GPAs of 3.7 to 4.0.
- Many admits led debate, clubs or service groups, or held internships in law, policy or legislature work.
- Many admits were varsity athletes, often team captains, in sports like ultimate, football, tennis, golf and track.
- Several admits went in with pre-health goals backed by hospital volunteering, shadowing or research.
- Students report merit awards of roughly $15K-20K a year, and some families found these not enough to make the cost workable.
Every number, year by year: Occidental College on Open College Data. Something wrong? Suggest a correction.