Whittier College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Four-one-four plan
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Whittier College Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. Whittier College is unique in its study options. For one thing, the university has a Double Major, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Whittier College.

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

English Language and Literature:

American Literature, English, English Literature (British)

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Predentistry, Premedicine, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine, Recreational Therapy

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

Comparative Literature, Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, Spanish

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology, Urban Studies

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General, Music History/Literature, Theater Literature/History/Criticism

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Popular majors:

seventeen percent social sciences, sixteen percent business per marketing, eleven percent english, nine percent biology, nine percent family and consumer sciences, six percent history, six percent psychology, six percent visual and performing arts, five percent education

Education:

Early Childhood Education, Education – General

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $1,075 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 50. Otherwise, for non-international students, tutition fees are $26,138 Room & Board (on-campus) $8,368 Additional estimated expenses $1,500 Costs per credit hour $1,075 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid. Other additional expenses amounted to $1,500 Costs per credit hour $1,075 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid.

Whittier College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty dollars regular application fee, fifty dollars out-of-state application fee, Free online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. In particular, there were two hundred and seventeen total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and thirteen total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 80% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 80%. Remember that this can change at any time.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of May and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of February. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 30th of June. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 15th of April. The regular application due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of May.

Whittier College Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at fifty-four percent scholarships per grants and forty-six percent loans per jobs. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Job Skills, Leadership, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, FAFSA and Other: required for all students. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art and Music/Drama. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Whittier College Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, three hundred and twenty-five degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and fifty-two first-time degree-seeking freshmen and one hundred and thirty-nine graduate enrollment. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Coed, where 80 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited, College Board member and Hispanic serving. Moreover, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. In addition, the student body consists of sixty-three percent in-state students, thirty-seven percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-nine percent women, fifty-one percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, six percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, twenty-nine percent hispanic, forty-one percent white per non-hispanic, three percent non-resident alien, sixteen percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-five percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-two percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy-nine percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-four percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Whittier College offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and First Professional degrees.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Further, the university has many unique facilites such as collection of Quaker books and materials, John Greenleaf Whittier collection including manuscripts, letters and furniture, collection of Richard M. Nixon gifts, keck image processing laboratory. Without doubt, the school is located 18 miles from Los Angeles.Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, eighty-eight percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-eight percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Whittier College Athletics

The Poets are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Volleyball