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West Coast University - Orange County was awarded 29 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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West Coast University - Orange County was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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If you are worried about getting into West Coast University - Orange County, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at West Coast University - Orange County is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at West Coast University - Orange County is 17%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
West Coast University - Orange County has a freshmen retention rate of 100%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at West Coast University - Orange County for first-time, full-time students is 57%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,990 undergraduates at West Coast University - Orange County with 2,510 being full-time and 480 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of West Coast University - Orange County, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At West Coast University - Orange County, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $7,353 a year. That adds up to $29,412 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for West Coast University - Orange County are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1477 S Manchester Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802-2905 |
| Phone: | 714-782-1700 |
| Website: | westcoastuniversity.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/WestCoastUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/westcoastu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 1,289 | $95,859 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 116 | NA |
| Public Health | 80 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 62 | $73,751 |
| Business Administration & Management | 11 | NA |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 5 | NA |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,880 students took at least one online class at West Coast University - Orange County. This is an increase from the 3,373 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,880 | 1,801 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,373 | 1,626 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,422 | 1,694 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,091 | 910 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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