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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Anaheim, CA
Population 9,500,000
Website https://westcoastuniversity.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 165 (98% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,220 (94% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 327 (98% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,015
Men / Women 23% / 77%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 40%
Asian 38%
White 11%
Mixed 7%
Black 3%
Native American 1%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 23.1% 23.1% 2012 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2013 Men: 35.3% 35.3% 2014 Men: 57.1% 57.1% 2015 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Men: 16.7% 16.7% 2017 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2018 Men: 35.3% 35.3%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Native: 6.7% 6.7% 2017 Native: 10.7% 10.7% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 6.7% 6.7% 2016 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2017 Asian: 35.7% 35.7% 2018 Asian: 40.9% 40.9% 2019 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Asian: 57.1% 57.1% 2021 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2023 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2016 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Black: 14.3% 14.3% 2021 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 21.4% 21.4% 2018 Hispanic: 18.2% 18.2% 2019 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3% 2021 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2022 Hispanic: 13.3% 13.3% 2023 Hispanic: 21.4% 21.4% 2024 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0% 2016 White: 6.7% 6.7% 2017 White: 17.9% 17.9% 2018 White: 31.8% 31.8% 2019 White: 22.2% 22.2% 2020 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 White: 22.2% 22.2% 2022 White: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 White: 14.3% 14.3% 2024 White: 6.7% 6.7% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 3.4% 3.4% 2021 Native: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Asian: 40.0% 40.0% 2021 Asian: 40.0% 40.0% 2022 Asian: 41.0% 41.0% 2023 Asian: 40.6% 40.6% 2024 Asian: 39.0% 39.0% 2025 Asian: 37.9% 37.9% 2020 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 Hispanic: 25.1% 25.1% 2021 Hispanic: 26.1% 26.1% 2022 Hispanic: 30.0% 30.0% 2023 Hispanic: 32.9% 32.9% 2024 Hispanic: 37.1% 37.1% 2025 Hispanic: 40.1% 40.1% 2020 White: 21.0% 21.0% 2021 White: 21.3% 21.3% 2022 White: 17.5% 17.5% 2023 White: 15.0% 15.0% 2024 White: 12.9% 12.9% 2025 White: 11.2% 11.2% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
West Coast University - Orange County 1,283 23% / 77% 0% $95,043 97 97%
Dental Hygiene 72 — 17% / 83% 1% $67,126 81 96%
Nursing 1,177 — 23% / 77% 0% $97,435 98 98%
Public Health 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $75,633 88 —
Business Administration 6 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —
Health Services Administration 23 — 26% / 74% 0% $64,288 78 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $24,294
ROI Percentile 97th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 100%
4-Year Graduation Rate 60%
6-Year Graduation Rate 60%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Graduated: 73.3% 73.3% 2017 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 Graduated: 36.4% 36.4% 2019 Graduated: 72.2% 72.2% 2020 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1% 2021 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 Graduated: 73.3% 73.3% 2023 Graduated: 64.3% 64.3% 2024 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Men: 75.0% 75.0% 2017 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2018 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2020 Men: 60.0% 60.0% 2021 Men: 83.3% 83.3% 2022 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 Men: 80.0% 80.0% 2024 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Women: 72.7% 72.7% 2017 Women: 57.9% 57.9% 2018 Women: 31.2% 31.2% 2019 Women: 84.6% 84.6% 2020 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 Women: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Women: 76.9% 76.9% 2023 Women: 55.6% 55.6% 2024 Women: 66.7% 66.7%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Asian: 80.0% 80.0% 2017 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2018 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2019 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2020 Asian: 75.0% 75.0% 2021 Asian: 41.7% 41.7% 2022 Asian: 88.9% 88.9% 2023 Asian: 71.4% 71.4% 2024 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2017 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2024 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 40.0% 40.0% 2018 White: 28.6% 28.6% 2019 White: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 White: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 White: 100.0% 100.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 97.7% 1,254 23% / 77% 0% $95,608 97 97%
Business & Economics 2.3% 29 34% / 66% 0% $64,288 78 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 70.0% 70.0% 2012 Acceptance: 51.3% 51.3% 2013 Acceptance: 52.6% 52.6% 2014 Acceptance: 16.7% 16.7% 2015 Acceptance: 83.0% 83.0% 2016 Acceptance: 88.2% 88.2% 2017 Acceptance: 96.7% 96.7% 2018 Acceptance: 95.3% 95.3% 2011 Yield: 40.9% 40.9% 2012 Yield: 6.6% 6.6% 2013 Yield: 17.0% 17.0% 2014 Yield: 53.8% 53.8% 2015 Yield: 46.2% 46.2% 2016 Yield: 60.0% 60.0% 2017 Yield: 41.4% 41.4% 2018 Yield: 41.5% 41.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 227 227 2012 Applicants: 528 528 2013 Applicants: 190 190 2014 Applicants: 78 78 2015 Applicants: 47 47 2016 Applicants: 34 34 2017 Applicants: 30 30 2018 Applicants: 43 43 2011 Admitted: 159 159 2012 Admitted: 271 271 2013 Admitted: 100 100 2014 Admitted: 13 13 2015 Admitted: 39 39 2016 Admitted: 30 30 2017 Admitted: 29 29 2018 Admitted: 41 41 2011 Enrolled: 65 65 2012 Enrolled: 18 18 2013 Enrolled: 17 17 2014 Enrolled: 7 7 2015 Enrolled: 18 18 2016 Enrolled: 18 18 2017 Enrolled: 12 12 2018 Enrolled: 17 17

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

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