University of
the West
Private College in Rosemead, CA. Six-year graduation rate 38%.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
University of the West admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 4 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield sits at 25% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 4:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 41 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,713 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $6,845 at $0–30k versus $24,245 at $75–110k. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $14,045. 24% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 4 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $6,845 |
| $30–48k | $11,639 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $24,245 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 10 of these 41 students, totalling $68,730 — an average of $6,873 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)