West Coast
University-Anaheim-Orange County
For-profit College in Anaheim, CA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $102,672.
Students who entered West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County reach a median of $102,672 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $32,946 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,168 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,081 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $29,867 at $0–30k against $34,887 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 46% of students receive any. Borrowing is widespread: 84% take federal loans.
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 · 5 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 | $29,867 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $34,887 |
| $75–110k | $38,599 |
| $110k+ | $34,887 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,656 of these 3,168 students, totalling $25,577,516 — an average of $9,630 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)