Westcliff University
For-profit College in Irvine, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%.
Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $23,750, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Westcliff University accepts 73% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,071 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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62% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Unusually, part-time retention (84%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,037 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $35,553 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,253 while those at $110k+ pay $40,799. Only 17% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 6% of students.
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 · 134 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 | $24,253 |
| $30–48k | $33,829 |
| $48–75k | $35,913 |
| $75–110k | $36,031 |
| $110k+ | $40,799 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 124 of these 2,037 students, totalling $1,000,959 — an average of $8,072 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)