10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Rosemead, California
University of the West
University of the West is a private nonprofit institution in Rosemead, California. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- 100.0%
- Acceptance rate
- $6,845
- Avg net price / yr
- 32.8%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
University of the West is open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 100.0%
- acceptance rate
- 32.8%
- 150%-time completion
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: Bacc: A&S
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this University of the West profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
43/100
University of the West
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$6,845
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
32.8%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention F
50.0%
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$6,845
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
32.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 32.8%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - University of the West vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Quick Facts
32
Undergraduate enrollment
100.0%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
32.8%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
50.0%
First-year retention
How University of the West ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | University of the West | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $6,845 | #70 of 495 | 86th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 32.8% | #437 of 483 | 10th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 32 | #534 of 553 | 3rd |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 100.0% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $15,446 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $15,446 |
| Average Net Price | $6,845 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $6,845 |
28.3%
Pell Grant Rate
18.9%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at University of the West swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $8,270 to $18,298 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +34.7%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$8,270
Highest year
$18,298
Most recent (2023)
$11,137
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $8,2702023 · $11,137
Over the same years, enrollment went -47.4% (78 → 41 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
57.7%
Female
Outcomes
50.0%
Retention Rate
$33,856
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 32.8% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 50.0% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $33,856 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at University of the West? ▼
University of the West is a private nonprofit institution in Rosemead, California. The acceptance rate is 100.0%. Undergraduate enrollment is 32 students.
How much does University of the West cost? ▼
The average net price at University of the West is $6,845. In-state tuition is $15,446 and out-of-state tuition is $15,446.
What is the graduation rate at University of the West? ▼
University of the West has a 32.8% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 50.0%.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.