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Occidental College
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Overview
Address:
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041-3314
Type: Private institution
Year founded: 1887
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Semester
Undergrad body: 1,819
Setting: Urban
Endowment: 279,827,835
Application deadline: January 10
Application fee: 50
Selectivity: More selective
Tuition: 33,644
Room board: 9,042
Extracurriculars
Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook
Num organizations: 109
Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Chi Sigma (chemistry); Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (music); Sigma Alpha Iota (music-women); Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics); Psi Chi (psychology); Mortar Board; National Residence Hall Honorary
Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Buddhist Meditation Group, Canterbury/Augsberg, Newman Catholic Community, LDS Student Association, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Muslim Student Association, Hillel, Progressive Christians Uniting
International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Armenian Students Assn. ; Asian-Pacific Islander Alliance; Black Student Alliance; Chinese Culture Club; First Nations; EKTA (Southeast Asian Club); J@Oxy (Japan at Oxy); Korean Student Assn. ; MEChA/ALAS; Pilipino United Student Organization: Multicultural Alliance
Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Blyth Student Investment Fund; Bad Movie Club; I Ka Poli O Hawai'i; Occidental Rock Climbing Club; Cloud 9 Snow/Surf Club; Queer-Straight Alliance; Anime and Asian Film Club; American Medical Student Assn. ; Chess Club; Occidental Dance Theater; Occidental Venture Assn. ; Student-Alumni Relations Club; History Society; OxyConscious; College Republicans; Oxy Dance Team; Opera Club; Rotaract; Ultimate Frisbee; Jazz Band; Occidental Review Arts and Literary Magazine; Sailing Interest Club; Rugby (men's and women's); Yoga Club
Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Occidental Weekly (weekly)
Num frats: 3
Frats chapter houses: 1
Percent frat members: 6%
Num sororities: 4
Sororities chapter houses: 2
Percent sorority members: 13%
Campus Life
Percent undergrad college owned: 70%
Percent fraternity: 6%
Percent sorority: 13%
Percent campus weekends: 60%
Offer housing: Yes
Percent students college housing: 70%
Campus housing: Yes
Off campus assistance: Yes
Types available: coed dorms (96%), women's dorms (3%), fraternity housing (1%)
College owned singles: 17%
College owned doubles: 67%
College owned triples: 16%
College owned apartments: N/A
College owned other: N/A
Num college owned: 14
Sprinkler system: 7%
Fire alarms: 100%
High speed internet: 100%
Campus size: 120 acres
Percent weekends: 60%
Nearest airport: Los Angeles (15), Burbank (9)
Nearest train: Los Angeles (6)
Nearest bus: Los Angeles (6)
Public transport: Yes
Cars permitted: Yes
Percent cars: 66%
School employment: Yes
Percent undergrads employed: 10%
Average undergrad earnings: N/A
Freshmen discouraged working: No
Army rotc: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California, University of California--Los
Navy rotc: Not offered
Airforce rotc: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California, University of California--Los
Alcohol permitted: Yes
Additional policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other
Popular events: Dance Production; Da Getaway; Club Oxy; Founders Day; Winter Formal; Quad shows; First Tuesday speaker series; New Play Festival
Services
Basic: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, health service, health insurance
Remedial: N/A
Counseling: minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious
Career: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, alumni network, other
Job six months: N/A
Job one year: N/A
Job two years: N/A
Firms: investment houses; K-12 schools; arts/film; consulting firms; political/social agencies
Library: Yes
Library consortia: Yes
Num books: 482,386
Num subscriptions: 1,230
Num microforms: 417,186
Num audiovisual: 18,116
Num ebooks: 4,000
Library facilities: Music Library; Chemistry and Physics Reading Rooms (journals); access to 14,619 electronic journal titles; member of Link+, which gives students ability to access books at 30 member libraries in California and Nevada; access to Lexis/Nexis, Proquest and other online databases
Museums: Keck Theater; Mullin Studio and Art Gallery; Moore Ornithology Collection; Smiley Geological Collection; Morse Collection of Astronomical Instruments; superconducting magnet; vivarium; greenhouses
Computer course: No
Own computer: No
Computers available: 300
Email accounts: Yes
Internet access: Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Num wired library: 20
Num wired classrooms: 25
Num wired labs: 0
Num wired other: 650
Wireless network: Yes
Wireless areas: in all the libraries, in all classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless capacity: 1,800
Recommended os: Microsoft
Hosting units: 100%
Student webpages: Yes
Online registration: Yes
Campus safety: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
