Westmont College

What are the graduation rates for students at Westmont College?

Westmont's reported four-year graduation rate is 64%, and its six-year rate is 70%. These measures track a defined cohort of first-time, full-time degree-seeking students from entry through completion; they are not graduation rates for every person who has ever enrolled.

The six-year measure allows more time than the four-year measure for students to finish a bachelor's degree. Westmont's reported first-year retention rate is 85%, meaning that most students in the measured entering cohort returned the following year. Retention is not the same as eventual graduation. Transfer students and students who enter part-time may have different paths that these first-time, full-time graduation measures do not fully describe.

For an individual student, course sequencing, transferred credits and a change of major can affect the time needed to graduate. The published rates provide context for planning, not a prediction of a particular student's result.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Westmont College?

Federal College Scorecard program data report earnings for some Westmont fields of study one year after graduation. These figures describe measured former students in particular programs; they are not promised starting salaries or a measure of what every graduate in that major earns.

Examples of reported one-year annual earnings include $42,792 for business and managerial economics, $37,638 for communication and media studies, and $32,369 for psychology. The reported figure for biology is $31,121. Differences among these numbers should not be treated as the earnings effect of choosing one major over another: cohorts, jobs, locations and further study can differ.

College Scorecard earnings measures are limited to people who meet the federal data system's inclusion rules, and results for some programs may be withheld when there are too few observations or privacy rules apply. One-year earnings also miss later career progression and do not by themselves account for educational debt, graduate study or local living costs.