Coaching staff
- Kathy GrahamDirector of Cross Country/Track & Field
- Jeffrey FisherAssistant Cross Country & Track and Field Coach (Relays/Hurdles) / Recruiting Coordinator
- Paul WhiteAssistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach (Distance)
- Jim PendletonAssistant Track & Field Coach (Throws)
- Christina GonzalezAssistant Track & Field Coach (Throws)
- David BeanAssistant Track & Field Coach (Pole Vault)
- AJ VasquezAssistant Track & Field Coach (Jumps)
Campus and facilities
All courses at Whittier are taught by faculty, not teaching assistants. The student-faculty ratio is 12 to 1, making familiarity and mentorship possible.
- Established
- 1887
- Website
- whittier.edu
Facilities
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at WC
Fields of study
Learn more about academic programs at Whittier College →
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Art & Visual Studies
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Biology
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Child Development
- Department of Chinese
- Department of Economics
- Department of Engineering
- Department of English
- Department of Environmental Science
- Department of French
- Department of Global & Cultural Studies
- Department of History
- Department of Integrated Computer Science
- Department of Kinesiology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mathematics-Business
- Department of Mathematics-Economics
- Department of Music
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Applied Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Pre-Professional
- Department of Psychological Sciences
- Department of Religious Studies
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Spanish
- Department of Theatre & Communication Arts
Admissions and graduation
- Acceptance rate, fall 2024
- 81%
- Graduated within six years
- 60%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2018. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2024–25
- In-state and out-of-state
- $51,350 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $51,350 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2023–24
- $63,664 USD
- Average net price, 2023–24
- $25,757 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $21,718 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $19,928 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $24,973 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $26,718 USD
- Over $110,000
- $30,599 USD