Description It's no accident that Occidental College is a liberal arts school. With more than 1,800 students, an average class size of 15, and a 10-to-1 student-faculty ratio, the school offers a hands-on approach to higher education . Its campus, located in Eagle Rock, is surrounded by the metropolis of Los Angeles. The college offers 30 majors, nine of which are interdisciplinary. Occidental students can also take classes at Caltech or Art Center and earn joint degrees at Columbia University, Keck Graduate Institute, and Caltech. The college was founded as a religious college in 1887 but hasn't been affiliated with any religion since 1910.
Occidental College has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 205 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Occidental College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 66% of employees would recommend working at Occidental College to a friend. This is based on 206 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
68% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Occidental College as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Occidental College.