955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Westmont College, founded 1937, is an undergraduate liberal arts college that emphasizes the worldwide evangelical Protestant tradition. Set in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains, there are mountain and ocean views from the 111-acre campus. The Westmont campus includes 24 major buildings, including two former estates and the historic Deane School for Boys.

More than 1,300 students from 24 states, 11 countries, and 33 denominations are enrolled at Westmont College. There are about 90 full-time and 49 part-time faculty, and the student to faculty ratio is 12 to one. The average class size is about 18 students. Approximately 89 percent of the faculty members have doctorates. Westmont offers undergraduate degrees in 26 liberal arts majors, 10 pre-professional programs, and an elementary and secondary credential program.

Majors include: art, biology, chemistry, communication studies, computer science, economics and business, engineering/physics, English, English-modern languages, French, history, kinesiology, liberal studies, mathematics, music, natural science, neuroscience, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, social science, sociology and anthropology, Spanish, and theater arts.

Quick Facts

The largest number of first-year students at Westmont College come from California, Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Arizona.

More than 80 percent of students receive financial aid.

Students may study abroad for a semester in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Europe, England, Costa Rica, Africa, and Israel, or visit one of the 12 other colleges in the Christian college Consortium.

There are more than 19,000 living alumni of record.

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