Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
43.4%
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SAT · 50th
1350
Range 1280–1410
6-yr grad
91.8%
Retention 90.5%
Undergrads
484
7:1 S-F
Admissions
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43.4%
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from — apps
Overall admit rate43.4%
Test scores
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1350
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1280–1410
SAT
255075
R&W550610660
Math690740780
Comp128013501410
ACT
255075
Comp262627
Cost & aid
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tuition not reported
Room & board$14,378
Books$1,062
Avg debt at graduation$23,110
Academics
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7 : 1
student-faculty ratio
90.5% retention
Student-faculty7 : 1
Retention90.5%
4-year graduation79.1%
6-year graduation91.8%
Enrollment
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484
undergraduates
Total undergraduates484
Rankings
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#9
U.S. News & World Report
Top Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#926
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#3726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#36726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Main websitewww.soka.edu
Admissions emailadmission@soka.edu
Admissions phone1-949-480-4150
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Pitzer College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Pitzer College CA · Private (nonprofit)26.9%——
Hampshire College MA · Private (nonprofit)75.3%—839
College of the Atlantic ME · Private (nonprofit)68.8%1290342
Reed College OR · Private (nonprofit)29.2%14101K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Soka University of America

2 years of Soka University of America's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.