Occidental College Baseball

Freshmen at Occidental College earn 22% of total at-bats and 16% of innings pitched — above the D3 average of 18%. Sophomores receive 25%, juniors 27%, and seniors 27%. The median hitter records 49 at-bats per season.

On the pitching side, freshmen account for 16% of innings pitched, sophomores 19%, juniors 36%, and seniors 30%. The median pitcher throws 12.1 innings per season.

Based on 2-4 years of publicly available roster and statistics data.

46% of freshmen who join Occidental College baseball stay on the roster for all four years — above the D3 average of 36%. The one-and-done rate — players who leave after their first year — is 19%. On average, players spend 3.0 seasons on the Occidental College roster.

Tracking freshman classes from 2016-2017 through their full four-year eligibility window.

15% of Occidental College baseball alumni go into engineering, the most common career path among the 26 former players Prospectus tracked on LinkedIn. Other top career paths include legal (8%), sales (8%), tech sales (8%). Top employers include City National Bank, Waymaker LLP, ESA, Verily Life Sciences, Microsoft.

Occidental College has a 40% acceptance rate and an average GPA of 3.61 for admitted students, with a 84% graduation rate — above the D3 average of 69%. 87% of freshmen return for their sophomore year. Occidental College is particularly known for Econometrics & Quantitative Economics, Psychology, Biology/Biological Sciences, Political Science & Government, Environmental Studies, International Relations and Affairs.

Total undergraduate enrollment at Occidental College is 1,844 students.

Attending Occidental College costs approximately $63,446 per year, with the average student receiving $39,329 in financial aid — a net cost of approximately $24,117 per year. 16% of students at Occidental College receive financial aid.