This is overall a pretty good school. Make it what you want, just be active and enjoy it while it lasts. Tuition is about $45,000+. Financial Aid is fair, but make sure you have some cushion money for emergencies and possible raises in tuition. Apply for scholarships and if you take out loans make sure you know what you are really doing. You can always apply for work study or find a job on or off campus.

Whittier is expensive. Close to $50,000 dollars with expenses included. Offsetting that is a generous pool of financial aid money, but you are likely to end up paying in the thousands of dollars regardless. Whittier has many opportunities and amenities, but it is a small school, and doesn't offer everything that a larger university can. On the other hand, you will get a much more personal education. Your professors will know your name, and will be better able to guide you towards personal understanding. They also happen to write fantastic letters of recommendation. On balance, Whittier costs a lot, but what you pay for is worth it: you get real understanding, rather than just a degree given by a distracted administration to faceless students. (In case you were wondering, you get the degree, too).

Whether Whittier College is worth the money depends on the student and how much you take advantage of the resources. There are scholarships and fellowships available but you have to do the work. Going to every class, attending the various academic and career oriented events, and establishing a network with professors, alumni, and professionals associated with college make the cost worth it.

The merit scholarship and work study do help lower the cost of tuition a lot.

Tuition keeps climbing, and the president seems determined to cut costs by sacrificing things vital to education - such as length of the term!