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Biola University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Mirada, California. Biola is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

$37,750 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
61% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Biola University?

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Contact details for Biola are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 13800 Biola Ave, La Mirada, CA 90639-0001
Phone: 562-903-6000
Website: www.biola.edu

How Do I Get Into Biola?

You can apply to Biola online at: https://www.biola.edu/admissions/undergrad#apply-now

Admission Requirements for Biola

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Biola?

61% Acceptance Rate
66% Of Accepted Are Women
26% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 61%, Biola does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 55%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to Biola submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 563 and 688. Math scores were between 540 and 660.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Biola University  ( 563 to 688 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Biola University  ( 540 to 660 )
200
800
Biola received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

ACT English Scores for Biola University  ( 22 to 31 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Biola University  ( 20 to 27 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Biola University  ( 22 to 29 )
1
36

Can I Afford Biola University?

$37,750 Net Price
48% Take Out Loans
0.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Biola is $37,750. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Biola, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,930 a year. That adds up to $27,720 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Biola is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Biola University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,289 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,596 undergraduate students at Biola, with 3,289 being full-time and 307 being part-time.

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There are also 1,955 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,289 full-time undergraduates at Biola, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Biola University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 506
Black or African American 94
Hispanic or Latino 658
White 1,465
International Students 193
Other Races/Ethnicities 373

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Biola University. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 45 countries are represented at Biola. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Indonesia, and China.

Online Learning at Biola University

904 Took All Classes Online
2,792 Took At Least One Class Online
192.3% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 12 bachelor’s degree and 18 master’s degree programs available online at Biola. In 2020-2021, 2,792 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Biola has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Biola

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Biola University was 192.3%. This is the #161 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Biola regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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