Pomona College
Claremont, California
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 1,666 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $18,978per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 93%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $84,28110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Pomona students can take classes at any of the undergraduate Claremont Colleges, which together offer more than 2,700 courses.
Students receiving financial aid at Pomona receive financial aid packages with no loans for eight semesters of enrollment.
Ninety-four percent of Pomona students choose to live on campus for all four years.
Source: Life at Pomona | Pomona College in Claremont, California
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 7%About 1 in 14 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1490–1560Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $18,978full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $89,414sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,670Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 93%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $84,28110 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,666Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 23%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 30%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Occidental College Los Angeles, CA — admits 44%
- Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA — admits 75%
- Pitzer College Claremont, CA — admits 25%
- Scripps College Claremont, CA — admits 38%
Also worth a look
- Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA — admits 7%
- Amherst College Amherst, MA — admits 9%
- Colby College Waterville, ME — admits 7%
- Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA — admits 10%
- Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME — admits 7%
- Minerva University San Francisco, CA — admits 3%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Pomona College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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