Scripps College
Claremont, California
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 1,113 undergrads
- Women's college
- Admit rate
- 38%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $29,998per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 84%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $84,02510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Scripps students can take as many classes as they like at the other Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer and Claremont McKenna.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 38%About 4 in 10 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%)
- 1440–1540Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 31–34Composite, 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
- $29,998full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $90,886sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,532Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 84%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $84,02510 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,113Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 15%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- Not reportedparents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA — admits 84%
- Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA — admits 77%
- Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA — admits 83%
- Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA — admits 75%
Also worth a look
- Hope International University Fullerton, CA — admits 33%
- Whitman College Walla Walla, WA — admits 38%
- Huston-Tillotson University Austin, TX — admits 39%
- Southwestern University Georgetown, TX — admits 43%
- Dillard University New Orleans, LA — admits 42%
- Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL — admits 39%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Scripps 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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