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Ranking

#4   National Liberal
  Arts College
Source:
2013 U.S.News Rankings
 

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Diversity

  • 70% of the students are from outside the state of California.
  • 4% of the students are from outside the US.
 

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Pomona College


Overview

  • Pomona College is a liberal arts college and the founding member of the Claremont Colleges. Pomona and the other Claremont Colleges are located in Claremont, California about 30 miles east of Los Angeles.  Map.
  • Pomona enrolls 1,500 undergraduate students. 
  • The Claremont Colleges allow students to take classes at the other colleges within the consortium, which include Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College. Map.
  • Pomona's financial aid policy replaces all loans with grants
  • Visit Pomona at www.pomona.edu
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  • View Pomona's Class of 2015.
  • View Pomona Live, the latest videos from the Pomona campus.
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Socio-economic Diversity

  • 21% of students at Pomona have family incomes below $60,000.
  • 17% of students at Pomona receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
  • 17% of students in the class of 2015 are the first generation in their family to go to college.

 

    Racial Diversity
    African American 8%
    Asian American 14%
    Caucasian 46%
    Hispanic 11%
    International 4%
    Native American <1%
    Not Reporting 17%

     

    Gender Ratio
    Female 50%
    Male 50%

     

 
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School Profile

Campus Setting

  • Suburban 
  • Town population: 34,000

Size

  • 1,550 undergraduates 
  • 394 freshmen

Admissions

  • 16% applicants admitted 
  • 92% in top 10% of HS class 
  • SAT CR middle 50%: 710-780 
  • SAT M middle 50%: 690-770 
  • SAT W middle 50%:690-770 
  • ACT middle 50%: 31-34
 

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