Pomona
pomona.md
Pomona
Overview
- Location: Claremont, CA
- Type: Private liberal arts college
- Category: Top LAC
- Total enrollment: 1,766 undergraduates (fall 2024)
- Part of: Claremont Colleges consortium (5C: Pomona, CMC, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer)
Admissions (Class of 2029)
- Total applicants: 12,470 (record)
- Admitted: 861
- Enrolled: 408
- Acceptance rate overall: 7.0%
- ED acceptance rate: ~13% (224 admitted from 1,726 ED applicants)
- Yield rate: ~50%
- Offers ED: Yes (ED I and ED II)
- Offers EA: No
- Testing policy: Test-optional (permanent since Nov 2023; returning to test-required for fall 2026 entry)
Academic Profile
- SAT middle 50%: 1490-1560 (median EBRW 755, Math 770)
- ACT middle 50%: 33-35 (median 34)
- Average GPA (unweighted): ~3.9
- Percent top 10% of HS class: 90%
Demographics
- White: 34%
- Asian: 17%
- Hispanic/Latino: 16%
- Black: 9%
- Multiracial: 8%
- International: 15%
- Women: 55%
- First-generation: 24%
- Domestic students of color: 55%
Financial Aid
- Students receiving aid: 55-57%
- Average financial aid award: $69,437
- Meets 100% of demonstrated need
- Net cost by income:
- $0-30K: $5,903
- $30-48K: $6,238
- $48-75K: $3,409
- $75-110K: $20,130
- $110K+: $40,785
Athletics
- Conference: SCIAC (NCAA Division III)
- Team name: Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (joint with Pitzer College)
- Varsity teams: 21 (11 women's, 10 men's)
- Athlete percentage: ~20% of students
- Estimated athletes from Pomona: ~353
Sources
- pomona.edu/about/profile-who-goes-pomona (Class of 2029 profile)
- pomona.edu/about/fact-sheet
- pomona.edu/administration/diversity-pomona/facts-glance
- collegescorecard.ed.gov (net cost data)
- ivycoach.com (ED statistics)