- The Inkwell
- California
- Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CASuburb: largeZIP 91711Founded 1946
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1946
- Motto
- Crescit cum commercio civitas
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.cmc.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College is a private nonprofit college in Claremont, California, with 1,388 undergraduates. It admits 9.6% of applicants, graduates 90% within six years and costs $26,039 a year after aid.
90%graduate
Admission rate9.6%
Retention98%
4-year graduation70%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans31%
$26,039net price / year
9.6%admission rate
1527average SAT
90%graduate in 6 years
$127,532median earnings, 10 yrs
$13,450median debt
#9 of 1,704 for earnings#1,292 of 1,739 for lowest net price#67 of 1,738 for graduation rate#33 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $91,510tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $72,120
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $72,120
- Average net price
- $26,039national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$5,423
$30,001–48,000$4,205
$48,001–75,000$19,127
$75,001–110,000$31,487
$110,001+$52,425
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 9.6%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1527
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 720–770
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 750–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 33–35
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college9.6%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college98%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college90%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 90%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 70%
- First-year retention
- 98%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 96%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $102,057
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $127,532middle 50%: $75,883–$212,306
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,450
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$212,306
Median, Claremont McKenna College$127,532
Lower quarter$75,883
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,388
- Part-time
- 0.5%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 19.5
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 90%
- Average faculty salary
- $16,701 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $47,965
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,319,992,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White36%
Hispanic15%
Black4.1%
Asian17%
Two or more races8.7%
U.S. nonresident15%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.6%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences43%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies13%
Biological & biomedical sciences7.0%
Psychology5.6%
Business & management5.6%
Communication & journalism3.2%
Computer & information sciences3.2%
Natural resources & conservation2.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 112260. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5126318.