- The Inkwell
- California
- Pitzer College
Claremont, CASuburb: largeZIP 91711Founded 1963
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1963
- Motto
- Provida Futuri
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.pitzer.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Pitzer College
Pitzer College is a private nonprofit college in Claremont, California, with 1,227 undergraduates. It admits 25% of applicants, graduates 83% within six years and costs $36,135 a year after aid.
83%graduate
Admission rate25%
Retention94%
4-year graduation58%
Pell Grant share12%
Federal loans18%
$36,135net price / year
25%admission rate
—average SAT
83%graduate in 6 years
$72,270median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,625median debt
#326 of 1,704 for earnings#1,603 of 1,739 for lowest net price#140 of 1,738 for graduation rate#92 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
- $89,742tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $67,792
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $67,792
- Average net price
- $36,135national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$16,090
$30,001–48,000$9,249
$48,001–75,000$54,694
$75,001–110,000$32,711
$110,001+$57,685
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 25%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college25%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college94%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college83%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college12%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 83%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 58%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 85%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $64,667
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $72,270middle 50%: $40,085–$108,995
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,625
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$108,995
Median, Pitzer College$72,270
Lower quarter$40,085
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
- 1,227
- Part-time
- 2.6%
- Women / men
- 59% / 41%
- Average age at entry
- 20.5
- First-generation students
- 23%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 12%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 80%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,503 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $26,633
- Endowment, end of year
- $191,881,805
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic12%
Black4.2%
Asian13%
Two or more races10%
U.S. nonresident8.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
Unknown4.3%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences16%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies15%
Natural resources & conservation12%
Biological & biomedical sciences10%
Psychology8.4%
Business & management8.4%
Communication & journalism5.4%
Mathematics & statistics4.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 121257. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7199570.