- The Inkwell
- California
- Scripps College
Claremont, CASuburb: largeZIP 91711Founded 1926
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1926
- Motto
- Incipit Vita Nova
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.scrippscollege.edu
- Member of
- WCC
CaliforniaWomen's collegePrivate nonprofit
Scripps College
Scripps College is a private nonprofit college in Claremont, California, with 1,113 undergraduates. It admits 38% of applicants, graduates 84% within six years and costs $29,998 a year after aid.
84%graduate
Admission rate38%
Retention94%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share15%
Federal loans18%
$29,998net price / year
38%admission rate
1492average SAT
84%graduate in 6 years
$84,025median earnings, 10 yrs
$13,500median debt
#156 of 1,704 for earnings#1,456 of 1,739 for lowest net price#127 of 1,738 for graduation rate#146 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
- $90,886tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,532
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,532
- Average net price
- $29,998national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,040
$30,001–48,000$8,809
$48,001–75,000$16,434
$75,001–110,000$27,105
$110,001+$47,940
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 38%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1492
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 720–770
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 720–770
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 31–34
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college38%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college94%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college84%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college15%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 84%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 88%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,169
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $84,025middle 50%: $60,375–$124,797
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$124,797
Median, Scripps College$84,025
Lower quarter$60,375
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
- 1,113
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 100% / 0.1%
- Average age at entry
- 20.1
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 15%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 77%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,213 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $31,253
- Endowment, end of year
- $503,038,388
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic11%
Black3.9%
Asian14%
Two or more races10%
U.S. nonresident4.3%
Unknown1.4%
19 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences19%
Biological & biomedical sciences16%
Visual & performing arts8.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.3%
Psychology8.3%
Communication & journalism7.6%
Natural resources & conservation7.3%
English language & literature5.7%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 123165. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q10664609.