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Pitzer College

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Claremont, CA
Population 8,500,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,191
Men / Women 41% / 59%
White 38%
Asian 16%
Hispanic 11%
Mixed 11%
International 9%
Black 5%
Native American 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 49%
Life & Natural Sciences 22%
Business & Economics 16%
Engineering, Computing & Math 8%
Arts 4%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $65,192
Est. Cost of Attendance $86,466
10-Year ROI $89,000
ROI Percentile 17th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%
4-Year Graduation Rate 58%
6-Year Graduation Rate 83%
Transfer-Out Rate 8%

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 3,338 (97th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 324 (96th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 14%
Yield (Unbound) 19%
Early Decision Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level

Honors College

Standardized Tests — Test Blind

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Pitzer College 265 44% / 56% 7%
Applied Mathematics 6 67% / 33% 33%
Computer Science 2 100% / 0% 0%
Mathematics 4 50% / 50% 0%
Mathematics and Computer Science 1 100% / 0% 100%
Physics 2 100% / 0% 0%
Systems Science and Theory 5 +2 80% / 20% 20%
Agriculture 1 100% / 0% 0%
Biological and Physical Sciences 1 0% / 100% 0%
Biology 10 +1 50% / 50% 0%
Biophysics
Chemistry 1 100% / 0% 100%
Earth Science 1 0% / 100% 0%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 33% / 67% 0%
Environmental Science 27 +5 41% / 59% 0%
Environmental Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Geological and Earth Sciences
Human Biology 6 0% / 100% 0%
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience 7 +1 29% / 71% 0%
Public Health
Public Health 1 0% / 100% 0%
Accounting 1 100% / 0% 0%
Economics 30 +2 77% / 23% 7%
Organizational Studies 12 +5 75% / 25% 8%
Africana Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
American Studies 4 0% / 100% 0%
Anthropology 3 +2 33% / 67% 0%
Asian-American Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies 5 +3 20% / 80% 0%
Classics 2 0% / 100% 0%
Cognitive Science 6 67% / 33% 33%
Communication
Cultural Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
English 8 +2 0% / 100% 0%
History 1 0% / 100% 0%
History 14 +2 43% / 57% 0%
Interdisciplinary Studies 2 +2 50% / 50% 50%
Interdisciplinary Studies
International Studies 4 0% / 100% 0%
Latin American Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Linguistics 3 +1 33% / 67% 33%
Media Studies 14 14% / 86% 7%
Middle Eastern Studies
Philosophy 1 +2 100% / 0% 0%
Political Studies 13 +2 54% / 46% 8%
Politics and International Relations 4 +1 50% / 50% 25%
Psychology 22 41% / 59% 14%
Rhetoric and Composition
Science, Technology, and Society
Sociology 17 +4 41% / 59% 0%
Spanish 4 50% / 50% 0%
Sustainability Studies
Educational Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Superintendency
Art 4 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Art History 3 0% / 100% 0%
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 1 0% / 100% 0%
Music
Music History, Literature, and Theory 1 0% / 100% 0%
Theater 2 100% / 0% 0%