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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach National
Location Claremont, CA
Population 8,500,000
Website http://www.pitzer.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,338 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 324 (96% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,210
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 45%
From Region 3%
Athletes 48.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 48%
Asian 12%
Hispanic 12%
Mixed 10%
International 9%
Black 4%
Native American 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2012 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2014 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2015 Men: 44.2% 44.2% 2016 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2017 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2018 Men: 41.4% 41.4% 2019 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2020 Men: 43.6% 43.6% 2021 Men: 36.4% 36.4% 2022 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2023 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2024 Men: 43.3% 43.3%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2011 Asian: 7.9% 7.9% 2012 Asian: 9.6% 9.6% 2013 Asian: 10.3% 10.3% 2014 Asian: 7.3% 7.3% 2015 Asian: 8.7% 8.7% 2016 Asian: 6.9% 6.9% 2017 Asian: 6.8% 6.8% 2018 Asian: 8.0% 8.0% 2019 Asian: 6.4% 6.4% 2020 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2021 Asian: 13.1% 13.1% 2022 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2024 Asian: 12.9% 12.9% 2011 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2012 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2013 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2014 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2015 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2016 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2017 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2018 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2019 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2020 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2021 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2022 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2023 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2024 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2011 Hispanic: 19.0% 19.0% 2012 Hispanic: 11.2% 11.2% 2013 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2014 Hispanic: 16.4% 16.4% 2015 Hispanic: 16.1% 16.1% 2016 Hispanic: 16.1% 16.1% 2017 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2018 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2019 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2020 Hispanic: 17.5% 17.5% 2021 Hispanic: 12.7% 12.7% 2022 Hispanic: 13.4% 13.4% 2023 Hispanic: 14.9% 14.9% 2024 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2011 White: 38.0% 38.0% 2012 White: 47.9% 47.9% 2013 White: 45.2% 45.2% 2014 White: 35.1% 35.1% 2015 White: 36.2% 36.2% 2016 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2017 White: 57.6% 57.6% 2018 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2019 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2020 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2022 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 White: 49.2% 49.2% 2024 White: 48.3% 48.3% 2011 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2013 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2014 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2015 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2016 International: 4.0% 4.0% 2017 International: 3.6% 3.6% 2018 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2019 International: 9.8% 9.8% 2020 International: 8.6% 8.6% 2021 International: 10.1% 10.1% 2022 International: 9.3% 9.3% 2023 International: 11.5% 11.5% 2024 International: 8.9% 8.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 9.7% 9.7% 2021 Asian: 12.4% 12.4% 2022 Asian: 11.5% 11.5% 2023 Asian: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 Asian: 12.1% 12.1% 2025 Asian: 12.3% 12.3% 2020 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2021 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2022 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2024 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2025 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2020 Hispanic: 14.0% 14.0% 2021 Hispanic: 15.5% 15.5% 2022 Hispanic: 12.1% 12.1% 2023 Hispanic: 13.3% 13.3% 2024 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2025 Hispanic: 12.1% 12.1% 2020 White: 48.9% 48.9% 2021 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2022 White: 50.6% 50.6% 2023 White: 48.5% 48.5% 2024 White: 48.2% 48.2% 2025 White: 47.7% 47.7% 2020 International: 8.7% 8.7% 2021 International: 9.1% 9.1% 2022 International: 7.4% 7.4% 2023 International: 7.3% 7.3% 2024 International: 8.2% 8.2% 2025 International: 8.8% 8.8%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Pitzer College 334 40% / 60% 6% $56,937 22 96%
Computer Science 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $86,579 84 —
Mathematics and Computer Science — — — — $84,659 82 —
Applied Mathematics 8 — 100% / 0% 38% $79,235 76 —
Chemistry 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,491 39 —
Earth Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,999 28 —
Geological and Earth Sciences — — — — $59,306 29 —
Mathematics 8 — 50% / 50% 12% $71,012 61 —
Physics 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $72,070 64 —
Systems Science and Theory 11 +2 55% / 45% 9% $83,226 81 —
Biological and Physical Sciences 3 — 33% / 67% 33% $56,878 22 —
Biology 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $57,090 23 —
Biophysics 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $58,403 26 —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,260 9 —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology — — — — $51,184 11 —
Human Biology 17 — 18% / 82% 6% $56,556 21 —
Molecular Biology 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,629 27 —
Neuroscience 16 — 56% / 44% 0% $56,739 22 —
Agriculture — — — — $52,902 13 —
Environmental Science 37 +6 27% / 73% 8% $28,506 1 95%
Environmental Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $28,506 1 95%
International Public Health 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Public Health — — — — $57,447 24 —
Public Health — — — — $57,642 24 —
Accounting 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $77,993 74 —
Economics 18 +1 72% / 28% 6% $78,984 76 94%
Organizational Studies 25 +2 84% / 16% 4% $80,060 77 96%
Africana Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,494 9 —
American Studies 3 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,455 9 —
Anthropology 4 +1 25% / 75% 25% $55,055 18 —
Asian-American Studies — +1 — — $49,496 9 —
Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies — — — — $49,446 9 —
Classics — — — — $52,361 12 —
Cognitive Science 8 +1 25% / 75% 25% $73,798 67 —
Communication — — — — $52,771 13 —
Contemplative Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Cultural Studies — — — — $52,541 13 —
English 12 +1 25% / 75% 0% $43,487 4 —
History 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,137 12 —
History — — — — $52,782 13 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,643 15 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 2 +2 50% / 50% 0% $52,181 12 —
International Studies 6 +2 0% / 100% 0% $59,220 29 —
Latin American Studies — — — — $49,302 8 —
Linguistics 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,102 12 —
Media Studies 18 +5 33% / 67% 0% $53,327 14 —
Middle Eastern Studies — — — — $49,237 8 —
Philosophy 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $48,960 8 —
Political Studies 22 +1 36% / 64% 5% $61,478 35 100%
Politics and International Relations 1 — 0% / 100% 100% $61,478 35 100%
Psychology 28 +2 18% / 82% 7% $53,137 14 —
Religious Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Rhetoric and Composition 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,623 4 —
Romance Languages 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Science, Technology, and Society — — — — $50,300 10 —
Sociology 9 +2 11% / 89% 0% $55,423 18 —
Spanish — +6 — — $51,952 12 —
Sustainability Studies — — — — $56,499 21 —
Women's Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Educational Studies — +1 — — $53,569 15 —
Superintendency — — — — $53,775 15 —
Art 12 +4 33% / 67% 0% $35,142 2 —
Art History 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $35,260 2 —
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art — — — — $36,766 2 —
Music — — — — $35,234 2 —
Music History, Literature, and Theory — — — — $35,367 2 —
Theater — — — — $35,593 2 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $70,114
ROI Percentile 22th

Retention & Graduation

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

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 80.6% 80.6% 2012 Graduated: 86.7% 86.7% 2013 Graduated: 82.1% 82.1% 2014 Graduated: 84.0% 84.0% 2015 Graduated: 90.2% 90.2% 2016 Graduated: 87.6% 87.6% 2017 Graduated: 83.1% 83.1% 2018 Graduated: 83.5% 83.5% 2019 Graduated: 84.9% 84.9% 2020 Graduated: 83.2% 83.2% 2021 Graduated: 88.4% 88.4% 2022 Graduated: 85.4% 85.4% 2023 Graduated: 83.2% 83.2% 2024 Graduated: 83.4% 83.4%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 77.9% 77.9% 2012 Men: 89.0% 89.0% 2013 Men: 80.6% 80.6% 2014 Men: 78.8% 78.8% 2015 Men: 89.6% 89.6% 2016 Men: 85.4% 85.4% 2017 Men: 81.9% 81.9% 2018 Men: 74.8% 74.8% 2019 Men: 81.4% 81.4% 2020 Men: 79.7% 79.7% 2021 Men: 84.7% 84.7% 2022 Men: 84.3% 84.3% 2023 Men: 84.5% 84.5% 2024 Men: 84.1% 84.1% 2011 Women: 81.8% 81.8% 2012 Women: 85.0% 85.0% 2013 Women: 83.2% 83.2% 2014 Women: 87.1% 87.1% 2015 Women: 90.5% 90.5% 2016 Women: 88.9% 88.9% 2017 Women: 83.8% 83.8% 2018 Women: 89.2% 89.2% 2019 Women: 87.8% 87.8% 2020 Women: 86.0% 86.0% 2021 Women: 91.3% 91.3% 2022 Women: 86.4% 86.4% 2023 Women: 82.2% 82.2% 2024 Women: 82.9% 82.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 68.4% 68.4% 2012 Asian: 87.0% 87.0% 2013 Asian: 84.6% 84.6% 2014 Asian: 84.2% 84.2% 2015 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Asian: 94.7% 94.7% 2017 Asian: 78.9% 78.9% 2018 Asian: 90.5% 90.5% 2019 Asian: 94.1% 94.1% 2020 Asian: 83.3% 83.3% 2021 Asian: 91.4% 91.4% 2022 Asian: 91.7% 91.7% 2023 Asian: 87.0% 87.0% 2024 Asian: 80.0% 80.0% 2011 Black: 76.9% 76.9% 2012 Black: 85.0% 85.0% 2013 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2014 Black: 87.5% 87.5% 2015 Black: 90.9% 90.9% 2016 Black: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Black: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2019 Black: 63.6% 63.6% 2020 Black: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Black: 86.7% 86.7% 2022 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2023 Black: 77.8% 77.8% 2024 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2011 Hispanic: 89.1% 89.1% 2012 Hispanic: 88.9% 88.9% 2013 Hispanic: 86.2% 86.2% 2014 Hispanic: 93.0% 93.0% 2015 Hispanic: 95.1% 95.1% 2016 Hispanic: 93.2% 93.2% 2017 Hispanic: 87.9% 87.9% 2018 Hispanic: 81.2% 81.2% 2019 Hispanic: 89.7% 89.7% 2020 Hispanic: 83.0% 83.0% 2021 Hispanic: 94.1% 94.1% 2022 Hispanic: 83.3% 83.3% 2023 Hispanic: 87.2% 87.2% 2024 Hispanic: 76.7% 76.7% 2011 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2012 White: 85.2% 85.2% 2013 White: 82.5% 82.5% 2014 White: 81.5% 81.5% 2015 White: 84.8% 84.8% 2016 White: 84.3% 84.3% 2017 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2018 White: 80.9% 80.9% 2019 White: 80.8% 80.8% 2020 White: 81.3% 81.3% 2021 White: 85.1% 85.1% 2022 White: 87.3% 87.3% 2023 White: 83.7% 83.7% 2024 White: 85.5% 85.5% 2011 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 International: 64.3% 64.3% 2014 International: 77.8% 77.8% 2015 International: 87.5% 87.5% 2016 International: 81.8% 81.8% 2017 International: 90.0% 90.0% 2018 International: 93.3% 93.3% 2019 International: 88.5% 88.5% 2020 International: 87.0% 87.0% 2021 International: 92.6% 92.6% 2022 International: 68.0% 68.0% 2023 International: 73.3% 73.3% 2024 International: 83.3% 83.3%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 43.4% 145 26% / 74% 5% $54,748 17 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 16.2% 54 35% / 65% 4% $56,683 22 —
Business & Economics 13.8% 46 78% / 22% 4% $79,504 76 95%
Agriculture & Food Science 11.7% 39 28% / 72% 8% $28,506 1 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 9.9% 33 67% / 33% 15% $76,293 72 —
Arts 4.2% 14 29% / 71% 0% $35,159 2 —
Computer Science 0.6% 2 100% / 0% 0% $86,579 84 —
Health Sciences 0.3% 1 100% / 0% 0% — — —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 27%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Early Decision 1 Nov 15
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 6

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 33% 41% 6%
Early Decision 57% 72% 10%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 24.1% 24.1% 2012 Acceptance: 16.1% 16.1% 2013 Acceptance: 14.5% 14.5% 2014 Acceptance: 13.0% 13.0% 2015 Acceptance: 13.5% 13.5% 2016 Acceptance: 13.7% 13.7% 2017 Acceptance: 16.2% 16.2% 2018 Acceptance: 13.3% 13.3% 2019 Acceptance: 13.7% 13.7% 2020 Acceptance: 16.6% 16.6% 2021 Acceptance: 18.3% 18.3% 2022 Acceptance: 18.4% 18.4% 2023 Acceptance: 16.7% 16.7% 2024 Acceptance: 25.2% 25.2% 2011 Yield: 30.1% 30.1% 2012 Yield: 37.4% 37.4% 2013 Yield: 43.7% 43.7% 2014 Yield: 46.2% 46.2% 2015 Yield: 46.5% 46.5% 2016 Yield: 47.1% 47.1% 2017 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2018 Yield: 47.0% 47.0% 2019 Yield: 45.6% 45.6% 2020 Yield: 31.9% 31.9% 2021 Yield: 53.0% 53.0% 2022 Yield: 48.0% 48.0% 2023 Yield: 47.7% 47.7% 2024 Yield: 35.8% 35.8%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,743 3,743 2012 Applicants: 4,228 4,228 2013 Applicants: 4,115 4,115 2014 Applicants: 4,324 4,324 2015 Applicants: 4,149 4,149 2016 Applicants: 4,142 4,142 2017 Applicants: 3,753 3,753 2018 Applicants: 4,358 4,358 2019 Applicants: 4,415 4,415 2020 Applicants: 4,260 4,260 2021 Applicants: 3,676 3,676 2022 Applicants: 3,500 3,500 2023 Applicants: 3,464 3,464 2024 Applicants: 3,438 3,438 2011 Admitted: 903 903 2012 Admitted: 680 680 2013 Admitted: 597 597 2014 Admitted: 563 563 2015 Admitted: 559 559 2016 Admitted: 569 569 2017 Admitted: 608 608 2018 Admitted: 581 581 2019 Admitted: 605 605 2020 Admitted: 706 706 2021 Admitted: 673 673 2022 Admitted: 644 644 2023 Admitted: 577 577 2024 Admitted: 865 865 2011 Enrolled: 272 272 2012 Enrolled: 254 254 2013 Enrolled: 261 261 2014 Enrolled: 260 260 2015 Enrolled: 260 260 2016 Enrolled: 268 268 2017 Enrolled: 262 262 2018 Enrolled: 273 273 2019 Enrolled: 276 276 2020 Enrolled: 225 225 2021 Enrolled: 357 357 2022 Enrolled: 309 309 2023 Enrolled: 275 275 2024 Enrolled: 310 310

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1210 1210 2012 25th: 1190 1190 2011 75th: 1364 1364 2012 75th: 1370 1370

SAT Math

25th 75th
600 620 640 660 680 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 600 600 2012 25th: 600 600 2011 75th: 679 679 2012 75th: 670 670

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
550 600 650 700 750 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 610 610 2012 25th: 590 590 2011 75th: 685 685 2012 75th: 700 700

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 42.0% 42.0% 2012 Submitted: 40.0% 40.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.