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Pitzer College Overview

Located in Claremont, California, Pitzer College is a private not-for-profit institution. Claremont is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Pitzer College Known For?

302 Undergraduate Awards
$58,689 Avg Cost After Aid
18% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Pitzer since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Pitzer.
  • In a recent academic period62% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Pitzer makes roughly $69,512 a year. This is 70% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average Pitzer student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Pitzer College?

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Contact details for Pitzer are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-6101
Phone: 909-621-8000
Website: www.pitzer.edu

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How Do I Get Into Pitzer?

You can apply to Pitzer online at: https://www.pitzer.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Pitzer

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pitzer?

18% Acceptance Rate
57% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 18%, Pitzer is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 20%, and the acceptance rate for women is 17%.

Can I Afford Pitzer College?

$58,689 Net Price
20% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Pitzer is $58,689. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pitzer, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,829 a year. That adds up to $19,316 over four years for those students.

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Pitzer College Undergraduate Student Diversity

802 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 922 undergraduate students at Pitzer, with 802 being full-time and 120 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 802 full-time undergraduates at Pitzer, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pitzer College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 106
Black or African American 55
Hispanic or Latino 129
White 344
International Students 73
Other Races/Ethnicities 95

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Pitzer College. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 38 countries are represented at Pitzer. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and United Kingdom.

Pitzer College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Natural Resources Conservation 36 36
Political Science & Government 31 31
Human Resource Management 25 25
Communication & Media Studies 20 20
Child Development & Psychology 20 20
Economics 19 19
Sociology 15 15
Human Biology 14 14
General Biology 10 10
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 10 10
History 9 9
Mathematics 8 8
Fine & Studio Arts 8 8
General English Literature 7 7
Philosophy 7 7
International Studies 6 6
Area Studies 5 5
Geological & Earth Sciences 5 5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 4 4
Ethnic Studies 4 4
Anthropology 4 4
Systems Theory 3 3
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 2 2
Accounting 2 2
Computer Science 2 2
Writing Studies 2 2
Classical Languages & Literature 2 2
Public Health 2 2
Cognitive Science 2 2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2 2
Chemistry 2 2
Physics 2 2
Drama & Theater Arts 2 2
General Agriculture 1 1
Educational Administration 1 1
Romance Languages 1 1
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 1 1
Biological & Physical Science 1 1
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 1
Science, Technology & Society 1 1
Sustainability Science 1 1
Dance 1 1
Music 1 1
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0
TOTAL 302 302

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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