Pomona College Overview

Pomona College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Claremont, California. Pomona is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Pomona College Known For?

• Students at Pomona may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Pomona.
• In <nil>, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Pomona bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $74,305 a year. That's about 82% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Pomona student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Pomona College?

Contact details for Pomona are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	550 N College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711-6319
Phone:	909-621-8131
Website:	www.pomona.edu

How Do I Get Into Pomona?

You can apply to Pomona online at: https://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for Pomona

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Considered but not required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pomona?

The acceptance rate at Pomona is 7%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Pomona submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 740 and 800.

Pomona received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 35. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Pomona College?

The overall average net price of Pomona is $42,669. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Pomona, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $12,200 a year. That adds up to $48,800 over four years for those students.

Pomona College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,764 undergraduate students at Pomona, with 1,756 being full-time and 8 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,756 full-time undergraduates at Pomona, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	303
Black or African American	154
Hispanic or Latino	280
White	599
International Students	200
Other Races/Ethnicities	220

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Pomona College. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 53 countries are represented at Pomona. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Nostalgicwisdom under License

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