Scripps College Overview

Scripps College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Claremont, California. The suburban atmosphere of Claremont makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Scripps College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Scripps since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Scripps is the postbaccalaureate certificate.
• In <nil>, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Scripps bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $70,465 a year. That's about 73% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Scripps student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Scripps College?

Contact details for Scripps are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1030 North Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-3905
Phone:	909-621-8000
Website:	www.scrippscollege.edu

How Do I Get Into Scripps?

You can apply to Scripps online at: https://www.commonapp.org/school/scripps-college

Admission Requirements for Scripps

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Scripps?

The acceptance rate at Scripps is 30%, 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.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Scripps submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 760. Math scores were between 680 and 760.

Scripps received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 36. Math scores were between 27 and 33. Composite scores were between 31 and 34.

Can I Afford Scripps College?

The overall average net price of Scripps is $59,944. 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 Scripps, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $5,515 a year. That adds up to $22,060 over four years for those students.

Scripps College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,095 undergraduate students at Scripps, with 1,090 being full-time and 5 being part-time.

There are also 21 graduate students at the school.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	153
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	145
White	587
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	120

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Scripps College. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at Scripps. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

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 Lure Photography under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.