Colleges / Pitzer College
College · Private nonprofit · Claremont, CA · Suburb
PC

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

Address1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-6101
Websitewww.pitzer.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate25%
6-yr median pay$52k
Net price / yr$34k
Undergrad size1,227
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $34k/yr for a shot at a $52k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 25% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.

If you get in

1,227 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $86k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $34k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$346k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$137k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$209k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$65.2k
Room & board
$22.1k
Books & supplies
$1,100

How students pay for it.

Pell grants11%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans20%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr83%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$52k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
Suburb
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,227
Location
Claremont, CA
Region
Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Size & setting
Four-year · very small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
Also known as
Pitzer · PZ · PTZ
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White47%
  • Asian13%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Two or more races10%
  • International9%
  • Unknown4%
  • Black4%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$71k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 55

What you can study.

Colleges / Pitzer College
College · Private nonprofit · Claremont, CA · Suburb
PC

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

Address1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-6101
Websitewww.pitzer.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate25%
6-yr median pay$52k
Net price / yr$34k
Undergrad size1,227
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $34k/yr for a shot at a $52k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 25% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.

If you get in

1,227 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $86k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $34k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$346k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$137k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$209k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$65.2k
Room & board
$22.1k
Books & supplies
$1,100

How students pay for it.

Pell grants11%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans20%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr83%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$52k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
Suburb
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,227
Location
Claremont, CA
Region
Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Size & setting
Four-year · very small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
Also known as
Pitzer · PZ · PTZ
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White47%
  • Asian13%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Two or more races10%
  • International9%
  • Unknown4%
  • Black4%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$71k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 55

What you can study.