College · Private nonprofit · Claremont, CA · Suburb
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Admit rate7%
6-yr median pay$61k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size1,666
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $61k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 7% means this is a reach for most people, even strong applicants. Admitted students average SAT 1534 · ACT 34.
If you get in
1,666 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 $85k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$341k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$77k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$264k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $65.4k
- Room & board
- $21.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,100
How students pay for it.
Pell grants20%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans9%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$12k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention97%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr93%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$61k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$78k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out2%
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
- 1,666
- Location
- Claremont, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · 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
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White28%
- Asian19%
- Hispanic17%
- International14%
- Black9%
- Two or more races9%
- Unknown3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$43k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 39
What you can study.