History

Bridges Auditorium, which presides over Marston Quad, has been a central architecture feature of Pomona College for more than 75 years and host to world-class speakers and musicians.

Founded in 1887 as a coeducational, nonsectarian, comprehensive, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Location

Claremont, California; 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

Student Body

Approximately 1,530 students with an equal number of men and women from 46 states, the District of Columbia and 22 foreign countries. Students of color represent approximately 44 percent of the student body.

Faculty

217 members. All courses are taught by professors. Faculty above the rank of instructor hold Ph.D. degrees, except where a doctorate is not customary.

Student/Faculty Ratio

8:1

Average Class Size

15

Average Class Load

Four per semester; 32 courses required for the Bachelor of Arts.

Classes

600+ classes offered at Pomona each year. A total of 2,500 classes available at The Claremont Colleges. Cross-registration is allowed within the colleges.

Admissions

Highly selective; of those ranked, 86 percent of the current freshman class were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes (of the schools that rank students). For the class entering in Fall 2008, median SAT scores were 740 in critical reading, 750 in math and 730 in writing.

Facilities include

Mudd Science Library
Millikan Laboratory for Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy
Seaver Laboratory for Chemistry
Richard C. Seaver Biology Building
Andrew Science Center
Seaver Computer Center
Table Mountain Observatory
Brackett Observatory
Thatcher Music Building
Rembrandt Hall
Montgomery Art Center and Gallery
Bridges Hall of Music
Hahn Building
Carnegie Building
Crookshank Hall
Mason Hall
Pearsons Hall
Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations
Seaver Theatre
Athletic complex, including Rains Center for Sport and Recreation
Smith Campus Center

Residential Facilities

12 residence halls
3 dining halls (students may eat at any of the 12 dining halls of The Claremont Colleges)

For The Claremont Colleges

Galleries at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University
Honnold/Mudd Library Complex
Bridges Music Auditorium
Huntley Bookstore
Bernard Biological Field station
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Student Services Center (includes health services)

Projected 2009-10 Expenses

For full paying students

• Tuition: $36,710
• Fees: $307
• Room and Board: $12,651

Financial Aid

Since Fall 2008, Pomona has eliminated loans from its financial packages, replacing them with scholarships.

Approximately 54 percent of Pomona’s students receive financial assistance. During 2009-10, more than $29 million was awarded to Pomona students in the form of financial aid. The average scholarship award was $34,174.

College Finances

Total budget

2009-10: $144,121,000

June 30, 2009

• Endowment, market value: $1,344,542,000
• Total assets: $1,963,798,000

No student pays the full cost of a Pomona education. The endowment, made up of gifts from alumni and foundations, supplements tuition and room-and-board fees paid by students to make up the large difference between college expenses and the cost of attending Pomona.