Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit
25.2%
Acceptance rate
$31,663
Avg net price
1,191
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 334 |
| Bachelor’s 54 |
| Bachelor’s 51 |
| Bachelor’s 39 |
| Bachelor’s 34 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 18 |
| Bachelor’s 16 |
| Bachelor’s 14 |
| Bachelor’s 14 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 4 |
| Bachelor’s 2 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
542 unique student-athletes · 21 varsity teams
Early Decision I
If Pitzer College is your first choice, Early Decision (ED) might be right for you.
Binding · Decision released by Dec 18 · Early Decision 1 due Nov 15
Early Decision II
If you apply for ED I or II, you agree not to apply simultaneously to another ED institution.
Binding · Decision released by Feb 15 · Early Decision 2 due Jan 12
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · Regular Decision due Jan 12
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,888
- Required fees
- $304
- Food and housing
- $22,150
- Books and supplies
- $1,100
- Other expenses
- $1,300
- Total
- $89,742
- $75,8502019–2019–20
- $76,8082020–2120–21
- $79,5582021–2221–22
- $82,8322022–2322–23
- $86,4662023–2423–24
- $89,7422024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $31,663 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 35%
- Average share of need met
- 99.6%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,715
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Pitzer College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Pitzer College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Pitzer College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Pitzer College admits in-state applicants at 35.5%, out-of-state applicants at 44.3%, and international applicants at 6%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
284 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are not used in admission. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
Pitzer College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 97.5% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 14% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.95
High-school class rank
Among the 14% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Pitzer College rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Pitzer College leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Pitzer College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $91,818 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $31,663 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 100 of 284 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $91,818
Averages among the 100 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Pitzer College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Pitzer College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
94.2% of Pitzer College’s first-years return for a second year and 83.2% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03