Pomona College ( pə-MOH -nə [ 7] ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California . It was founded in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists [ 8] who wanted to make a "college of the New England type" in Southern California, and in the 1920s, it founded the Claremont Colleges group.
Pomona is a four-year college for undergraduates . About 1,700 students from all 50 U.S. states and 63 countries go there as of January 2024[update] .[ 9] The college offers 48 majors and 600 courses, but students can take about 2700 courses total when the courses at the other Claremont Colleges are counted.[ 10] The college's - main campus is in a residential area near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains .
Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college[ 11] [ 12] ( 6.76% for the class of 2027[ 2] ), and is ranked among the top five liberal arts colleges in the country by Forbes , U.S. News & World Report , and The Wall Street Journal /Times Higher Education .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] It has an endowment of $2.8 billion as of 2023[update] ,[ 1] giving it the eighth-highest endowment per student of any college or university in the U.S.[ 16] [ 17] In 2020, Niche ranked Pomona as the most diverse college or university in the country;[ 18] 74% of students are from outside of California, 56% receive need-based financial aid, and 61% are a person of color or an international student.[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
Pomona has about 25,000 living alumni.[ 23] The college's alumni have won Oscar , Emmy , Grammy , and Tony awards. They have also become U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials. Others have won Pulitzer Prizes , become billionaires, won a Nobel Prize , joined the National Academies , and competed in the Olympics .[ 24] The college is a top contributor to the Fulbright Program and other fellowships.[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
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↑ "Pomona" . Collins English Dictionary . Retrieved 8 December 2020 .
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↑ "Admissions and Aid" . Pomona College. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
↑ "Fast Facts" . Pomona College. May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
↑ "Top 100 - Lowest Acceptance Rates" . U.S. News . Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018 .
↑ "CDS 2018-2019" . Pomona College.
↑ "National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings" . U.S. News & World Report . Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2018 .
↑ "America's Top Colleges List" . Forbes . Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2017 .
↑ "Explore the Full WSJ/THE College Rankings" . The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018 .
↑ "Introducing the Pomona College Class of 2022" . Pomona College. March 15, 2018. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018 .
↑ "Endowment per Student" . College Raptor . Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2020 .
↑ "2020 Most Diverse Colleges in America" . Niche. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020 .
↑ "Pomona College Profile 2016–2017" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
↑ "Common Data Set 2016–2017" (PDF) . Pomona College. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
↑ "Pomona College Enrollment Statistics – Fall 2017" (PDF) . Pomona College. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
↑ "Student Body- Fall 2018" . Pomona College. April 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018 .
↑ "Fact Sheet" . Pomona College . May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
↑ Please refer to the List of Pomona College people article for prominent alumni references.
↑ "Home | The Rhodes Scholarships" . The Rhodes Trust. Archived from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2017 .
↑ "Marshall Scholarships Statistics" . Marshall Scholarships. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
↑ "Meet the Fellows" . Thomas J. Watson Foundation. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017 .
↑ "Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2018-19" . The Chronicle of Higher Education . February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019 .