Claremont Colleges

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The Claremont Colleges are a group of private liberal arts colleges in Claremont, California, near Los Angeles. They include:

Put together, they have over 8,500 students and over 3,200 faculty members.

The five undergraduate colleges, Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College are commonly referred to as "the 5Cs" while "the 7Cs" refers to all of the Claremont Colleges.^[1]

Students at the Claremont Colleges can cross-register for classes, join cross-college clubs, and eat at different colleges' dining halls.^[2]

Claremont Colleges Media

An exterior view of Pomona College in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left)
Construction of Eleanor Joy Toll Hall at Scripps, c. 1927
View of the Claremont Colleges in 2018, looking north from the Smith Clock Tower
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The Tranquada Student Services Center
Bernard Field Station, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background
An On the Loose hike descends from the summit of Mount Baldy toward the Devil's Backbone ridge in the San Gabriel Mountains north of campus.
James Blaisdell, founder of the Claremont Colleges
A Pomona-Pitzer football game