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Pomona College

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Pomona College
Crookshank Hall.jpg
TypePrivate liberal arts college
EstablishedOctober 14, 1887 (1887-10-14)
Endowment$Expression error: Unexpected / operator. billion (2026)
Budget$Expression error: Unexpected / operator. million (2026)
Location
Claremont
,
California
,
United States
CampusSuburban, s
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – SCIAC
MascotCecil the Sagehen
Websitewww.pomona.edu
Pomona College logo.svg

Pomona College (/pəˈmoʊnə/ pə-MOH-nə[2]) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists[3] who wanted to make a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In the 1920s, it founded the Claremont Colleges group.

Pomona is a four-year college for undergraduates. About 0 students from all 50 U.S. states and 63 countries go there as of.[4] The college offers 48 majors and 600 courses, but students can take about 2,700 courses total when the courses at the other Claremont Colleges are counted.[5] 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[6][7] (0% for the class of 4) 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.[8][9][10] It has an endowment of $Expression error: Unexpected / operator. billion as of 2026, giving it the eighth-highest endowment per student of any college or university in the U.S.[11][12] In 2020, Niche ranked Pomona as the most diverse college or university in the country;[13] 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.[14][15][16][17]

Pomona has about 25,000 living alumni.[18] 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.[19] The college is a top contributor to the Fulbright Program and other fellowships.[20][21][22][23]

Pomona College Media

  • An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left)

  • U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Pomona in 1903

  • Reserve Officers' Training Corps soldiers at Pomona in 1942

  • Soldiers drilling on North Campus in 1943

  • Men protesting the opening of Frary Dining Hall to women in 1957

  • Pomona's Studio Art Hall, completed in 2014, garnered national recognition for its steel-frame design.

  • Pomona's buildings are connected via a network of visual axes, such as this one on North Campus.

  • Dialynas and Sontag residence halls, built 2011, are LEED Platinum certified.(view as a 360° interactive panorama)

  • The Stanley Academic Quadrangle is home to many of Pomona's humanities departments.(view as a 360° interactive panorama)

  • Marston Quadrangle forms the center of Pomona's campus.(view as a 360° interactive panorama)

References

  1. ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Pomona (in en)Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ↑ 1885 | Pomona College TimelinePomona College. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Admissions and Aid (February 3, 2015)Pomona College. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Fast Facts (May 21, 2015)Pomona College. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ Top 100 - Lowest Acceptance Rates. U.S. News. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  7. ↑ CDS 2018-2019Pomona College.
  8. ↑ "National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges. Retrieved September 17, 2018. 
  9. ↑ "America's Top Colleges List". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/. Retrieved August 2, 2017. 
  10. ↑ Explore the Full WSJ/THE College Rankings. https://www.wsj.com/articles/explore-the-full-wsj-the-college-rankings-1536187754. Retrieved 6 October 2018. 
  11. ↑ Introducing the Pomona College Class of 2022 (March 15, 2018)Pomona College. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ Endowment per Student. College Raptor. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ 2020 Most Diverse Colleges in AmericaNiche. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  14. ↑ Pomona College Profile 2016–2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  15. ↑ Common Data Set 2016–2017Pomona College. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  16. ↑ Pomona College Enrollment Statistics – Fall 2017Pomona College. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  17. ↑ Student Body- Fall 2018 (April 7, 2015)Pomona College. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  18. ↑ Fact Sheet. Pomona College (May 21, 2015). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  19. ↑ Please refer to the List of Pomona College people article for prominent alumni references.
  20. ↑ Home | The Rhodes ScholarshipsThe Rhodes Trust. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  21. ↑ Marshall Scholarships StatisticsMarshall Scholarships. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  22. ↑ Meet the FellowsThomas J. Watson Foundation. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  23. ↑ Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2018-19. February 10, 2019. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-Fulbright/245641. Retrieved December 31, 2019. 


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