Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College admitted 9.6% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1470–1560 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $26,039 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 9.6%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1470–1560
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $91,510 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $26,039 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $5,423 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $72,120 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $127,532 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,450
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,388
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 18%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 43%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 13%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
- Psychology
- 6%
- Business, management and marketing
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Barnard College NY · 8.8% admitted
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- Emory University GA · 11% admitted
- University of Southern California CA · 9.8% admitted
- Tufts University MA · 12% admitted
- University of Notre Dame IN · 11% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
Official sources
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.