Pitzer College
Pitzer College admitted 25% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $36,135 a year. Within six years, 83% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 25%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $89,742 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $36,135 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $16,090 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $67,792 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 83%
- Students who return for a second year
- 94%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $72,270 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,625
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,227
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 12%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 16%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 15%
- Natural resources and conservation
- 12%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
- Psychology
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering MA · 25% admitted
- Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh NY · 25% admitted
- Spelman College GA · 25% admitted
- Reed College OR · 25% admitted
- Trinity Bible College and Graduate School ND · 26% admitted
- Lehigh University PA · 26% 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
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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.