Pomona College
Pomona College admitted 7.1% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1490–1560 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $18,978 a year. Within six years, 92% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 7.1%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1490–1560
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $89,414 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $18,978 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $5,297 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $68,670 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 92%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $84,281 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,666
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 23%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 20%
- Computer and information sciences
- 17%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 14%
- Physical sciences
- 7%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Swarthmore College PA · 7.5% admitted
- Bowdoin College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Williams College MA · 8.3% admitted
- Colby College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Vanderbilt University TN · 5.9% 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.