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Pitzer was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Pitzer College has a very low acceptance rate of 18%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Pitzer just in case you don't make the cut.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Pitzer it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Pitzer College is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Pitzer College has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Pitzer the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 75%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Pitzer College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 922 undergraduates at Pitzer with 802 being full-time and 120 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,761 | $17,138 | $21,786 | $33,456 | $54,914 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Pitzer, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Pitzer, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,829 a year. That adds up to $19,316 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Pitzer College.
Contact details for Pitzer are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-6101 |
| Phone: | 909-621-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.pitzer.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 26 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 24 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 22 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 22 | $21,570 |
| Mathematics | 21 | NA |
| Economics | 19 | $59,767 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 18 | NA |
| General English Literature | 16 | NA |
| Sociology | 16 | NA |
| International Studies | 11 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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