by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Pitzer College was awarded 132 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is political science & government.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Pitzer is ranked #286 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Pitzer is also ranked #47 out of 168 schools in California.
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 at Pitzer is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 93% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Pitzer College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about 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 78%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,747 | $17,181 | $17,630 | $27,920 | $46,272 |
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 24% of students took out student loans averaging $3,853 a year. That adds up to $15,412 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Pitzer is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/PitzerCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/pitzercollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 18 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 17 | $29,150 |
| Political Science & Government | 14 | $34,378 |
| Economics | 12 | NA |
| Mathematics | 12 | NA |
| Human Biology | 10 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 8 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 8 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 7 | NA |
| General English Literature | 7 | 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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