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The College |
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Small classes, top-notch facilities and distinguished
professors who work closely with students are key elements
of a
Pomona education. Established in 1887, Pomona College
is widely regarded as one of the premier liberal arts
colleges in America.
The college is located in Claremont, California, a charming
town 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Pomona is the founding
member of The Claremont Colleges, a consortium of seven
independent institutions blending the intimate atmosphere of
small colleges with the academic and
social resources of a university. Famous beaches, ski
resorts and Los Angeles' many
cultural offerings all are within easy
driving distance of the campus.
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Students |
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 About
1,520 students are enrolled, of whom roughly half are men
and half women. For the class entering in Fall 2008, median
SAT scores were 740 in critical reading, 750 in math, and
730 in writing. Eighty-six
percent of the first-year students ranked in the top 10
percent of
their high school graduating classes.
Prestigious academic awards bestowed upon Pomona students
include Rhodes, Fulbright, Marshall and Watson scholarships.
Pomona students come from 48 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and 24 foreign countries. In a voluntary
self-report, 8.7 percent of the class of 2012 identified
themselves as Black, 11.5 percent as Latino, and 21.2 percent as Asian. Roughly 6
percent are foreign students. Approximately 90 percent of entering freshmen
receive degrees from Pomona after completing eight semesters
of enrollment.
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Faculty |
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 The Pomona faculty is made up of accomplished
teacher-scholars. Professors, not graduate assistants,
teach all classes, including laboratory sections in
the sciences. The student-faculty ratio is 8 to 1, and the
average class size is 16.5.
The College has a 178 full-time
instructional faculty. Virtually all faculty with a rank of
professor, associate professor or assistant professor hold
doctoral degrees or appropriate terminal degrees. The
College has 63 endowed professorships. Pomona professors are
accessible outside the classroom, whether engaging students
in cutting-edge research or sharing a casual meal with them
at the cafe.
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Curriculum |
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Pomona offers 45 majors in the
natural sciences,
humanities,
social sciences and fine arts. Students
may also take courses at any of the other
Claremont Colleges.
The most popular majors over the past five years have been Economics,
English, Politics, Psychology, Biology, History, Neuroscience, International
Relations, Media Studies, Mathematics, Public Policy Analysis, and Chemistry.
Also common are interdisciplinary majors, double majors and individual special
majors, crafted by the student with guidance from faculty.
Whatever the major, Pomona's
curriculum is designed to train
the mind broadly and deeply. First-year students delve into
a Critical Inquiry seminar to develop skills in critical
thinking, analysis and writing.
The College offers 600 classes each year, and
students also have access to the more than 2,500 classes at
The Claremont Colleges.
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| The Campus |
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Pomona’s 140-acre
campus has 60 buildings, including 12 residence halls
housing nearly all
students in attendance.
Eighteen buildings are shared
by all seven of The
Claremont Colleges, including libraries, a student services center and a bookstore. Among
Pomona’s outstanding facilities are:
-
 Bridges Hall of Music, one of the West’s
most beautiful concert halls, fully renovated in
2001 and equipped with a three-manual C.B. Fisk pipe organ.
- Carnegie Building, a blend of classic architecture
and state-of-the-art technology, serves, along with the Hahn
Building, as home to Pomona’s Social Sciences.
- Rains Center for Sport and Recreation, a
modern athletic center including multiple courts
for basketball and volleyball; squash and racquetball
courts; and fitness and cardiovascular centers.
- The Richard C. Seaver Biology Building,
opened in 2005, was Pomona's first facility designed using
the sustainability guidelines of the LEED program,
earning a silver rating.
- Seaver Theatre, a comprehensive theatre
complex featuring a 350-seat auditorium and a
100-seat experimental theatre space.
- Smith Campus Center, by noted architect Robert A.M. Stern,
opened in 1999 with a second-phase of construction completed
in 2007. It serves as a focal point for activities
involving the campus community, with two restaurants, a
recreation room and a student store.
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Study Abroad |
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Study abroad for
qualified Pomona students is available through 50 programs
in 31 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile,
China (PRC), Costa Rica, Czech Republic,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Russia,
Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain and Taiwan.
More than half of Pomona students
study abroad before graduating.
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Athletics |
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 Pomona is a member of the Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and
the National
Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA)
Division III.
The
College offers
10
intercollegiate sports for men and 10 for women.
Additionally, 12 club teams and 17 intramural sports provide an extensive array of
competitive opportunities, and all
students have access to Pomona's top-notch
fitness
facilities.
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The Claremont Colleges |
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The
Claremont Colleges is a consortium of five
undergraduate and two graduate institutions, each
autonomous and all but one located on adjacent
campuses, with a combined enrollment of about
7,000 students. In addition to Pomona College,
the cluster includes
Claremont Graduate University (established 1925),
Scripps College
(1926),
Claremont McKenna College
(1946),
Harvey Mudd College (1955) and Pitzer College
(1963). The seventh member of the consortium,
the
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life
Sciences (1997), is located nearby. The seven institutions
jointly support central facilities, including
libraries; share a common academic calendar; open
their courses to one another’s students; and cooperate
in sponsoring special programs. This allows students to
enjoy the intimate atmosphere of a small, residential
college while still having access to the resources of a
larger university.
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Libraries and Academic Resources |
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Four libraries comprise the
Libraries of
The Claremont
Colleges: Honnold/Mudd Library
(social sciences, humanities). Seeley G. Mudd
Science Library at Pomona, Norman F.
Sprague Memorial Library at Harvey Mudd (science
and engineering); and Ella Strong Denison
Library at Scripps (humanities, fine arts, women’s
studies). Resources of the Libraries include nearly 2.5
million volumes, as well as online access to articles in more
than 50,000 journals, magazines and newspapers. Other affiliated
libraries include the George C. Stone Center for
Children’s Books (CGU) and the libraries of the
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and the
Claremont School of Theology.
In addition, the
Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College maintains an extensive
film and documentary video archive.
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Information Technology |
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Pomona College maintains a state-of-the-art computer
network with high-speed Internet service via
a fiber optic cable backbone connecting virtually
all buildings on campus. All dorm rooms have
“one-port-per-pillow” network connections.
Wireless connectivity is being deployed campus-wide,
and is already available in a number of
locations. Although most students own computers,
they also have access to two general-purpose
computing labs and one multi-media lab 24 hours
a day. The labs feature both Macintosh and
Windows computers, as well as variety of printing,
graphics, scanning, digital editing and other services.
Technology-enabled classrooms and labs are
located throughout the campus.
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Cultural Offerings |
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 Each
year, a wealth of
art exhibitions, theatre productions,
concerts, and public lectures is offered to the campus and
wider community.
The Pomona College Museum of Art mounts a variety of historical and
contemporary exhibitions, including faculty and student
shows. In addition to concerts by student ensembles and
individual students, the Music Department sponsors
performances featuring faculty and guest artists who explore a broad spectrum of classical, jazz and ethnic music. The
Theatre and Dance Department produces a variety of classic,
contemporary and experimental pieces.
Distinguished lecturers on campus range from Nobel-laureate
scientists to noted authors, political figures and
academicians.
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Calendar |
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Fall semester 20098
Tuesday, Sept. 1 – Friday, Dec. 18
Spring semester 2009
Tuesday, January 19 – Friday, May 14
Commencement 2009:
Sunday, May 16
Academic
Calendar Details
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Tuition |
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Tuition for 2008-09: $36,710
Room and board for 2007-08: $12,651
Fees: $307
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Financial Aid |
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Pomona is one of only a handful of institutions in the
nation still committed to need-blind admissions and
need-based financial aid. These policies enable Pomona to
choose its students solely on the basis of educational
considerations such as talent, promise and ability to
contribute to the campus learning environment. This ensures
that the best students can attend, regardless of financial
wherewithal. As of fall 2008, Pomona eliminated loans
from its financial packages, replacing them with
scholarships.
During 2007-08, approximately $26.8 million was
awarded to 800 Pomona College students in the form of
financial aid. The average scholarship award: $29,600.
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College
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Total budget for 2008-09: $146,878,000
As of June 30, 2008:
Market value of endowment fund balance for the College:
$1,795,212,000
Total assets: $2,492,930,000
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Alumni |
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In a setting that is as intimate as it is challenging,
students are quick to make friendships and embark on
intellectual quests that change the courses of their lives.
Alumni take great pride in their Pomona degrees, and many
maintain lifetime ties to the campus community.
 Pomona
has about 23,975 living alumni. Of those in the work force, 25.2 percent are in business and finance; 20.3 percent
in education, 9.8 percent in law and government, 8.3 percent in health and medicine, 4.1 percent in science and technology,
and 5.1 percent in arts and media; the remaining 27 percent are in other fields.
Geographically, 30.8 percent live in Southern California, 17.8 percent in Northern California, 22 percent in other states
west of the Mississippi, 26.1 percent east of the Mississippi, and 3.2 percent overseas.
In addition to alumni events and gatherings on campus and around the greater Los Angeles area,
alumni programs have been held throughout California, the United States and the world,
including Boston, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix,
Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tucson and Washington, D.C.,
as well as in Canada, Europe and Asia.
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For More Information |
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For more information, use the appropriate contact information listed below:
Claremont Colleges Operator (909) 621-8000
Admissions (909) 621-8134,
admissions@pomona.edu
Alumni Relations (909) 621-8110,
alumni@pomona.edu
Annual Giving (909) 621-8142,
annualfund@pomona.edu
Career Development (909) 621-8144,
careerdevelopment@pomona.edu
Communications (909) 621-8146,
communications@pomona.edu
Financial Aid (909) 621-8105,
financial.aid@pomona.edu
Institutional Advancement (909) 621-8192,
development@pomona.edu
Parent Relations (909) 607-7999,
parentrelations@pomona.edu
President's Office (909) 621-8131,
president@pomona.edu
Registrar (909) 621-8147,
registrar@pomona.edu
Student Affairs (909) 621-8017,
studentaffairs@pomona.edu
Trusts & Estates (909) 621-8143,
pomonaplan@pomona.edu More facts about Pomona College |
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