Pomona College

Academic Highlights

• Students can choose from 48 majors in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and fine arts.

• The student-to-faculty ratio is 8:1 with an average class size of 15 students. 

• Students can cross-register for classes at the other Claremont Colleges, with some 2,700 class options.

• Students interested in engineering can participate in 3-2 programs with Caltech and Washington University in St. Louis, or the 2-1-1 program with the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, and earn a B.A. and B.S. in engineering in 5 years. Learn more.

• Pomona offers semester exchange programs with Colby College, Smith College, Spelman College, and Swarthmore College and, through Claremont McKenna College, special semester programs in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley.

• Pre-professional advising is available for students interested in pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-business or pre-teaching. 

• About half of Pomona's students study abroad, choosing among 63 programs in 36 countries.