Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
9.4%
655 admitted
SAT · 50th
1510
Range 1480–1540
6-yr grad
89.9%
Retention 97.9%
Undergrads
1,378
8:1 S-F
Admissions
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10.3% / 13.7%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications6,939
Overall admit rate9.4%
In-state admit rate10.3%
Out-of-state admit rate13.7%
Enrolled335 · 51.1% yield
Admitted from waitlist61 of 711
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Test scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1510
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1480–1540 · 34.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730740760
Math740770790
Comp148015101540
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
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$67,630
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$67,630
Fees$350
Room & board$20,830
Books$1,200
Avg need-based grant$63,485
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$27,023
Academics
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8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
97.9% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention97.9%
4-year graduation70.3%
6-year graduation89.9%
Enrollment
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1,378
undergraduates
53.5% out-of-state · 57 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,378
First-year335
Transfer14
Full-time99%
Female49%
Out-of-state53.5%
International (freshmen)57
Rankings
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#5
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#526
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#626
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#726
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#926
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#2026
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2226
NicheBest Colleges in America#2326
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.7
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$70
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/10 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/10
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 2 Sci, 2 SciLab, 3 FL, 1 SS, 1 Hist
Admissions URLwww.commonapp.org
Admissions emailadmission@cmc.edu
Admissions phone(909) 621-8516
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Pomona College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Harvey Mudd College CA · Private (nonprofit)12.3%1510913
Williams College MA · Private (nonprofit)8.6%15202K
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Georgetown University DC · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14807K
Washington and Lee University VA · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14801K
University of Southern California CA · Public11.2%151020K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Claremont McKenna College

14 years of Claremont McKenna College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.