#7
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#726
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#726
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#726
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#926
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2026
NicheBest Colleges in America#2626
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#3626
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
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.
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/8
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.pomona.edu/admissions
Admissions emailadmissions@pomona.edu
Admissions phone(909) 621-8134
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Swarthmore College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Swarthmore College PA · Private (nonprofit)7.5%15201K
Williams College MA · Private (nonprofit)8.6%15202K
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Harvey Mudd College CA · Private (nonprofit)12.3%1510913
Claremont McKenna College CA · Private (nonprofit)9.4%15101K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.