Scripps College

Claremont, CA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
39.9%
1,288 admitted
SAT · 50th
1480
Range 1430–1500
6-yr grad
84.5%
Retention 92.3%
Undergrads
1,103
10:1 S-F
Admissions
43.7% / 43.1%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications3,230
Overall admit rate39.9%
In-state admit rate43.7%
Out-of-state admit rate43.1%
Enrolled301 · 23.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist70 of 537
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsRecs
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1480
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1430–1500 · 19.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730750770
Math690720750
Comp143014801500
ACT
255075
Comp323334
Cost & aid
$68,212
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$68,212
Fees$320
Room & board$22,656
Books$800
Avg need-based grant$56,301
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$25,027
Academics
10 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.3% retention
Student-faculty10 : 1
Retention92.3%
4-year graduation64.0%
6-year graduation84.5%
Enrollment
1,103
undergraduates
58.0% out-of-state · 11 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,103
First-year301
Transfer8
Full-time100%
Female100%
Out-of-state58.0%
International (freshmen)11
Rankings
#36
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#3626
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#3726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#15526
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#32726
NicheBest Colleges in America#43926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Federal designationWomen's College9
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
$60
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJanuary 8 → 04/01 → May 1
Early decision11/15 → Mid-December · binding
Early decision 201/08
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyNot considered for admission, even if submitted
Admissions URLwww.scrippscollege.edu
Admissions emailadmission@scrippscollege.edu
Admissions phone909-621-8149
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Pomona College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Occidental College CA · Private (nonprofit)44.2%14401K
Wellesley College MA · Private (nonprofit)14.8%15002K
Barnard College NY · Private (nonprofit)8.0%15003K
Pitzer College CA · Private (nonprofit)26.9%
Smith College MA · Private (nonprofit)21.0%1480
Claremont McKenna College CA · Private (nonprofit)9.4%15101K
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 — Scripps College

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