25 Facts About Pitzer College

Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California.

Pitzer College is known for its social justice culture, nonconformist student body, and experimental pedagogical approach.

The Pitzer College graduated its first class of students in 1965 and became co-educational in the fall of 1970.

Pitzer College's campus is in Claremont, California, covering an area of approximately 35 acres .

Pitzer College campus occupies the northeast corner of the Claremont Colleges property, which contains seven institutions of higher education coordinated through the Claremont University Consortium.

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Harvey Mudd College is adjacent to Pitzer's north, Scripps to the west, and Claremont McKenna to the south.

Firestone Center for Restoration EcologyPitzer College owns and operates a 145-acre field station on secondary growth rainforest, the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology.

In 2015, Pitzer was recognized nationally as the 8th most selective liberal arts college; 20th most selective among all college and universities; 44th in best freshmen retention rate; and 55th for highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students.

In Forbes' 2019 college rankings, Pitzer was named 54th best among the 650 top-ranked colleges, universities and service academies in the U S In addition, Pitzer was named the 44th best private college, the 22nd best liberal arts college, and the 11th best college in the West.

Any student attending Pitzer can enroll in classes at the other four colleges, and can complete an off-campus major if the major is not offered by Pitzer.

Pitzer College offers 41 majors and 22 minors, many of them cross-disciplinary, and each student is assigned a faculty advisor upon their arrival on campus.

The Pitzer College expects students to take an active part in planning their course of study and has few distribution requirements.

Pitzer College operates 58 study abroad programs, including 41 international exchanges and 6 domestic exchanges.

Pitzer College has ranked as a top producer of Fulbright US Student Program awardees for 13 consecutive years thus far and is one of the nine baccalaureate institutes who have been top producers of Fulbright US students every year for at least the past decade.

In 11 of the 12 years from 2003 until 2015, Pitzer alumni received more Fulbright Fellowships per capita than alumni from any other college or university in the nation.

Pitzer College enrolls approximately 1000 students, making it the third largest of the five undergraduate Claremont Colleges .

Pitzer College community is known for its involvement outside of the classroom.

The Pitzer College has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll seven times.

Pitzer College received Mother Jones Magazine 2006 Campus Activism for Thinking Outside of the Box.

Pitzer College students including former Speaker of the California State Assembly Fabian Nunez '97 helped in founding the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center.

The majority of Pitzer College students live on campus in one of five residence halls: Atherton Hall, East Hall, West Hall, Mead Hall, Pitzer College Hall and Sanborn Hall.

Pitzer College Hallis a four-story building southeast of the Gold Student Center that houses 78 students.

When Pitzer's Residential Life Project is complete, the College expects to become the first college in the nation to have all Gold or Platinum LEED certified residence halls.

Pomona-Pitzer College's mascot is Cecil the Sagehen, a greater sage-grouse, and its colors are blue and orange.

Pitzer College began competing with Pomona College in 1970, when it was seven years old.

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