12 Facts About Scripps College

Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California.

Scripps College is a four-year undergraduate institution and enrolled 958 students as of 2020.

Development of Scripps College marked the start of Claremont's "group-college" system, similar to that of the Oxford Colleges, to which Scripps received much publicity.

Scripps College was founded in 1926, following the coeducational Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University.

Balch Academic Hall and Browning Residence Hall, named for trustee Janet Jacks Balch and founder Ellen Browning Scripps College, respectively, were dedicated in a joint ceremony in September 1929.

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At the age of 89, Scripps founded the college as one of the first institutions in the West dedicated to educating women for both professional careers and personal growth.

Scripps College is frequently described as one of America's most beautiful college campuses and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.

Scripps College has several sustainability initiatives underway, from energy conservation to green building practices.

Scripps College has downsized trash bins and made "to-go" containers recyclable, in order to divert more waste from landfills.

Scripps College requires first-year students to take a writing course in their first semester.

Key part of the Scripps College experience is the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Studies, a sequence of three classes that encourage students to think critically and challenge ideas.

Scripps College is a residential campus, with nine halls and on-campus apartments providing living arrangements for all four years of undergraduate study.