Pomona College

Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	October 14, 1887 (1887-10-14)
Endowment	$2.797 billion (2023)[1]
Budget	$259 million (2023)[2]
President	G. Gabrielle Starr[3]
Academic staff	278[2]
Administrative staff	271[4]
Undergraduates	1,732[5]
Location	Claremont , California , United States
Campus	Suburban, s
Colors	Blue and gold[6]
Nickname	Sagehens
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – SCIAC
Mascot	Cecil the Sagehen
Website	www.pomona.edu

Pomona College (/pəˈmoʊnə/ pə-MOH-nə^[7]) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists^[8] who wanted to make a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In the 1920s, it founded the Claremont Colleges group.

Pomona is a four-year college for undergraduates. About 1,700 students from all 50 U.S. states and 63 countries go there as of September 2024^[update].^[9] The college offers 48 majors and 600 courses, but students can take about 2,700 courses total when the courses at the other Claremont Colleges are counted.^[10] The college's - main campus is in a residential area near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college^[11][12] (7.09% for the class of 2028^[13]) and is ranked among the top five liberal arts colleges in the country by Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education.^[14][15][16] It has an endowment of $2.8 billion as of 2023^[update],^[1] giving it the eighth-highest endowment per student of any college or university in the U.S.^[17][18] In 2020, Niche ranked Pomona as the most diverse college or university in the country;^[19] 74% of students are from outside of California, 56% receive need-based financial aid, and 61% are a person of color or an international student.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Pomona has about 25,000 living alumni.^[24] The college's alumni have won Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards. They have also become U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials. Others have won Pulitzer Prizes, become billionaires, won a Nobel Prize, joined the National Academies, and competed in the Olympics.^[25] The college is a top contributor to the Fulbright Program and other fellowships.^{[26][27][28][29]}

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