Pitzer College

Pitzer College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, a college town approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of downtown Los Angeles. Pitzer College is one of the Claremont Colleges.

Pitzer College enrolls approximately 950 students, making it the third largest of the five undergraduate Claremont Colleges and Pitzer has the highest rate of study abroad among the Claremont Colleges. Students of color constitute over 30% of the total student body and Pitzer enrolls the largest number of international students of any school within the Claremont Consortium.

Programs

Pitzer offers over 40 majors, many of them cross-disciplinary, and each student is assigned a faculty advisor upon his/her arrival on campus. The College expects students to take an active part in planning that course of study, and has few distribution requirements

Ranking

The U.S. News & World Report College and University rankings 2012 edition ranks Pitzer College as the 42nd best national liberal arts college overall, 13th nationwide for Most Students Studying Abroad and 14th in High School Counselors' Picks. Pitzer College is the youngest school represented in the top 50.

The Business Insider listed Pitzer as one of The 20 Most Exclusive Colleges In America for 2012.

Campus

Pitzer’s campus is located in Claremont, California, covering an area of approximately 35 acres (14 ha). The campus is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of LA/Ontario International Airport and Los Angeles can be accessed via Metrolink, with the station located approximately eight blocks southwest of campus. Access to campus is also provided via Interstate 10 and Interstate 210.

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