Pomona College Common Data Set 2025-26

CATest policy: Test-optional: SAT or ACT considered if submitted; scores also used for academic advisingCompare with other schools

Acceptance rate

7.1%

890 of 12,470

Early decision rate

13.7%

Non-ED pool: 6.1%

SAT middle 50%

1490–1550

ACT middle 50%

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Admissions

AppliedC1	12,470
AdmittedC1	890
EnrolledC1	420
YieldC1	47.2%
Early decisionC21	227 of 1,656 (13.7%)
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	1,017
Accepted a placeC2	716
Admitted from waitlistC2	31
Odds if you stay on the listC2	4.3%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	37%
Submitted ACTC9	12%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	—
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	—
Average high school GPAC12	—
GPA of 4.0C11	—
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	—
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	—
GPA below 3.50C11	—

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$71,660
Required feesG1	$420
Food and housingG1	$23,590
Need fully met (first-years)H2	2.9%
Average % of need metH2	100%
Average need-based packageH2	$71,955
Average need-based grantH2	$69,920

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankVery important
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresVery important
Application essayVery important
Recommendation(s)Considered
InterviewVery important
Extracurricular activitiesVery important
Talent/abilityVery important
Character/personal qualitiesNot considered
First generationNot considered
Alumni/ae relationNot considered
Geographical residenceNot considered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentConsidered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestConsidered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	1,721
First-year retentionB22	95%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	92%

Notes on this filing

Year inferred as 2025-26 from the cost-of-attendance and Fall 2025 enrollment items.
C1: no totals printed; applied (12470), admitted (890) and enrolled (420) are summed from the male/female/unknown columns. The enrolled row also shows a stray '1' that is unassigned; 420 matches B2.
C2: waitlist counts mapped by position to offered 1017, accepted 716, admitted 31; the printed labels were cut off.
C7: the nonacademic factor column is hard to map by position. Character is read as not_considered and religious affiliation as considered; these should be checked against the source.
C8A/C8F: no C8F clarification appears in this filing. The policy summary rests on the C8 yes/no answers and the SAT/ACT submission counts.
C9: SAT ERW, SAT math and ACT composite percentiles are garbled in the extraction and could not be assigned reliably; left null.
C11 (GPA distribution) is not present in this filing; GPA fields left null.
Early action: C22 indicates a nonbinding early action plan is not offered.
B4: four-year graduation rate is not printed as a rate (only counts), so left null. Six-year rate 92% is from the most recent cohort column (Total).
G1: single tuition figure applies to all students; in-state and out-of-state tuition left null.
H2: aid figures are from the first-time, full-time first-year column. The column alignment is uncertain. pct_need_fully_met = 7/241 (2.9) is computed from the printed counts; pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed and left null.
H2: avg_need_based_grant is taken from the line printed as $69920; the mapping of the H2 rows is uncertain.
Retention 95% is as printed in B22 (416 of 436).

Source: Pomona College Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.