Pomona College

Pomona College is a residential liberal-arts college in Claremont, California, and one of the undergraduate members of The Claremont Colleges. Its small-campus teaching model sits within a much wider academic neighborhood: Pomona students may pursue courses, dining, libraries, and activities across the nearby colleges, subject to each institution’s course and access rules. Students who want sustained discussion, close faculty contact, and room to connect subjects will find that structure especially relevant. Pomona’s selectivity, full published price, and demanding academic pace also make an early look at aid and personal fit worthwhile.

Majors, advising, and the five-college network

Pomona offers about 48 undergraduate majors across the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary studies. Students can explore fields such as Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Government, Psychological Science, Media Studies, and Environmental Analysis. The Environmental Analysis major is itself interdisciplinary, connecting natural science with policy, economics, ethics, and culture. Pomona does not award majors in prehealth, prelaw, or preengineering; it provides advising for those pathways and offers joint 3–2 engineering plans with partner universities. Students may also take courses at the other Claremont Colleges, although enrollment is not automatic for every course. Browse the current majors and minors catalog, and ask departments about prerequisites, course availability, and the plan that matches your goal.

2026–27 cost and financial aid

For 2026–27, Pomona lists on-campus tuition of $71,660, fees of $420, and $23,590 for housing and food, for $95,670 in billable costs. The college estimates another $1,500–$2,600 for travel and personal expenses; required health insurance, if you cannot waive it, is $3,312. Starting in fall 2026, books and supplies are provided through Pomona’s Access to Course Essentials program. These are annual estimates for a full-time student over two semesters, not a promise of each household’s final bill. Compare the on-campus, off-campus, and family-housing budgets in the 2026–27 cost-of-attendance table.

Pomona says it is need-blind in admission for domestic applicants and meets the full demonstrated financial need of admitted students who enroll. Its need-based aid offer does not use loans to meet demonstrated need; packages can include Pomona grants and scholarships, federal or California grants, and work-study. Eligibility and family contribution are determined from the aid application, so the sticker price alone will not show what your family pays. Submit the required FAFSA and CSS Profile on time, then use Pomona’s financial-aid explanation and net-price tools to understand the grant, work expectation, and any remaining costs in your own offer. Pomona does not offer a large menu of automatic merit discounts; ask the Financial Aid Office about special eligibility and outside scholarships.

Campus, contact, and tours

Main campus: 333 N. College Way, Claremont, CA 91711; main telephone (909) 621-8000. Pomona’s accredited campus directory lists this as its active main campus; it has no separate regional branch campus. The Claremont colleges beside it are separate institutions in the consortium, not Pomona branch locations. Pomona’s public Maps listing did not show a campus-wide weekly opening schedule in the listing capture. The college publishes individual information-session, student-led-tour, and self-guided-tour dates through its Connect & Visit page; reserve a visit there and check for current construction or access notices before traveling. Admissions also offers virtual tours. If you are considering prehealth, prelaw, or a joint engineering pathway, contact Admissions or the relevant advising office to discuss the sequence before applying.

How students describe Pomona

Student and alumni comments commonly praise the seminar-style classes, accessible professors, intellectual curiosity among peers, and the opportunity to find a social and academic home across the five-college network. Students also describe a heavy workload and a campus social scene that can feel smaller or less predictable than at a large university. Some comments raise concerns about administrative responsiveness or whether every student feels supported and included. Those accounts differ by class, background, and program; they are useful questions to take to a campus visit, not a verdict about every student’s experience. Ask current students how they manage workload, whether the courses they need fill quickly, and how they use the nearby colleges in a typical week. Read more student perspectives and recent campus comments alongside your academic and financial-aid research.