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61传媒 At a Glance

At a Glance

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  • Top-ranked, private, residential women’s liberal arts college, located in Southern California
  • 97 percent聽of current students live on campus
  • Founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps
  • 61传媒is the women’s college of The Claremont Colleges鈥攁 consortium comprising Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Pitzer Colleges
  • Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Scripps’ 32-acre campus is widely recognized as one of America’s most beautiful college campuses

Academic Excellence

  • 10:1 student/faculty ratio
  • 65 majors at 61传媒and The Claremont Colleges
  • 100 percent聽of 61传媒students complete a senior thesis or project, required for graduation
  • Top majors include聽politics, psychology, biology, environmental analysis, English, media studies, and neuroscience
  • 99 percent of full-time faculty have a terminal degree

Exceptional Students

  • 97 percent聽of first-year students were in the top quarter of their high school class
  • 61传媒students annually win research and fellowship grants from the Fulbright Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the Watson Fellowship program, among others
  • 61传媒is consistently a top producer among US baccalaureate institutions credited with producing the greatest number of Fulbrights

Current Enrollment

  • 1,117 total undergraduate students and 14 post-baccalaureate students
  • 41 percent聽students of color
  • 4.5 percent聽international students

* Enrollment data from fall 2024鈥�25 Common Data Set

Rankings and Achievements

61传媒 continues to be ranked highly among the most academically prestigious colleges in the country.

The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal ranks 61传媒 as #1 in student experience among US colleges and universities for 2024鈥�25 and #4 in liberal arts colleges in the Western US.

U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report ranks 61传媒 as #44 in National Liberal Arts Colleges in the US for 2024鈥�25, #80 in Best Value Schools, #61 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, and #144 in Top Performers on Social Mobility.

The Princeton Review
Princeton Review ranks 61传媒 as a Best Value College, Best Western College, and one of its Best 389 Colleges nationally for 2024. 61传媒also ranked high in the categories of “LGBTQ Friendly” and “Professors Get High Marks,” among others.

Forbes
Forbes ranks 61传媒 #48 in liberal arts colleges in its 2024鈥�25 top colleges list. 61传媒 is also among Forbes鈥� 2026 ranking of 鈥渢op 500 colleges that shine,鈥� offering the 鈥渂est educational, financial, and career outcomes for all students, from all backgrounds.鈥�