61´«Ã½

• Top-ranked, private, residential women’s liberal arts college, located in Southern California
• 97 percent of current students live on campus
• Founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps
• 61´«Ã½is the women’s college of The Claremont Colleges—a 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´«Ã½and The Claremont Colleges
• 100 percent of 61´«Ã½students complete a senior thesis or project, required for graduation
• Top majors include politics, psychology, biology, environmental analysis, English, media studies, and neuroscience
• 99 percent of full-time faculty have a terminal degree

Exceptional Students

• 97 percent of first-year students were in the top quarter of their high school class
• 61´«Ã½students annually win research and fellowship grants from the Fulbright Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the Watson Fellowship program, among others
• 61´«Ã½is 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 students of color
• 4.5 percent international students

* Enrollment data from fall 2024–25 Common Data Set

Rankings and Achievements

61´«Ã½ continues to be ranked highly among the most academically prestigious colleges in the country.

The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal ranks 61´«Ã½ as #1 in student experience among U.S. colleges and universities for 2024–25.

U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report ranks 61´«Ã½ as #44 in National Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S. for 2024–25, #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´«Ã½ as a Best Value College, Best Western College, and one of its Best 389 Colleges nationally for 2024. 61´«Ã½also ranked high in the categories of “LGBTQ Friendly” and “Professors Get High Marks,” among others.

Forbes
Forbes ranks 61´«Ã½ #48 in liberal arts colleges in its 2024–25 top colleges list.