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{{Short description|Liberal arts college in Claremont, California, US}}
{{Distinguish|California State Polytechnic University, Pomona}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Pomona College
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| established = {{start date|1887|10|14}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]]
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| city = [[Claremont, California|Claremont]]
| state = [[California]]
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|34|05|53|N|117|42|50|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus_type = [[Suburban]]
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| sports_nickname = [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens|Sagehens]]
| mascot = Cecil the Sagehen
| academic_affiliation = [[Claremont Colleges]]<!-- Please do not add affiliations here that do not provide essential definition of the college. -->
| sporting_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division&nbsp;III]]&nbsp;– [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.pomona.edu/}}
| colors = Blue and white{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=42}}{{efn|The college also frequently uses {{color box|#{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Pomona College}}|gold}} as an accent color,<ref>{{cite web |title=Graphic Standards Manual |url=http://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/graphic-standards-guide.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222121912/http://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/graphic-standards-guide.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens|its athletics teams]] use {{color box|#{{CollegePrimaryHex|Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}|blue}} and {{color box|#{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}|orange}} to represent both Pomona and [[Pitzer College|Pitzer]], its athletics partner.<ref name="Cecil style guide" />}}{{pb}}{{college color boxes|Pomona College|order=12}}
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'''Pomona College''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|n|ə|audio=En-us-Pomona.ogg}} {{respell|pə|MOH|nə}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pomona |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pomona |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204856/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pomona |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=[[Collins English Dictionary]]}}</ref>) is a [[private university|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Claremont, California]]. It was established in 1887 by a group of [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregationalists]] who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type"<ref name="Rudolph American university" /> in [[Southern California]]. In 1925, it became the founding member of the [[Claremont Colleges]] consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions.

Pomona is a four-year [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] institution that <!-- determine verb based on whether data current -->{{if this semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}|enrolls|enrolled}} approximately {{round|{{formatnum:{{Wikidata|property|linked|P2196}}|R}}|-2}} students<!-- include only if not current -->{{if this semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}||{{sp}}as of the {{semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}}} {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}}} semester}}. It offers 48 [[academic major|majors]] in [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]] disciplines and roughly 650 courses, as well as access to more than 2,000 additional courses at the other Claremont Colleges. Its {{convert|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P2046|eid=Q125341047}}|{{Wikidata|property|unit|P2046|eid=Q125341047}}|adj=mid}} campus is in a residential community {{convert|35|mi}} east of downtown [[Los Angeles]], near the foothills of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]].

Pomona is considered one of the most prestigious liberal arts colleges in the country.<ref name="reputation" /> It has a ${{format price|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P6589}}}} [[Financial endowment|endowment]] {{as of|{{#time:F Y|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P6589|P585}}}}|lc=y}}, making it one of [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment#Per student|the 10 wealthiest]] schools in the U.S. on a per student basis. Nearly all students live on campus, and the student body is noted for its racial,<ref name="Opening doors JKCF" />{{sfn|Greene|Greene|2016|p=550}}<ref name="Amplified" /> geographic,{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=154–155}} and socioeconomic{{sfn|Greene|Greene|2016|p=550}}<ref name="NYT 2017 CAI" /><ref name="Amplified" /> diversity. The college's athletics teams, [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens|the Sagehens]], compete jointly with [[Pitzer College]] in the [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]], a [[NCAA Division III|Division&nbsp;III]] conference.

[[List of Pomona College people|Prominent alumni]] of Pomona include [[Academy Award|Oscar]], [[Emmy Award|Emmy]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]], and [[Tony Award|Tony]] award winners; U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials; [[Pulitzer Prize]] recipients; billionaire executives; a [[Nobel Prize]] laureate; [[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|National Academies]] members; and Olympic athletes.<ref>Please refer to the [[list of Pomona College people]] article for prominent alumni references.</ref><!-- Possibly incomplete list:
*Oscars: [[Robert Towne]], [[David S. Ward]], [[Robert Blalack]], [[Jim Taylor (writer)]]
*Emmys: [[Anthony Zerbe]], [[Robert Blalack]], [[Allison Jones (casting director)]], [[Twyla Tharp]]
*Grammys: [[Robert Shaw (conductor)]], [[David Murray (saxophonist)]], [[Chris Strachwitz]]
*Tonys: [[George C. Wolfe]], [[Twyla Tharp]]
*U.S. Senators: [[Alan Cranston]], [[Brian Schatz]]
*U.S. Ambassadors: [[Hugh S. Gibson]], [[Julian Nava]], [[Kenneth L. Brown]]
*U.S. federal officials: [[Leslie A. Wheeler]], [[William B. Bader]], [[Esther Brimmer]]
*Pulitzers: [[Relman Morin]], [[Bill Keller]], [[Mary Schmich]]
*Nobel: [[Jennifer Doudna]]
*National Academy of Science: [[Norris Bradbury]], [[M. Frederick Hawthorne]], [[Hugo Benioff]], [[J. Andrew McCammon]], [[Robert Gomer]], [[Thomas D. Pollard]], [[M. Stanley Livingston]], [[Jennifer Doudna]], [[Thomas McDade]]
*National Academy of Medicine: [[Jennifer Doudna]], [[Sharon K. Inouye]]
*National Academy of Engineering: [[Burton Smith]], [[David Van Wie]] --> The college is a top producer of [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright scholars]]<ref name="Fulbright Chronicle 2007">{{cite news |last=Hermes |first=J.J. |date=October 26, 2007 |title=In California, 2 Small Colleges Abound in Fulbright Scholars |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-california-2-small-colleges-abound-in-fulbright-scholars/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514035120/https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-california-2-small-colleges-abound-in-fulbright-scholars/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |work=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]}}</ref> and recipients of other fellowships.

==History==
===Founding era===
[[File:Exterior view of Pomona College, Claremont, 1907 (CHS-3857).jpg|thumb|left|An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right)<!-- Not needed, per [[WP:IMAGEOR]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Exterior view of Pomona College, Claremont, 1907 |url=http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/26148 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=USC Digital Library |publisher=[[University of Southern California]]}}</ref> --> and Holmes Hall (left)<ref name="1893 timeline">{{cite web |title=1893 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1893 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104150053/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1893 |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>|alt=Sumner Hall and Holmes Hall, Victorian-style buildings]]

Pomona College was established as a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] and [[nonsectarian]] [[Christian college|Christian institution]] on October 14, 1887, amidst a [[real estate boom]] and anticipated population influx precipitated by [[History of rail transportation in California#Transcontinental links|the arrival]] of [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|a transcontinental railroad]] to [[Southern California]].{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 1}}<ref name="1887 timeline">{{cite web |title=1887 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1887 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061932/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1887 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=July 18, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Its founders, a regional group of [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregationalists]], sought to create a "college of the [[New England#Colleges and universities|New England type]]", emulating the institutions where many of them had been educated.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 1}}<ref name="Rudolph American university">{{cite book |last=Rudolph |first=Frederick |author-link=Frederick Rudolph |title=The American College & University: A History |publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]] |year=1990|orig-year=1962 |isbn=0-8203-1284-3 |location=Athens, Georgia |page=53}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1885 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1885 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829163624/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1885 |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2019 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Classes first began at [[Ayer Cottage]], a rental house in [[Pomona, California]], on September 12, 1888, with a permanent campus planned at Piedmont Mesa four miles north of the city.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 1}}<ref name="1888 timeline">{{cite web |title=1888 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1888 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028213837/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1888 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> That year, as the real estate bubble burst, making the Piedmont campus financially untenable, the college was offered the site of an unfinished hotel (later renamed Sumner Hall<ref name="1893 timeline" />) in the nearby, recently founded town of [[Claremont, California|Claremont]]. It moved there<ref name="1888 timeline" /> but kept its name.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 2}}<ref name="1906 timeline">{{cite web |title=1906 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061541/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1906 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College }}</ref>{{efn|The city of Pomona, in turn, was named after [[Pomona (mythology)|the goddess of fruitful abundance]] in Roman mythology,<!-- Excess reference:<ref name="Bright">{{cite book |last=Bright |first=William |title=1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning |date=1998 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |isbn=978-0-520-92054-5 |location=Berkeley, California |page=118}}</ref> --> alluding to the region's [[citrus industry]].{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=5}}}} Trustee [[Charles B. Sumner]] led the college during its first years, helping hire its first official president, [[Cyrus G. Baldwin]], in 1890.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 2}}<ref name="1888 timeline" /><ref name="1890 timeline">{{cite web |title=1890 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1890 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714230145/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1890 |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The first graduating class, in 1894, had 11 members.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=40}}<ref name="1894 timeline" />

[[File:President Roosevelt speaks at Pomona College, 1903.jpg|thumb|U.S. president [[Theodore Roosevelt]] speaking at Pomona in 1903<ref name="1903 timeline">{{cite web |title=1903 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1903 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061218/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1903 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>|alt=Theodore Roosevelt speaking on platform in front of Pearsons Hall to dense crowd]]

Pomona suffered through a severe financial crisis during its early years,<ref name="1893 timeline" /><ref name="1894 timeline" /><ref name="1895 timeline">{{cite web |title=1895 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1895 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807050548/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1895 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> but raised enough money to add several buildings to its campus.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 3}}{{sfn|Harth|2007|loc=chpt. 1}} Although the [[Fong Foo Sec|first Asian]] and black students enrolled in 1897<ref name="First Asian student">{{cite magazine |last=Hua |first=Vanessa |date=July 2, 2012 |title=To Shine in the West |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2012/summer/to-shine-in-the-west/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714071924/http://magazine.pomona.edu/2012/summer/to-shine-in-the-west/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=48 |issue=3}}</ref> and 1900,<ref name="First black graduate">{{cite news |last=Desai |first=Saahil |date=February 5, 2016 |title=The Erasure of Winston M.C. Dickson, Pomona's First Black Graduate |url=https://tsl.news/life-style5420/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714071351/https://tsl.news/life-style5420/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> respectively, the student body (like most others of the era) remained almost all white throughout this period.<ref name="1894 timeline" /><ref name="TSL black legacies">{{cite news |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Black legacies in Claremont, a timeline to the Black Studies Center and beyond |url=https://tsl.news/a-tribute-to-blaremont-a-timeline-to-the-black-studies-center/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225180029/https://tsl.news/a-tribute-to-blaremont-a-timeline-to-the-black-studies-center/ |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="Hong LAT diversity">{{cite news |last=Hong |first=Peter Y. |date=April 10, 2003 |title=College Diversity Feared at Risk |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-10-me-private10-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521191713/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-10-me-private10-story.html |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><!-- Commented out for conciseness: Ties with the Congregational church were dropped in 1903. Ref: Q109662340, p. 215 --> In 1905, during president [[George A. Gates]]' tenure, the college acquired a {{convert|64|acre|adj=mid}} parcel of land to its east known as the Wash.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=83–85}}<ref name="1905 timeline" /> In 1911, as high schools became more common in the region, the college eliminated its [[college-preparatory school|preparatory]] department, which had taught pre-college level courses.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=135}}<ref name="1911 timeline">{{cite web |title=1911 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1911 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720235507/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1911 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The following year, it committed to a [[Liberal arts college|liberal arts model]],<ref name="1912 timeline">{{cite web |title=1912 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1912 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720230719/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1912 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> soon after turning its previously separate schools of art and music into departments within the college.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=136}}<ref name="1913 timeline">{{cite web |title=1913 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1913 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721015800/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1913 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> In 1914, the [[Phi Beta Kappa]] honor society established a chapter at the college.<ref name="Phi beta kappa">{{cite journal |last=Colcord |first=D. Herbert |date=1914 |title=Pomona College |url=<!-- Not needed --> |journal=The Phi Beta Kappa Key |publisher=[[Phi Beta Kappa]] |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=171–173 |jstor=42913539 |jstor-access=free}}</ref>{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=142–144}} Daily attendance at [[chapel]] was mandated until 1921,{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=215}}<ref name="1921 timeline">{{cite web |title=1921 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1921 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125045056/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1921 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and student culture emphasized athletics{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=42–44}}<ref name="1900 timeline">{{cite web |title=1900 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1900 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930071910/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1900 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and academic class rivalries.<ref name="1947 timeline" />{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=168}} During World War I, male students were divided into three [[military companies]] and a [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]] unit to assist in the war effort.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=178}}<ref name="1916 timeline">{{cite web |title=1916 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1916 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715035139/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1916 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="1917 timeline">{{cite web |title=1917 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212059/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1917 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

===Mid-20th century===
[[File:ROTC Metate 1942 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] soldiers at Pomona in 1942|alt=Soldiers standing in formation in groups on an American football field]]<!--Commented out due to uncertain copyright status: [[File:Soldiers Drilling at Pomona College (1943).jpg|thumb|Soldiers drilling on North Campus in 1943<ref name="1943 timeline" />|alt=Rows of soldiers standing in formation on Bixby Plaza]] -->

Confronted with growing demand in the 1920s, Pomona's fourth president, [[James A. Blaisdell]], considered whether to grow the college into a large [[university]] that could acquire additional resources or remain a small institution capable of providing a more intimate educational experience. Seeking both, he pursued an alternative path inspired by the [[collegiate university]] model he observed at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], envisioning a group of independent colleges sharing centralized resources such as a library.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 14}}<ref name="DB Blaisdell">{{cite news |last=Blackstock |first=Joe |date=October 8, 2012 |title=Blaisdell's goal was to make sure the Claremont Colleges would expand, but remain small |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2012/10/08/blaisdells-goal-was-to-make-sure-the-claremont-colleges-would-expand-but-remain-small/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182611/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2012/10/08/blaisdells-goal-was-to-make-sure-the-claremont-colleges-would-expand-but-remain-small/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]]}}</ref> On October 14, 1925, Pomona's 38th anniversary, the college founded the [[Claremont Colleges]] consortium.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=239}}<ref name="Brief">{{cite web |date=March 19, 2015 |title=A Brief History of Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/about/brief-history-pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235606/https://www.pomona.edu/about/brief-history-pomona-college |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2017 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Construction of the Clark dormitories on North Campus (then the men's campus) began in 1929, a reflection of president [[Charles Edmunds]]' prioritization of the college's residential life.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 16}}<ref name="1928 timeline">{{cite web |title=1928 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1928 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050404/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1928 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="1929 timeline">{{cite web |title=1929 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1929 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130074313/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1929 |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Edmunds, who had previously served as president of [[Lingnan University (Guangzhou)|Lingnan University]] in [[Guangzhou]], China, inspired a growing interest in Asian culture at the college and established its [[Asian studies]] program.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=312–314}}<ref name="1928 timeline" />

Pomona's enrollment declined during the [[Great Depression]] as students became unable to afford [[Tuition payments|tuition]], and its budget was slashed by a quarter.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 17}}<ref name="1932 timeline">{{cite web |title=1932 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1932 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027181554/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1932 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="1934 timeline">{{cite web |title=1934 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1934 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807045417/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1934 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The college reoriented itself toward wartime activities again during World War II,<ref name="1941 timeline" /><ref name="1942 timeline">{{cite web |title=1942 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018103638/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1942 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="1944 timeline" /> hosting an Air Force [[military meteorology]] program<ref>{{cite news |last=Barber |first=Mary |date=April 30, 1987 |title=They Weathered the Winds of War {{!}} Special Cadets Meet Again After 43 Years |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80823913/they-weathered-the-winds-of-war-special/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222919/https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-they-weathered-the/80823913/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=245 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |ref={{SfnRef|Barber|1987a}}}}</ref> and [[Army Specialized Training Program]] courses in engineering and foreign languages.<ref name="1943 timeline" />{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 20}}

===Postwar transformations===
Pomona's longest-serving president, [[E. Wilson Lyon]], guided the college through a transformational and turbulent period from 1941 to 1969.<!-- Removed since primary and overly broad: {{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=pt. 3}} --><ref name="1941 timeline" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Roxane |date=March 5, 1989 |title=E.W. Lyon, 84; Ex-President of Pomona College |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-05-mn-509-story.html |access-date=September 23, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The college's enrollment rose above 1,000 following the war,<ref name="1947 timeline">{{cite web |title=1947 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1947 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018144138/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1947 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=413}} leading to the construction of several residence halls and science facilities.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 24}}<ref name="1958 timeline">{{cite web |title=1958 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1958 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050408/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1958 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Its endowment grew steadily<!-- Fastest of any U.S. college, per doi:10.2307/41170207. Will un-comment if WSJ source found. -->, due in part to the introduction in 1942 of a [[deferred giving]] fundraising scheme pioneered by [[Allen Hawley]] called the Pomona Plan, where participants receive a [[lifetime annuity]] in exchange for donating to the college upon their death.<ref name="1944 timeline">{{cite web |title=1944 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173702/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1944 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=430–431}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Stanley |first=Peter W. |author-link=Peter W. Stanley |url=https://archive.org/details/successfulfundra0000unse |title=Successful Fund Raising for Higher Education: The Advancement of Learning |date=1997 |publisher=[[American Council on Education]] and Oryx Press |isbn=978-1-57356-072-6 |editor-last=Rhodes |editor-first=Frank H. T. |editor-link=Frank H. T. Rhodes |location=Phoenix, Arizona |pages=67–74 |chapter=Chapter 5: Successful Fund Raising at a Small Private Liberal Arts College: Pomona College}}</ref> The plan's model has since been adopted by many other colleges.<ref name="Pomona Plan">{{cite web |last=Sterman |first=Paul |date=November 14, 2012 |title=The Man with a Plan |url=https://pomonaplan.pomona.edu/manwithplan.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017083556/https://pomonaplan.pomona.edu/manwithplan.php |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=The Pomona Plan |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Pomona Plan book">{{cite web |title=Pomona Plan Book 2017 |url=https://pomonaplan.pomona.edu/pdf/Pomona%20Plan%20Book%202017.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017093735/https://pomonaplan.pomona.edu/pdf/Pomona%20Plan%20Book%202017.pdf |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="LAT 6">{{cite news |date=November 15, 1987 |title=Profiles of the 6 Claremont Colleges and How They Grew |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-15-ga-21123-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222915/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-15-ga-21123-story.html |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=May 18, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

[[File:Men protest opening of Frary Dining Hall to women.jpg|thumb|Men protesting the opening of Frary Dining Hall to women in 1957<ref name="1957 timeline" />|alt=Men marching up the Frary Dining Hall steps carrying handwritten protest signs]]
Lyon made several progressive decisions relating to civil rights, including supporting Japanese-American students during [[Internment of Japanese Americans|internment]]<ref name="1942 timeline" /><ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-5-farewell-to-pomona |title=Farewell To Pomona |website=Hidden Pomona |last1=Desai |first1=Saahil |last2=Tidmarsh |first2=Kevin |date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222915/https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-5-farewell-to-pomona |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |date=February 15, 2017 |title=Ye Olde Student Life: Pomona Rebels Against Japanese Internment |url=https://tsl.news/life-style6401/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812153347/https://tsl.news/life-style6401/ |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> and establishing an exchange program in 1952 with [[Fisk University]], a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]] in Tennessee.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=556}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kendall |first=Mark |date=Fall 2011 |title=Fisk and Pomona |url=http://magazine.pomona.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/pdf/2011-fall.pdf#page=4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125220857/http://magazine.pomona.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/pdf/2011-fall.pdf#page=4 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |page=4 |volume=48 |issue=1}}</ref><ref name="1952 timeline">{{cite web |title=1952 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1952 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222915/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1952 |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> He and dean of women [[Jean Walton]] ended the gender segregation of Pomona's residential life, first with the opening of Frary Dining Hall (then part of the men's campus) to women beginning in<!-- "beginning in" needed since it was only open to women one day a week until 1961 --> 1957,<ref name="1957 timeline">{{cite web |title=1957 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1957 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925235220/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1957 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and later with the elimination of [[In loco parentis#Higher education|parietal rules]] in the late 1960s{{Sfn|Edwards|2008|pp=17–19}} and the introduction of co-educational housing in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Ann |date=May 12, 1968 |title=Coed College Housing Winning Wide Acclaim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88176945/coed-college-housing-winning-wide-acclai/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222920/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-coed-college-housi/88176945/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |pages=239,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88177170/coed-college-housing-winning-wide 240] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="1968 timeline" /> The student body, influenced by the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|countercultural revolution]], became less socially conservative and more politically engaged in this era.{{Sfn|Lyon|1977|p=557}}{{Sfn|McGrew|Phillips|2011|p=21}}<ref name="1941 timeline">{{cite web |title=1941 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018132500/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1941 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Protesters [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|opposed to the Vietnam War]] occupied Sumner Hall to obstruct Air Force recruiters in 1968{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=560–561}}<ref name="1967 timeline">{{cite web |title=1967 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050430/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1967 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Houston |first=Paul |date=February 22, 1968 |title=Students Compel Air Force to Halt Recruiting at Pomona College |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80790586/students-compel-air-force-to-halt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184952/https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80790586/students-compel-air-force-to-halt/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |pages=3, [https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80790833/students-compel-air-force-to-halt-recrui/ 35] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and [[Student strike of 1970|forced the cancellation of classes]] at the end of the spring 1970 semester.<ref name="1970 timeline" />{{sfn|Edwards|2008|p=27}} The college's ethnic diversity also began to increase,{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=565–566}}<!-- Excess refs: <ref name="1900 timeline" />, https://web.archive.org/web/20041213011733/www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMWIN03/DEYears.shtml -->{{sfn|Edwards|2008|pp=11–12}}<ref name="1969 timeline">{{cite web |title=1969 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1969 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809060515/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1969 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and activists successfully pushed the consortium to establish [[African American studies|black]] and [[Latino studies]] programs in 1969.<ref name="TSL black legacies" /><ref name="1969 timeline" />{{sfn|Edwards|2008|p=37}} A bomb exploded at the Carnegie Building that February, permanently injuring a secretary; no culprit was ever identified.<ref name="1969 timeline" /><ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-2-when-carnegie-was-bombed |title=When Carnegie Was Bombed |website=Hidden Pomona |last1=Desai |first1=Saahil |last2=Tidmarsh |first2=Kevin |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118142227/https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-2-when-carnegie-was-bombed |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Edwards|2008|pp=36–37}}{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=568}}

During the tenure of president [[David Alexander (college president)|David Alexander]] from 1969 to 1991, Pomona gained increased prominence on the national stage.<ref name="LAT Alexander obit">{{cite news |date=July 27, 2010 |title=David Alexander |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-adv-passings-20100726-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128123049/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-adv-passings-20100726-story.html |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=David Alexander, 77, who brought national standing to Pomona College during a two-decade tenure as president, died Sunday}}</ref> The endowment increased ten-fold, enabling the construction and renovation of a number of buildings.<ref name="1969 timeline" /> Several identity-based groups, such as the Pomona College Women's Union (founded in 1984),<ref name="1984 timeline">{{cite web |title=1984 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1980s/1984 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715061332/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1980s/1984 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> were established.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Irene |date=November 22, 1990 |title=Pomona College Hears Call From Asians for More Ethnic Programs |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-22-ga-6877-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514070257/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-22-ga-6877-story.html |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, out-of-state students began to outnumber in-state students.<ref name="About the College">{{cite web |title=About the College |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7544 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418145900/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7544 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

In 1991, the college converted the dormitory basements used by fraternities into lounges, arguing that this created a more equitable distribution of campus space. The move lowered the profile of [[Fraternities and sororities|Greek life]] on campus.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 1991 |title=Campus Life: Pomona; Fraternity Rooms To Be Converted Into Lounges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/24/nyregion/campus-life-pomona-fraternity-rooms-to-be-converted-into-lounges.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010142046/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/24/nyregion/campus-life-pomona-fraternity-rooms-to-be-converted-into-lounges.html |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |access-date=October 10, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=44}}</ref><ref name="PCM frats" />

===21st century===
[[File:Pomona College Studio Art Hall at dusk.jpg|thumb|Pomona's Studio Art Hall, completed in 2014, garnered national recognition for its steel-frame design.<ref name="AISC">{{cite news |date=November 4, 2015 |title=Pomona College's Studio Art Hall Wins National Steel Building Award |url=https://www.aisc.org/newsdetail.aspx?id=41122 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033729/https://www.aisc.org/newsdetail.aspx?id=41122 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=November 15, 2015 |publisher=[[American Institute of Steel Construction]]}}</ref><ref name="Studio Art LA Times review" /><ref name="AR Studio Art Hall" />|alt=View of the Studio Art Hall, a contemporary gray building consisting of modules unified by an undulating roof, illuminated at dusk]]
In the 2000s, under president [[David W. Oxtoby]], Pomona began placing more emphasis on reducing its environmental impact,<ref name="Courier Oxtoby retirement">{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=Kathryn |date=May 4, 2017 |title=David Oxtoby reflects on his 14 years at Pomona College |url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/education/t23056-oxtoby |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709202340/https://www.claremont-courier.com/education/t23056-oxtoby |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 9, 2021 |work=[[Claremont Courier]]}}</ref><ref name="2008 timeline">{{cite web |title=2008 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/2000s/2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125052624/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/2000s/2008 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> committing in 2003 to obtaining [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] certifications for new buildings<ref name="Sustainability timeline">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Sustainability timeline |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/sustainability-administration/timeline |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023001823/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/sustainability-administration/timeline |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Sustainability Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="2006 timeline">{{cite web |title=2006 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/2000s/2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104150047/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/2000s/2006 |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and launching various sustainability initiatives.<ref name="Courier Oxtoby retirement" /><ref name="Sustainability timeline"/> The college also entered partnerships with several college access groups (including the [[Posse Foundation]] in 2004 and [[QuestBridge]] in 2005<ref name="White House commitments">{{cite web |date=January 2014 |title=Commitments to Action on College Opportunity |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/college_opportunity_commitments_report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029043144/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/college_opportunity_commitments_report.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |website=[[WhiteHouse.gov]] |publisher=[[Executive Office of the President of the United States]]}}</ref>) and committed to meeting the full demonstrated financial need of students through grants rather than loans in 2008.<!--decision was made in Dec. 2007 but enacted in 2008--><ref name="Bloomberg no loan">{{cite news |last=Lorin |first=Janet Frankston |date=August 25, 2009 |title=Endowment Losses Threaten No-Loan Policies as Guarantees Vanish |url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/some-colleges-re-evaluating-no-loan-financial-aid-packages |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033440/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/some-colleges-re-evaluating-no-loan-financial-aid-packages |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |via=[[Philanthropy News Digest]]}}</ref> These efforts, combined with Pomona's previously instituted<!--It would be nice to have a start date if we can find it; it's not in the adjacent ref. See also: https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80825319/recruiting-minorities-at-private-univers/--><ref name="TSL need-blind">{{cite news |last=Marso |first=Larry |date=April 16, 1982 |title=Need-Blind Admissions Policy Strains Budget |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> [[need-blind admission]] policy, resulted in increased enrollment of low-income and racial minority students.<ref name="Oxtoby black students">{{cite news |last=Felton |first=Emmanuel |date=December 23, 2015 |title=How elite private colleges might serve black students better |url=https://hechingerreport.org/how-elite-private-colleges-might-serve-black-students-better/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513200539/https://hechingerreport.org/how-elite-private-colleges-might-serve-black-students-better/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=[[The Hechinger Report]]}}</ref><ref name="Historical enrollment trends" />

In 2008, it was discovered that Pomona's [[Alma mater (song)|alma mater]] may have been originally written to be sung as the ensemble finale to a student-produced blackface [[minstrel show]] performed on campus in 1910. The college [[Traditions of Pomona College#College songs|stopped singing]] it at [[convocation]] and [[Graduation|commencement]], alienating some alumni.<ref name="2008 timeline" /><ref name="LA Times alma mater">{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Larry |date=December 17, 2008 |title=College restores its alma mater |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-17-me-briefs17.s4-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125121710/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-17-me-briefs17.s4-story.html |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="PCM alma mater">{{cite magazine |last=Kendall |first=Mark |date=Winter 2009 |title=A Time to Sing |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/pdf/2009-winter.pdf#page=6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514184205/https://magazine.pomona.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/pdf/2009-winter.pdf#page=6 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |pages=6–7 |volume=45 |issue=2}}</ref>

Pomona requested proof of legal residency from employees amid a [[unionization]] drive by dining hall workers in 2011.<ref name="2011 firings">{{cite news |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=February 1, 2012 |title=Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle Pomona College |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/after-workers-are-fired-an-immigration-debate-roils-california-campus.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409001652/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/after-workers-are-fired-an-immigration-debate-roils-california-campus.html |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |access-date=February 28, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="2018 firings retrospective">{{cite news |last=Pope |first=Laney |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Pomona's DACA Advocacy Contrasts With 2011 Firing Of Undocumented Workers |url=https://tsl.news/news7366/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223016/https://tsl.news/news7366/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> Seventeen workers who were unable to provide documentation were fired, drawing national media attention and sparking criticism from activists;<ref name="2011 firings" /><ref name="Firing">{{cite news |last=Zalesin |first=Jeff |date=December 2, 2011 |title=17 Employees Terminated Over Documents; Boycott, Vigil Extended |url=https://tsl.news/news573/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714034058/https://tsl.news/news573/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> the dining hall staff voted to unionize in 2013.<ref name="Unionize">{{cite news |last=Haas |first=Wes |date=May 3, 2013 |title=WFJ Votes to Unionize |url=https://tsl.news/news3203/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714072824/https://tsl.news/news3203/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="Unionization L.A. Times">{{cite news |last=Rivera |first=Carla |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Pomona College dining hall workers vote to unionize |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-may-01-la-me-ln-college-workers-20130501-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125114134/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-may-01-la-me-ln-college-workers-20130501-story.html |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Silverman |first=Victor |date=December 30, 2014 |title=Victory at Pomona College: Union Strategy and Immigrant Labor |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276499415 |url-status=live |journal=[[Labor Studies Journal]] |publisher=[[United Association for Labor Education]] |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=8–31 |doi=10.1177/0160449X14565111 |s2cid=145196464 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001083535/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276499415_Victory_at_Pomona_College |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |s2cid-access=free}}</ref> A rebranding initiative that year sought to emphasize students' passion and drive, angering students who thought it would lead to a more stressful culture.<ref name="Rebranding">{{cite news |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |date=April 29, 2016 |title=Looking Back On Pomona's Rebranding |url=https://tsl.news/news5908/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803202511/https://tsl.news/news5908/ |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> Several protests in the 2010s criticized the college's [[Campus sexual assault|handling of sexual assault]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Teresa |date=October 10, 2015 |title=Pomona College failed to properly handle sex abuse cases, complaint alleges |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pomona-sex-assault-20151009-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725015246/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pomona-sex-assault-20151009-story.html |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Yarbrough |first=Beau |date=December 8, 2017 |title=Pomona College protesters blast school's handling of sexual assault complaints |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/12/07/pomona-college-protesters-blast-schools-handling-of-sexual-assault-complaints/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726202751/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/12/07/pomona-college-protesters-blast-schools-handling-of-sexual-assault-complaints/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]]}}</ref> leading to various reforms.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marcotte |first=Amanda |date=June 5, 2015 |title=Pomona College Does Damage Control After a Sexual Assault Protest. Will Its New Policies Help Victims? |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/06/pomona-college-does-damage-control-after-a-sexual-assault-protest-but-one-new-policy-may-actually-help-victims.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725015250/https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/06/pomona-college-does-damage-control-after-a-sexual-assault-protest-but-one-new-policy-may-actually-help-victims.html |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Parsa |first1=Julia |last2=Harper |first2=Sage |last3=Tambellini-Smith |first3=Unity |last4=Evans |first4=Jaya |date=February 2, 2024 |title=Sexual Assault Campus Climate: A summary of student demographics |url=https://tsl.news/sexual-assault-campus-climate-a-summary-of-student-demographics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204072328/https://tsl.news/sexual-assault-campus-climate-a-summary-of-student-demographics/ |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>

In 2017,<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=The Office of President G. Gabrielle Starr |url=https://www.pomona.edu/new-president |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229041309/https://www.pomona.edu/new-president |archive-date=December 29, 2016 |access-date=December 9, 2016}}</ref> [[G. Gabrielle Starr]] became Pomona's tenth president; she is the first woman and first African American to hold the office.<ref name="Starr Inauguration TSL">{{cite news |last=Rod |first=Marc |date=October 18, 2017 |title=G. Gabrielle Starr Inaugurated As 10th President Of Pomona College |url=https://tsl.news/news6983/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031133213/https://tsl.news/news6983/ |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=October 31, 2018 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="LA Times Starr">{{cite news |last=Xia |first=Rosanna |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Pomona College's new president will be the first woman and African American to lead the campus |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-pomona-college-new-president-20161208-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715092459/https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-pomona-college-new-president-20161208-story.html |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> From March 2020 through the spring 2021 semester, the college switched to online instruction in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="TSL go home">{{cite news |last=Rod |first=Marc |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |last3=Snowdon |first3=Hank |last4=Heeter |first4=Maria |last5=Davidoff |first5=Jasper |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Claremont Colleges cancel in-person classes, tell students to go home |url=https://tsl.news/coronavirus-covid-19-classes-canceled-online-claremont/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626110426/https://tsl.news/coronavirus-covid-19-classes-canceled-online-claremont/ |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Swift |first=Siena |last2=Davidoff |first2=Jasper |date=August 14, 2021 |title=Masks, testing, parties and more: How the 5Cs plan to handle COVID-19 on campus |url=https://tsl.news/la-county-guidelines-august-update/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018222916/https://tsl.news/la-county-guidelines-august-update/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=November 8, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> In April 2024, the college had 19<!-- not 20; the 20th student was arrested for obstructing the police --> demonstrators occupying Starr's office to urge the college to [[Disinvestment from Israel|divest from Israel]] arrested.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rust |first=Susanne |date=April 6, 2024 |title=20 Pomona College protesters arrested after storming, occupying president's office |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-06/pomona-college-protesters-arrested |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508141040/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-06/pomona-college-protesters-arrested |url-status=live }}</ref> This prompted condemnations and [[List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in California in 2024#Claremont Colleges|protests]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaleem |first1=Jaweed |last2=Petrow-Cohen |first2=Caroline |date=April 12, 2024 |title='I can't focus on anything but rage.' Pro-Palestinian protests roil elite Pomona College |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-12/pomona-college-palestine-gaza-activism |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508042409/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-12/pomona-college-palestine-gaza-activism |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gretzinger |first=Erin |date=April 12, 2024 |title=As Pro-Palestinian Activists Turned Up the Heat, This College Hit a Boiling Point |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/as-pro-palestinian-activists-turned-up-the-heat-this-college-hit-a-boiling-point |url-access=registration |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919041009/https://www.chronicle.com/article/as-pro-palestinian-activists-turned-up-the-heat-this-college-hit-a-boiling-point |url-status=live }}</ref> including an [[Occupation (protest)|encampment]] on Marston Quad that forced the college to move its commencement off-campus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Armond |first1=Jason |last2=Cosgrove |first2=Jaclyn |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Pomona College graduation is moved — but protesters follow; intense confrontation ensues |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-12/after-protesters-set-up-camp-on-stage-pomona-college-moved-ceremony-demonstrators-followed |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240514001352/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-12/after-protesters-set-up-camp-on-stage-pomona-college-moved-ceremony-demonstrators-followed |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Campus==
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|title26=Lacrosse Field
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|title27=Rogers Tennis Complex
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|title28=Center for Athletics, Recreation and Wellness
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  |marker28=pitch
  |marker-color28=#E6AB02
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<!-- Open spaces -->
|title29=[[Pomona College Organic Farm|Organic Farm]]
  |type29=point
  |description29=Farm
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|title30=Stanley Academic Quadrangle
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|title31=Marston Quadrangle
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  |description31=Green space
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|title32=Walker Beach
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  |description32=Green space
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  |marker32=park
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|title33=Athearn Field
  |type33=point
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|title34=Bixby Plaza
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  |marker34=park
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<!-- Housing -->
|title35=Wig Hall
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  |description35=Residence hall, built 1959
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  |marker35=lodging
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|title36=Harwood Court
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|title37=Lyon Court
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  |marker37=lodging
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|title40=Gibson Hall
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  |coord51={{coord|34.09613|-117.71149}}
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|title58=Hahn Hall
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|title62=Seaver Biology Hall
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|title63=Seaver Laboratory North
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|title68=Lincoln Hall
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|title70=Brackett Observatory
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  |coord72={{coord|34.10037|-117.71428}}
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|text=Map of Pomona College's campus<ref name="Map" /><ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" /><!-- Colors from [[Brewer palette]] Dark2 -->

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[[File:pomona1.jpg|thumb|Pomona's buildings are connected via a network of [[Enfilade (architecture)|visual axes]], such as this one on North Campus.<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" />|alt=Pathway on North Campus that leads to Frary Dining Hall entrance in distance]]

Pomona's {{convert|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P2046|eid=Q125341047}}|{{Wikidata|property|unit|P2046|eid=Q125341047}}|adj=mid}} [[campus]] is in [[Claremont, California]], an affluent suburban residential community<ref name="Leafy spotlight">{{cite news |last=Carney |first=Steve |date=January 11, 2019 |title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Claremont owns its lettered and leafy college-town vibe |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-claremont-20190112-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514063911/https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-claremont-20190112-story.html |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> {{convert|35|mi}} east of [[downtown Los Angeles]].<ref name="Brief" /> It is directly northwest of the Claremont Village (the city's downtown commercial district) and directly south of the other contiguous Claremont Colleges.<ref name="Claremont maps">{{cite web |title=Maps |url=https://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/about-us/city-profile/maps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417002318/https://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/about-us/city-profile/maps |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |publisher=City of Claremont}}</ref> The area has a [[Mediterranean climate]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate |url=http://bfs.claremont.edu/environment/bfsclime.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215030326/http://bfs.claremont.edu/environment/bfsclime.html |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=[[Bernard Field Station]]}}</ref> and consists of a gentle slope from the [[alluvial fans|alluvial fan]] of [[San Antonio Creek (San Bernardino County)|San Antonio Creek]] in the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geology & Geography |url=http://bfs.claremont.edu/environment/bfsgeo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812100602/http://bfs.claremont.edu/environment/bfsgeo.html |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2021 |publisher=[[Bernard Field Station]]}}</ref><ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" />

In its early years, Pomona quickly expanded from its initial home in Sumner Hall, constructing several buildings to accommodate its growing enrollment and ambitions.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|loc=chpt. 3–5}}{{sfn|Harth|2007|loc=chpt. 1}} Starting in 1908, development of the campus was guided by master plans from architect [[Myron Hunt]], who envisioned a central [[quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] flanked by buildings connected via [[Enfilade (architecture)|visual axes]].<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" /> In 1923, landscape architect [[Ralph Cornell]] expanded on Hunt's plans, envisioning a "college in a garden" defined by [[California Floristic Province|native Southern California vegetation]]<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan">{{cite web |title=Pomona College 2015 Master Plan |url=https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/pomona_master_plan.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801161931/https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/pomona_master_plan.pdf |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> but incorporating global influences in the tradition of the [[acclimatization movement]].<ref name="CGLHS Eden" /><ref name="Trees PCM">{{cite magazine |last=Kendall |first=Mark |date=March 11, 2014 |title=The Tale of the Trees |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2014/spring/the-tale-of-the-trees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916081201/http://magazine.pomona.edu/2014/spring/the-tale-of-the-trees/ |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2022 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=50 |issue=2}}</ref> President [[James Blaisdell]]'s decision to purchase undeveloped land around Pomona while it was still available later gave the college room to grow and found the consortium.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson, Seth |date=December 14, 2007 |title=James Blaisdell and the Claremont Colleges |url=http://claremontconversation.org/tcourse/tndy4010/page/James+Blaisdell-The+Visionary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024653/http://claremontconversation.org/tcourse/tndy4010/page/James+Blaisdell-The+Visionary |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2007 |publisher=[[Claremont Graduate University]]}}</ref><!-- If need to replace, use Lyon 149/244 --> Many of the earlier buildings were constructed in the [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission Revival]] and [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] styles, with [[stucco]] walls and red [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]] tile roofs.<ref name="1916 timeline" /> Other and later construction incorporated elements of [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]], [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]], [[Italian Romanesque architecture|Italian Romanesque]], [[Modern architecture|modern]], and [[Postmodern architecture|postmodern]] styles.<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" /> As a result, the present campus features a blend of architectural styles.<ref name="Campus love letter" /> Most buildings are three or fewer stories in height,<ref name="Map" /> and are designed to facilitate both indoor and outdoor use.<ref name="Campus love letter">{{cite news |last=Sutton |first=Frances |date=October 2, 2020 |title=Framed: A love letter to Pomona's campus |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-campus-art-column/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419114805/https://tsl.news/pomona-campus-art-column/ |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>

[[File:Athern Field, Pomona College (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.25|Dialynas and Sontag residence halls, built 2011, are [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum certified.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wu |first=Carrie |date=October 21, 2011 |title=New Pomona Dorms Earn Top LEED Certification |url=https://tsl.news/news385/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003075225/https://tsl.news/news385/ |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Wyatt |first=Whitney M. |date=April 2014 |title=Living and Learning Green at Pomona College's Sontag and Pomona Halls Student Housing |journal=[[Journal of Green Building]] |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=3–22 |doi=10.3992/1943-4618-9.1.3 |doi-access=free}}</ref><br />{{panorama link|Athearn Field, Pomona College.jpg}}|alt=Dialynas and Sontag residence halls, contemporary buildings]]

The campus consists of 88 facilities {{As of|2023|lc=y}},<ref name="Campus facilities catalog">{{cite web |title=Campus Facilities |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=45&navoid=9058 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905225133/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=45&navoid=9058 |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> including 70 addressed buildings.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Building Address List |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/facilities-campus-services/offices/mail/building-address-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417020103/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/facilities-campus-services/offices/mail/building-address-list |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=January 10, 2023 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> It is bounded by First Street on the south, Mills and Amherst Avenues on the east, Eighth Street on the north, and Harvard Avenue on the west.<ref name="Map">{{cite web |title=Campus Map |url=https://www.pomona.edu/map/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416214817/https://www.pomona.edu/map/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> It is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus by Sixth Street,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mudd-Blaisdell Hall, Frank Dining and Seaver Theatre Complex |url=https://www.pomona.edu/map/?id=523#!t/819:2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417232238/https://www.pomona.edu/map/?id=523#!t/819:2 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |website=Pomona College Tour |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> with most academic buildings in the western half and a naturalistic area known as the Wash in the east.<ref name="Map" /> It has been featured in numerous films and television shows, often standing in for other schools.<ref name="Film PCM">{{cite magazine |last=Balchunas |first=Michael |date=October 1, 2005 |title=The Duke on the Quad |url=http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMsp05/FScampusfilm.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901174538/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMsp05/FScampusfilm.shtml |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=41 |issue=2}}</ref>{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=154}}<!-- Commented out because unreliable: <ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=September 10, 2021 |title=Do you recognize these college campuses from these TV and movies? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/college-campuses-tv-movies-1627372 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> -->

Pomona has undertaken initiatives to make its campus more sustainable, including requiring that all new construction be built to [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Gold standards,<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=LEED Certified Buildings |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/facilities/leed-certified-buildings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521101042/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/facilities/leed-certified-buildings |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=Sustainability Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> replacing turf with [[Drought tolerance|drought-tolerant]] landscaping,<ref>{{cite web |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |date=October 9, 2015 |title=Pomona's Turf Removal Reaches Nearly All Corners of Campus |url=https://tsl.news/news5068/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305233200/https://tsl.news/news5068/ |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> and committing to achieving [[carbon neutrality]] without the aid of purchased [[carbon credit]]s by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 7, 2017 |title=Pomona on Path to Carbon Neutrality |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2017/09/07-pomona-path-carbon-neutrality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521101042/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2017/09/07-pomona-path-carbon-neutrality |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The [[Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education]] gave the college a gold rating in its 2018 Sustainable Campus Index.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Sustainable Campus Index |url=https://www.aashe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCI-2018.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105233954/https://www.aashe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCI-2018.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education}}</ref><!-- To avoid promotionalism, please keep this paragraph short. -->

===South Campus===
[[File:Stanley Academic Quadrangle fountain.jpg|thumb|alt=Circular fountain with paths radiating out to academic buildings|The Stanley Academic Quadrangle is home to many of Pomona's humanities departments.<br />{{panorama link|Stanley Academic Quadrangle photosphere.jpg}}]]
South Campus consists of mostly first-year and second-year housing and academic buildings for the social sciences, arts, and humanities.<ref name="Map" />

<!-- Residential life -->A row of four residence halls is south of Bonita Avenue, with Frank Dining Hall at the eastern end.<ref name="Map" /> Sumner Hall, the home of admissions and several other administrative departments, is to the north of the dormitories.<ref name="Map" /> Oldenborg Center, a foreign-language housing option that includes a foreign-language dining hall, is across from Sumner.<ref name="Oldenborg about">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=About Oldenborg Center |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/oldenborg-center/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223417/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/oldenborg-center/about |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=October 12, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

[[File:Marston Quad viewed through a California sycamore.jpg|thumb|Marston Quadrangle forms the center of Pomona's campus.<br />{{panorama link|Marston Quad panorama.jpg}}|alt=Green lawn framed by California sycamore trees with early autumn foliage]]

<!-- Arts and performance venues -->South Campus has several arts buildings and performance venues. [[Big Bridges|Bridges Auditorium]] ("Big Bridges") is used for concerts and speakers and has a capacity of 2,500.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=About Bridges Auditorium |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/bridges-auditorium/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195632/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/bridges-auditorium/about |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |access-date=June 16, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>{{sfn|Harth|2007|pp=100–103}} [[Bridges Hall of Music]] ("Little Bridges") is a concert hall with seating for 550.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Bridges Hall of Music |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music-department/facilities/bridges-hall-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813092012/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music-department/facilities/bridges-hall-music |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> On the western edge of campus is the [[Benton Museum of Art]], which has a collection of approximately {{round|{{formatnum:{{wikidata|property|raw|eid=Q18325651|P1436}}|R}}|-3}} {{wikidata|property|unit|eid=Q18325651|references|linked|P1436|punc=s,}} including Italian Renaissance [[panel painting]]s, [[Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous American art]] and artifacts, and American and European prints, drawings, and photographs.<ref name="Collections">{{cite web |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Collections |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/collections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404220900/https://www.pomona.edu/museum/collections |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |publisher=[[Benton Museum of Art]]}}</ref><ref name="Newest LA Times">{{cite news |last=Vankin |first=Deborah |date=February 27, 2019 |title=Southern California's newest art museum will be called the Benton |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-pomona-college-benton-art-museum-20190226-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002319/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-pomona-college-benton-art-museum-20190226-story.html |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The Seaver Theatre Complex has a 335-seat [[thrust stage]] theater and 125-seat [[black box theater]], among other facilities.<ref name="Seaver Theatre official">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Byron Dick Seaver Theatre Complex |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/theatre/facilities-locations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001201258/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/theatre/facilities-locations |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The Studio Art Hall garnered national recognition for its steel-frame design when it was completed in 2014.<ref name="AISC" /><ref name="Studio Art LA Times review">{{cite news |last=Hawthorne |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Hawthorne (journalist) |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Review: Compelling case for gray at Pomona College's Studio Art Hall |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-pomona-art-building-review-20150111-column.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818222551/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-pomona-art-building-review-20150111-column.html |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="AR Studio Art Hall">{{cite news |last=Amelar |first=Sarah |date=November 15, 2015 |title=Pomona College Studio Art Hall |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10222-pomona-college-studio-art-hall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111202218/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10222-pomona-college-studio-art-hall |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |access-date=November 11, 2021 |work=[[Architectural Record]]}}</ref>

<!-- Academic buildings -->Pomona's main social science and humanities buildings are located west of College Avenue. They include the Carnegie Building, a neoclassical structure built in 1908 as a [[Carnegie library]].<ref name="Map" /><ref name="1908 timeline">{{cite web |title=1908 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517140937/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1908 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Several historic Victorian houses line the southern portion of the avenue, including the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne–style]] [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California#Helen Goodwin Renwick House|Helen Goodwin Renwick House]], which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Neiuber |first=John |date=July 1, 2016 |title=Renwick House placed on National Register of Historic Places |url=https://claremont-courier.com/opinion/t19656-historic-33868/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107184717/https://claremont-courier.com/opinion/t19656-historic-33868/ |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |website=[[Claremont Courier]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 25, 2016 |title=Claremont green lights controversial new Pomona College museum |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/government-and-politics/20160525/claremont-green-lights-controversial-new-pomona-college-museum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509024408/http://www.dailybulletin.com/government-and-politics/20160525/claremont-green-lights-controversial-new-pomona-college-museum |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |website=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]]}}</ref>

{{anchor|Marston Quadrangle}}Marston Quadrangle, a {{Convert|5|acre|4=|adj=mid|sigfig=1}} lawn framed by [[Platanus racemosa|California sycamore]] and [[Sequoia sempervirens|coastal redwood]] trees, serves as a central artery for the campus, anchored by Carnegie on the west and Bridges Auditorium on the east.<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" /> To its north is Alexander Hall, the college's central administration building,<ref name="Map" /> and the Smith Campus Center (SCC), home to many student services and communal spaces.<ref name="SCC">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Smith Campus Center & Student Programs |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/campus-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020013825/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/campus-center |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> East of the SCC is the Center for Athletics, Recreation and Wellness (Pomona's primary indoor athletics and recreation facility) and Smiley Hall dormitory, built in 1908.<ref name="Map" />

{{Anchor|Gates}}<!-- This paragraph is transcluded to [[Traditions of Pomona College]]. --><section begin="gates"/>[[File:Pomona College Gates north inscription.jpg|left|thumb|The college gates <noinclude>historically marked the northern edge of Pomona's campus.</noinclude>|alt=The Pomona College gates]]
At the intersection of Sixth Street and College Avenue are the college gates, built in 1914, which mark the historical northern edge of the campus. They bear two quotes from <noinclude>President Blaisdell</noinclude><includeonly>Pomona's fourth president, [[James A. Blaisdell]]</includeonly>. On the north is "let only the eager, thoughtful and reverent enter here", and on the south is "They only are loyal to this college who departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind". Per campus tradition, enrolling students walk south through the gates during orientation and seniors walk north through them shortly before graduation.<ref name="1914 timeline">{{cite web |title=1914 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1914 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720222140/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1910s/1914 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="TSL Through the Gates">{{cite news |last=Guan |first=Michelle |date=April 27, 2012 |title=Pomona Chooses Student Speakers for Class Day, Commencement |url=https://tsl.news/news2294/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223417/https://tsl.news/news2294/ |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><section end="gates"/>

{{Anchor|Wash}}The less-developed {{Convert|40|acre|adj=mid}}<ref name="Pomona 2015 Master Plan" /> eastern portion of the campus is known as the Wash (formally Blanchard Park<ref name="Campus facilities catalog" />),<ref name="1905 timeline">{{cite web |title=1905 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1905 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930073701/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1905 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and contains a large grove of [[coast live oak]] trees,<ref name="CGLHS Eden">{{cite journal |last=Tyack |first=Nicholas |date=Fall 2014 |title=Ralph Cornell and the 'College in a Garden' |url=https://cglhs.org/resources/Documents/Eden-17.4-Fa-2014.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Eden |publisher=California Garden & Landscape History Society |volume=17 |issue=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423044915/https://cglhs.org/resources/Documents/Eden-17.4-Fa-2014.pdf |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> as well as many of the college's athletics facilities,<ref>{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://www.sagehens.com/information/facilityinformation/facilities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427233728/https://www.sagehens.com/information/facilityinformation/facilities |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref> an outdoor [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]], an astronomical observatory, and the [[Pomona College Organic Farm]], an experiment in [[sustainable farming|sustainable agriculture]].<ref name="Map" />

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File:Harwood Courtyard in 2023.jpg|alt=Harwood Court residence hall|Harwood Court<br />{{panorama link|Harwood Court courtyard panorama.jpg}}
File:Bridges Hall of Music Exterior, Pomona College.jpg|alt=Entrance to Bridges Hall of Music, a Spanish Renaissance revival building|[[Bridges Hall of Music]]
File:Bridges Auditorium march.jpg|alt=Bridges Auditorium façade, viewed from Marston Quad|[[Bridges Auditorium]]
File:Carnegie Building.jpg|alt=Neoclassical columned façade of Carnegie Building|The Carnegie Building
File:The Wash, Pomona College.jpg|alt=Rock-lined dirt path through a forest of coast live oak trees|The Wash
File:Path to Marston Quad at sunset.jpg|alt=Concrete pebble path lined with hedges and other plants, dappled with sunset rays poking through redwood trees, leading to a grass quad with California sycamores|Path to Marston Quad
File:Mason Hall and the Academic Quadrangle, Pomona College.jpg|alt=Mason Hall|Mason Hall
File:Lebus Court in April 2023.jpg|alt=Lebus Court|Lebus Court
File:Crookshank Hall.jpg|Crookshank Hall|alt=Crookshank Hall, a Mission Revival building
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===North Campus===
[[File:Prometheus (1930) de José Clemente Orozco en Pomona College.jpg|thumb|alt=The Prometheus mural, depicting the Greek Titan gifting fire to humanity|[[Prometheus (Orozco)|''Prometheus'']] mural in Frary Dining Hall]]
North Campus was designed by architect [[Sumner Spaulding]], and its initial phase was completed in 1930.<ref name="Missing Clarks">{{cite magazine |last=Weber |first=Jamie |date=May 17, 2018 |title=Solving the Mystery of Clark I-III-V |url=http://magazine.pomona.edu/pomoniana/2018/05/17/the-mystery-of-clark-i-iii-v-solved/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183937/http://magazine.pomona.edu/pomoniana/2018/05/17/the-mystery-of-clark-i-iii-v-solved/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> It consists primarily of residential buildings for third- and fourth-year students and academic buildings for the natural sciences.<ref name="Map" />

<!-- Academic buildings -->The academic buildings are located to the west of North College Way. This area includes ''[[Dividing the Light]]'' (2007), a [[skyspace]] by <!-- capitalized, per common usage, to distinguish art movement from common speech -->[[Light and Space]] artist and alumnus [[James Turrell]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kendall |first=Mark |date=January 1, 2008 |title=Night Rite |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2008/01/01-night-rite |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028061332/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2008/01/01-night-rite |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=January 24, 2022 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=44 |issue=2}}</ref><ref name="Turrell LAT">{{cite news |last=Pagel |first=David |date=October 21, 2007 |title=Turn on the light |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-ca-turrell21-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325162914/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-ca-turrell21-story.html |archive-date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |authorlink1=David Pagel}}</ref>

<!-- Residential life -->The residence halls include the Clark halls (I, III, and V{{efn|The Clark numberings are derived from Spaulding's original plan for North Campus. Clark II became Frary Dining Hall, Clark VI became Walker Hall, and Clark VII became Walker Lounge; Clark IV and Clark VIII were never built.<ref name="Missing Clarks" />}}) and several more recent constructions.<ref name="Map" /> The North Campus dining hall, Frary Dining Hall, features a vaulted ceiling and is the location of the murals ''[[Prometheus (Orozco)|Prometheus]]'' (1930) by [[José Clemente Orozco]], the first [[Mexican muralism|Mexican fresco]] in the U.S.,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=David W. |date=Fall 1957 |title=Orozco's Prometheus: Summation, Transition, Innovation |journal=[[Art Journal (College Art Association journal)|Art Journal]] |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=2–18 |doi=10.2307/773653 |jstor=773653}}</ref> and ''[[Genesis (Lebrun)|Genesis]]'' (1960) by [[Rico Lebrun]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Davidson |first=Martha |date=Spring 1962 |title=Rico Lebrun Mural at Pomona |journal=[[Art Journal (College Art Association journal)|Art Journal]] |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=143–175 |doi=10.2307/774410 |jstor=774410}}</ref>

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File:Walker Hall, Pomona College.jpg|alt=Walker Hall|Walker Hall
File:Norton-Clark III Courtyard, Pomona College.jpg|alt=Benches and trees with red autumn foliage in a courtyard|Norton-Clark III courtyard
File:Pomona College Skyspace 05.jpg|alt=Granite benches and fountain inside the skyspace canopy illuminated blue with an aperture in the center|''[[Dividing the Light]]'' skyspace
Arcade along Bixby Plaza at Pomona College.jpg|[[Arcade (architecture)|Arcade]] along Bixby Plaza<br />{{panorama link|Bixby Plaza photosphere.jpg}}
File:Smith Clock Tower view.jpg|alt=Aerial view of Walker Beach lawn, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance|Walker Beach, looking north
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===Other facilities===
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The college owns the {{convert|53|acre|adj=mid}} Trails Ends Ranch (a wilderness area in the Webb Canyon north of campus),<ref>{{cite news |last=Peters |first=Cynthia |date=July 24, 2012 |title=Pomona College Buys Trails End Ranch For New Field Station with Plans to Preserve the 50 Wilderness Acres |url=http://www.pomona.edu/news/2012/07/24-trails-end-ranch-purchase.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807043523/http://pomona.edu/news/2012/07/24-trails-end-ranch-purchase.aspx |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=August 15, 2013 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Trails End Pomona website">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Trails End Ranch |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining/catering/trails-end-ranch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001190119/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining/catering/trails-end-ranch |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> the {{convert|320|acre|adj=mid}} Mildred Pitt Ranch in southeastern [[Monterey County]],<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=The Mildred Pitt Ranch |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/biology/facilities/mildred-pitt-ranch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419035425/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/biology/facilities/mildred-pitt-ranch |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and the Halona Lodge retreat center in [[Idyllwild, California]].<ref name="Halona website">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Halona Lodge and Retreat Center |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/outdoor-education-center/connect-nature/halona-lodge-and-retreat-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813084110/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/outdoor-education-center/connect-nature/halona-lodge-and-retreat-center |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The astronomy department built and operates a telescope at the [[Table Mountain Observatory]] in [[Big Pines, California]].<ref name="Table Mountain Observatory Pomona website">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Table Mountain Observatory |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/physics-and-astronomy/facilities/table-mountain-observatory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813090123/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/physics-and-astronomy/facilities/table-mountain-observatory |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Along the north side of campus are several joint buildings maintained by [[The Claremont Colleges Services]]. <!-- Sentence transcluded from [[Claremont Colleges]] -->{{#section:Claremont Colleges|library holdings}} The consortium also owns the [[Robert J. Bernard Field Station]] north of Foothill Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Bernard Field Station |url=http://bfs.claremont.edu/overview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519211603/http://bfs.claremont.edu/overview.html |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=[[Bernard Field Station]]}}</ref>

==Organization and administration==
===Governance===
[[File:G. Gabrielle Starr delivering the 2023 Pomona College State of the College speech (slightly cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|President [[G. Gabrielle Starr]] in 2023|alt=G. Gabrielle Starr, an African American woman, delivering a speech wearing a white-and-black suit and pearl necklace]]
Pomona is [[Governance in higher education|governed]] as a [[private university|private]], [[nonprofit organization]] by a [[board of trustees]] responsible for overseeing the long-term interests of the college.<ref name="Bylaws">{{cite web |date=May 13, 2017 |title=Bylaws of Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/bylaws-of-pomona-college.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505132149/https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/bylaws-of-pomona-college.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The board consists of up to 42 members, most of whom are elected by existing members to four-year terms with a term limit of 12 years.{{efn|The unelected trustees consist of the college's president and two non-voting [[Ex officio member|''ex-officio'' members]], the chair of the alumni association and chair of national giving. At least 10 trustees must be alumni, including one who has graduated within the last 11<!--7 upon election + 4-year term--> years.}}<ref name="Bylaws" /> It is responsible for hiring the college's [[university president|president]] ({{Wikidata|property|linked|P488}} since {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|linked|P488|P580}}}}{{wikidata|references|linked|P488}}), approving budgets, setting overarching policies, and various other tasks.<ref name="Bylaws" /> The president, in turn, oversees the college's general operation, assisted by administrative staff and a faculty cabinet.<ref name="Bylaws" /> The college has {{wikidata|property|normal+|current|P1128|P518=}} total employees as of the {{semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P1128|P518=|P585}}}} {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P1128|P518=|P585}}}} semester.{{wikidata|references|linked|normal+|current|single|P1128|P518=}} Pomona operates under a shared governance model, in which faculty and students sit on many policymaking committees and have a degree of control over other major decisions.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=155}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Starr |first=G. Gabrielle |author-link=G. Gabrielle Starr |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Task Force on Public Dialogue Final Report and Board Update |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/president/statements/posts/task-force-public-dialogue-final-report-and-board-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505101735/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/president/statements/posts/task-force-public-dialogue-final-report-and-board-update |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Campus life catalog">{{cite web |title=Campus Life |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7547 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524211401/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7547 |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |access-date=May 24, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

===Academic affiliations===
{{Further|Claremont Colleges}}
[[File:Honnold Library of the Claremont Colleges.jpg|thumb|Honnold Library, a shared Claremont Colleges resource|alt=Honnold Library]]

Pomona is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges (colloquially "7Cs", for "seven colleges"), a [[consortium]] of five undergraduate liberal arts colleges ("5Cs")—Pomona, [[Scripps College|Scripps]], [[Claremont McKenna College|Claremont McKenna]], [[Harvey Mudd College|Harvey Mudd]], and [[Pitzer College|Pitzer]]—and two graduate schools—[[Claremont Graduate University]] and [[Keck Graduate Institute]]. All are located in Claremont. Although each member has individual autonomy and a distinct identity,{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=146–147}} there is substantial collaboration through The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS), a coordinating entity that manages the central [[Academic library|library]], [[campus safety]] services, [[college health|health services]], and other resources.<ref name="TCCS home">{{cite web |title=The Claremont Colleges Services |url=https://services.claremont.edu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505175110/https://services.claremont.edu/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=The Claremont Colleges}}</ref> Overall, the 7Cs have been praised by higher education experts for their close cooperation,<ref name="Tough CHE">{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Scott |date=February 11, 2013 |title=Tough Times Push More Small Colleges to Join Forces |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/tough-times-push-more-small-colleges-to-join-forces/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418013242/https://www.chronicle.com/article/tough-times-push-more-small-colleges-to-join-forces/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2021 |work=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]}}</ref> although there have been occasional tensions.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gaff |first=Jerry G. |author-link=Jerry G. Gaff |date=January 1971 |title=Review of ''The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan'' |journal=[[The Journal of Higher Education]] |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=79 |doi=10.2307/1977721 |jstor=1977721}}</ref>{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=146}}<!--commented out until sourced: although Pomona's greater wealth than some of the other members has led to occasional tensions.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}--> Pomona is the largest undergraduate{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=146}} and wealthiest member.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maley |first=Megan |last2=Kim |first2=Kaylin |date=November 20, 2020 |title=An in-depth look into the 5Cs' endowments |url=https://tsl.news/the-claremont-colleges-endowment-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711202623/https://tsl.news/the-claremont-colleges-endowment-explained/ |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>

Pomona is a member of several other consortia of selective colleges, including the [[Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Institutions Archive |url=https://www.liberalarts.org/members/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210746/https://www.liberalarts.org/members/ |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges]]}}</ref> the [[Oberlin Group]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Oberlin Group Institution Members |url=https://www.oberlingroup.org/group-members |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505113203/https://www.oberlingroup.org/group-members |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Oberlin Group]]}}</ref> and the [[Annapolis Group]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.annapolisgroup.org/members |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916022644/https://www.annapolisgroup.org/members |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Annapolis Group]]}}</ref> The college is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[WASC Senior College and University Commission]], which reaffirmed its status in 2021 with particular praise for its diversity initiatives.<ref name="Reaccreditation">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=WASC Senior College and University Commission |url=https://www.pomona.edu/wscuc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505115038/https://www.pomona.edu/wscuc |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Accreditation">{{cite web |title=Pomona College |url=https://www.wscuc.org/institutions/pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505112132/https://www.wscuc.org/institutions/pomona-college |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |publisher=[[WASC Senior College and University Commission]]}}</ref>

===Finances, costs, and financial aid===
[[File:Sumner Hall, Pomona College (cropped2).jpg|thumb|left|Pomona's office of financial aid is in Sumner Hall.|alt=Sumner Hall, a Mission Revival building]]
Pomona has an [[Financial endowment|endowment]] of ${{format price|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P6589}}}} {{as of|{{#time:F Y|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P6589|P585}}}}|lc=y}},{{Wikidata|references|linked|P6589}} giving it [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment#Per student|one of the 10 highest endowments per student]] of any college or university in the U.S.<!-- Backup reference if NACUBO doesn't work: <ref>{{cite web |title=Endowment per Student |url=https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/EndowmentPerStudent |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=College Raptor}}</ref> Go to https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2020/Public-NTSE-Tables to retrieve NACUBO report. --><ref name="endowment per student">{{cite report |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-REVISED-Feb-19.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Percentage Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America]] |access-date=April 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411050506/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-REVISED-Feb-19.xlsx |archive-date=April 11, 2025 |format=XLSX |url-status=live}}</ref> The college's total assets (including its campus) are valued at ${{format price|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P2403}}}}.{{Wikidata|references|linked|P2403}} Its operating budget for the {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2769|P585}}}}{{nbnd}}{{#expr:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2769|P585}}}}+1}} academic year <!-- determine verb based on whether data current -->{{if this academic year|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2769|P585}}|is|was}} ${{format price|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P2769}}}},{{Wikidata|references|linked|P2769}} of which roughly half <!-- determine verb based on whether data current -->{{if this academic year|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2769|P585}}|is|was}} funded by endowment earnings.<ref>{{cite news |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |date=February 2, 2018 |title=GOP Bill Hits Pomona, CMC With Endowment Tax |url=https://tsl.news/news7186/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505101730/https://tsl.news/news7186/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> In the 2023 fiscal year, 43% of the budget was allocated to instruction, 2% to research, 1% to public service, 13% to academic support, 17% to student services, and 24% to institutional support.<ref name="IPEDS file">{{cite web |title=Pomona College |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/InstitutionProfile.aspx?unitid=121345 |url-status=live |access-date=February 3, 2025 |website=[[Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System]] |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223431/https://nces.ed.gov/tempfiles/IPEDSPAS/3de91f95-e3a2-41fb-9eea-c98a91e5f9da.png }}</ref>{{update after|2026|01}} In 2024, [[Fitch Ratings]] gave the college a AAA [[bond credit rating]], its highest rating, reflecting an "extremely strong financial profile".<ref name="Fitch rating">{{cite news |date=October 8, 2021 |title=Fitch Affirms Pomona College, CA's Revs at 'AAA'; Outlook Stable |url=https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-pomona-college-ca-revs-at-aaa-outlook-stable-25-09-2024 |access-date=February 3, 2024 |publisher=[[Fitch Ratings]] |archive-date=February 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203094338/https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-affirms-pomona-college-ca-revs-at-aaa-outlook-stable-25-09-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For the {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5894|P585}}}}{{nbnd}}{{#expr:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5894|P585}}}}+1}} academic year, Pomona charged a [[Tuition payments|tuition fee]] of {{US$|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P5894}}|long=no}},{{wikidata|references|linked|P5894}} with a total estimated on-campus cost of attendance <!--the following code adds the year for the total cost data if it's misaligned with the tuition data; if the data is kept up to date, this should not happen-->{{#ifeq:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5894|P585}}}}|{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2284|P585}}}}||in {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2284|P585}}}}}} of {{US$|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P2284}}|long=no}}.{{wikidata|references|linked|P2284}} In 2024{{nbnd}}2025, 55%<!-- CDS item H2D/H2A --> of students received a [[Student financial aid (United States)|financial aid]] package, with an average award of $67,027<!-- CDS item H2K -->, including 42%<!-- CDS item H6/B2 --> of international students, who received an average award of $79,064<!-- CDS item H6 -->.<ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> The college meets the full demonstrated need of all admitted students, including international students,<ref name="International FAQ">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=International Applicant FAQs |url=https://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/international-applicants/international-applicant-faqs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918223940/https://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/international-applicants/international-applicant-faqs |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref> through grants rather than loans.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Financial Aid |url=https://www.pomona.edu/financial-aid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918223941/https://www.pomona.edu/financial-aid |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College Office of Financial Aid}}</ref> It does not offer [[Scholarship#Types|merit awards]] or [[athletic scholarship]]s.<ref name="CDS 2024–2025" />

==Academics and programs==
[[File:Bridges Hall of Music Interior, Pomona College.png|thumb|[[Bridges Hall of Music]] hosts a variety of performances by the college's musical ensembles.|alt=Bridges Hall of Music interior, with elaborate wood paneling and a pipe organ]]
Pomona offers instruction in the [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts disciplines]] and awards the [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name="Academics at Pomona">{{cite web |title=Academics at Pomona |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7539 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418054417/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7539 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The college operates on a [[academic term|semester system]],<ref name="1902 timeline">{{cite web |title=1902 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1902 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930072404/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1902 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> with a normal course load of four full-[[course credit|credit]] classes per semester.<ref name="Enrollment Policies">{{cite web |title=Enrollment Policies |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7479 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421231046/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7479 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> 32 credits and a C average [[GPA]] are needed to graduate, along with the requirements of a major, a first-year critical inquiry seminar, at least one course in each of six "breadth of study" areas,{{Efn|The six breadth of study areas are:
#Criticism, Analysis, and Contextual Study of Works of the Human Imagination
#Social Institutions and Human Behavior
#History, Values, Ethics and Cultural Studies
#Physical and Biological Sciences
#Mathematical and Formal Reasoning
#Creation and Performance of Works of Art and Literature}} proficiency in a foreign language, two physical education courses, a writing-intensive course, a speaking-intensive course, and an "analyzing difference" course (typically examining a type of [[structural inequality]]).<ref name="Degree requirements">{{cite web |title=Degree Requirements |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7470 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507013648/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7470 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><!-- Majors -->

Pomona offers 48 [[Academic major|majors]],<ref name="Academics at Pomona" /> most of which also have a corresponding [[academic minor|minor]].{{Efn|Students may also petition to create their own custom major.}}<ref name="Majors and Minors">{{cite web |title=Majors and Minors |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7498 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525071803/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7498 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> For the 2023 graduation cohort, 21% of students majored in the arts and humanities, 39% in the natural sciences, 24% in the social sciences, and 16% in interdisciplinary fields.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Completed Majors |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/completed-majors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207112749/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/completed-majors |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> 19% of students completed a double major, 29% completed a minor, and 2% completed multiple minors.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Majors and Minors |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/office-registrar/reports-and-statistics/majors-and-minors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207201727/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/office-registrar/reports-and-statistics/majors-and-minors |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Office of the Registrar |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The college does not permit majoring in pre-professional disciplines such as [[pre-medical|medicine]] or [[pre-law|law]] but offers academic advising for those areas<ref name="Academic Life">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Academic Life at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/new-students/guide/academic-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525071804/https://www.pomona.edu/new-students/guide/academic-life |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Pre-Professional Education">{{cite web |title=Pre-Professional Education |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525071803/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7466 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and [[3‑2 engineering program]]s with <!-- Listed alphabetically -->[[California Institute of Technology]], [[Dartmouth College]], and [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref name="Cooperative Exchange Programs">{{cite web |title=Cooperative Academic Programs |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7465 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525084705/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7465 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 24, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

=== Courses ===
Individually, Pomona offers approximately 650 courses per semester.<ref name="Fact Sheet">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Fact Sheet |url=https://www.pomona.edu/about/fact-sheet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228080347/https://www.pomona.edu/about/fact-sheet |archive-date=February 28, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Additionally, students may take a significant portion{{Efn|Without special advisor approval, first-year students may cross-enroll for one course per semester, and others may cross-enroll for up to 40% of their total credits.}} of their courses at the other Claremont Colleges, enabling access to approximately 2,700 courses total.<ref name="Enrollment Policies" /> The academic calendars and registration procedures across the colleges are synchronized and consolidated,<ref name="The Claremont Colleges">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=The Claremont Colleges |url=https://www.pomona.edu/about/claremont-colleges |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708203327/https://www.pomona.edu/about/claremont-colleges |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=August 20, 2017 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and there are no additional fees for cross-enrollment.<ref name="About the College" /> Students may also create [[independent study]] courses evaluated by faculty mentors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independent Study |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7483 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221215/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7483 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

[[File:Pomona College Millikan Hall.jpg|left|thumb|Estella Laboratory, opened in 2015, houses Pomona's physics, astronomy, and math programs.|alt=Contemporary interior hallway and lounge in Estella Laboratory]]

<!-- Faculty and course character -->All classes at Pomona are taught by professors (as opposed to [[teaching assistant]]s).<ref name="Curriculum">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Our Curriculum |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/about-our-liberal-arts-education/our-curriculum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525080554/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/about-our-liberal-arts-education/our-curriculum |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=155}} The average class size is 15;<ref name="Fact Sheet" /> for the fall 2024 semester, 91% of traditional courses{{efn|The definition of "traditional course" excludes thesis classes, lab sections, and independent study courses.}} had under 30 students, and only four courses had 50 or more students.<!-- CDS item I-3 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> The college employs {{wikidata|property|normal+|current|P1128|P518=Q5428874}} faculty members as of the {{semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P1128|P518=Q5428874|P585}}}} {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P1128|P518=Q5428874|P585}}}} semester,{{wikidata|references|linked|normal+|current|single|P1128|P518=Q5428874}} approximately four-fifths<!-- CDS item I-1 --> of whom are full-time,<ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> resulting in a {{ratio|7|1}}<!-- CDS item I-2; remember to fix "a"/"an" if it changes --> [[Student–teacher ratio|ratio]] of students to [[full-time equivalent]] professors.<ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> Among full-time faculty, 38% are members of racial minority groups, 51% are women, and 96% have a [[doctorate]] or other terminal degree in their field.<!-- CDS item I-1 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> Students and professors often form close relationships,{{sfn|Yee|2014|p=345}}{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=155}}{{sfn|Greene|Greene|2016|pp=551,556}} and the college provides faculty with free meals to encourage them to eat with students.<ref name="Campus life catalog" /> Semesters end with a week-long [[final examination]] period preceded by two [[reading day]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reading Days |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7487 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124022556/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=7487 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The college operates several resource centers to help students develop academic skills in quantitative tasks,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Brown |first=Travis |date=Summer 2014 |title=The Quantitative Skills Center at Pomona College: Year One Review |url=https://www.aacu.org/peerreivew/2014/summer/brown |journal=[[American_Association_of_Colleges_and_Universities#Peer_Review|Peer Review]] |publisher=[[Association of American Colleges and Universities]] |volume=16 |issue=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205231341/https://www.aacu.org/peerreivew/2014/summer/brown |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Quantitative Skills Center |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/quantitative-skills-center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603015406/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/quantitative-skills-center |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> writing,<ref>{{cite news |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Pomona College's Writing Center Receives $250,000 Grant to Support Written, Oral and Visual Literacies |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2019/07/31-pomona-colleges-writing-center-receives-250000-grant-support-written-oral-and-visual-literacies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603015405/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2019/07/31-pomona-colleges-writing-center-receives-250000-grant-support-written-oral-and-visual-literacies |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and foreign languages.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Foreign Language Resource Center |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/foreign-language-resource-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603020909/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/foreign-language-resource-center |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

=== Research, study abroad, and professional development ===
<!-- Research -->More than half of Pomona students conduct research with faculty.<ref name="Fast Facts" /><ref name="Research">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Research at Pomona |url=https://www.pomona.edu/research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419071536/https://www.pomona.edu/research |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The college sponsors an annual Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), in which more than 200 students are paid a stipend of up to $5,600 to conduct research with professors or pursue independent research projects with professorial mentorship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research Opportunities |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=45&navoid=8968 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228044145/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=45&navoid=8968 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Pomona College Catalog |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davidoff |first=Jasper |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Pomona College suspends summer student research program |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-college-suspends-summer-research-program/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605035856/https://tsl.news/pomona-college-suspends-summer-research-program/ |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> The Pomona College Humanities Studio, established in 2018, supports research in the humanities.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=About the Humanities Studio |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/humanities-studio/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603015406/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/humanities-studio/about |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Pomona is home to the Pacific Basin Institute, a [[research institute]] that studies issues pertaining to the [[Pacific Rim]].<ref name="PBI about">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=About the Pacific Basin Institute |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/pacific-basin-institute/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128010945/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/pacific-basin-institute/about |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |website=Pacific Basin Institute |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> <!-- Sentence transcluded from [[Claremont Colleges]] -->{{#section:Claremont Colleges|Hive}}

<!-- Study abroad -->Approximately half of Pomona students study abroad.<ref name="Fast Facts">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Institutional Research Fast Facts |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/fast-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524221135/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/fast-facts |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |access-date=May 24, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, the college offers 68 pre-approved programs in 37 countries.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Study Abroad |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/international-domestic-programs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611220727/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/study-abroad |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Study-away programs are available for Washington, D.C., [[Silicon Valley]], and the [[Marine Biological Laboratory]] in Massachusetts, and semester exchanges are offered at [[Colby College]], [[Spelman College]], and [[Swarthmore College]].<ref name="Cooperative Exchange Programs" />

[[File:Pomona College Career Development Office in April 2023.jpg|thumb|Pomona's Career Development Office is in Alexander Hall.|alt=Alexander Hall exterior, showing the entrance to the Career Development Office]]

The Pomona College Career Development Office (CDO) provides students and alumni with [[Career counseling|career advising]], [[Business networking|networking]], and other pre-professional opportunities. It runs the Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP), which provides stipends for completing unpaid or underpaid internships during the semester or summer; more than <!-- Adding semester + summer figures -->250 students participate annually.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP): Semester |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/job-internship-search/pcip/semester |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605035848/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/job-internship-search/pcip/semester |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |website=Career Development Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP): Summer Experience, International & Domestic |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/job-internship-search/pcip/summer-experience-international-domestic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605041352/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/job-internship-search/pcip/summer-experience-international-domestic |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |website=Career Development Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> The office connects students with alumni for networking and mentoring via the Sagehen Connect platform.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Sagehen Connect |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/exploring-careers/sagehen-connect |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004200600/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/exploring-careers/sagehen-connect |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=Career Development Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> During the 2015{{nbnd}}2016 academic year, 175 employers hosted on-site informational events at the Claremont Colleges and 265 unique organizations were represented in 9 career fairs.<ref name="CareerReport">{{cite web |title=Where Do Grads Go '15–'16 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/cdo-annual-report-2015-2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227203110/https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/cdo-annual-report-2015-2016.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=December 27, 2016 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

===Outcomes===
[[File:Pomona College 2023 alumni weekend dinner.jpg|thumb|Dinner at a Pomona alumni weekend|alt=Pomona alumni eating on Marston Quad at round blue tables with plastic chairs under a translucent tarp with string lights]]

For the {{#expr:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5822|P585}}}}-1}} entering class, {{percent|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P11698}}|1}} of students returned for their second year,{{wikidata|references|linked|P11698}} giving Pomona one of the highest retention rates of any college or university in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freshman Retention Rate {{!}} National Liberal Arts Colleges |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/freshmen-least-most-likely-return |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916094829/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/freshmen-least-most-likely-return |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> For the {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P12469|P585|P12471=1}}}} entering class, {{percent|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P12469|P12471=1}}|1}} of students graduated within four years (among the highest rate of any U.S. college or university<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Highest 4-Year Graduation Rates |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/highest-grad-rate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915140251/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/highest-grad-rate |archive-date=September 15, 2017 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref>) and <!--the following code adds the year for six-year graduation rate if it's misaligned with the four-year rate; if the data is kept up to date, this should not happen-->{{#ifeq:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P12469|P585|P12471=1}}}}|{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P12469|P585|P12471=1.5}}}}||in {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P12469|P585|P12471=1.5}}}}}} {{percent|{{Wikidata|property|raw|P12469|P12471=1.5}}|1}} graduated within six years.<!-- CDS item B4-B21 -->{{wikidata|references|linked|P12469}}

<!--  Graduate schools-->Within 10 years, 81% of Pomona graduates attend [[graduate school|graduate]] or professional school, according to a 2017 alumni survey.<ref name="Fast Facts" /> The college ranked 11th among all U.S. colleges and universities for doctorates awarded to alumni per capita, according to data collected by the [[National Science Foundation]] for 2013 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Survey of Earned Doctorates |url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-research/doctorates-awarded |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909074831/http://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-research/doctorates-awarded |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |via=[[Swarthmore College]]}}</ref> The top destinations between 2009 and 2018 (in order) were the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]; the [[University of California, Berkeley]]; [[Harvard University]]; the [[University of Southern California]]; and [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Post-Pomona Destinations for Graduate and Professional Degrees |url=https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopGradSchools |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223423/https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopGradSchools?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |access-date=February 17, 2023 |website=Office of Institutional Research |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> A 2025 analysis of the schools that send the most students per capita to the highest-ranked U.S. medical, business, and law schools placed Pomona 17th for medical schools,<ref>{{cite book |last=Belasco |first=Andrew |title=Colleges Worth Your Money |last2=Bergman |first2=Dave |last3=Trivette |first3=Michael |last4=Conlin |first4=Kelsea |year=2025 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=979-8881806828 |edition=6th |page=430 |section=Top Feeders – Elite Medicals Schools (MD) |access-date=July 17, 2025 |section-url=https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-medical-school}}</ref> 22nd for business schools,<ref>{{cite book |last=Belasco |first=Andrew |title=Colleges Worth Your Money |last2=Bergman |first2=Dave |last3=Trivette |first3=Michael |last4=Conlin |first4=Kelsea |year=2025 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=979-8881806828 |edition=6th |page=429 |section=Top Feeders – Elite Business Schools (MBA) |access-date=July 17, 2025 |section-url=https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-business-school}}</ref> and 14th for law schools.<ref>{{cite book |last=Belasco |first=Andrew |title=Colleges Worth Your Money |last2=Bergman |first2=Dave |last3=Trivette |first3=Michael |last4=Conlin |first4=Kelsea |year=2025 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=979-8881806828 |edition=6th |page=429 |section=Top Feeders – Elite Law Schools (JD) |section-url=https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-law-school}}</ref>{{update after|2026|07}}

<!-- Careers and finances -->The top industries for graduates are technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; nonprofits; and research.<ref name="After Pomona">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=After Pomona |url=https://www.pomona.edu/after-pomona |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145420/https://www.pomona.edu/after-pomona |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2017 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Where Do Grads Go? |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/where-grads-go |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608052452/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/where-grads-go |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Current Professional Activities of Pomona Alumni |url=https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopIndustries?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:display_spinner=no&:showAppBanner=false&:embed_code_version=3&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=n&:showVizHome=n&:origin=viz_share_link |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608052452/https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopIndustries?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:display_spinner=no&:showAppBanner=false&:embed_code_version=3&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=n&:showVizHome=n&:origin=viz_share_link |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=Office of Institutional Research |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Pomona alumni earn a median early career salary of $73,700 and a median mid-career salary of $146,400, according to 2023 survey data from compensation analytics company [[PayScale]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Salaries for Pomona College Graduates |url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Pomona_College/Salary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827232433/https://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Pomona_College/Salary |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=September 2, 2023 |publisher=[[PayScale]]}}</ref>

<!-- Fellowships -->Pomona ranks among the top producers of recipients of various competitive postgraduate [[fellow]]ships, including the [[Churchill Scholarship]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=The "Hot" Top 10 Most Churchill Scholars (Last 10 Years) |url=http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/publications/AutumnNewsletter2015.pdf?page=6 |url-status=dead |journal=Churchill News |publisher=[[Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States]] |page=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420134953/http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/publications/AutumnNewsletter2015.pdf |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> [[Fulbright Program]],<ref name="Fulbright Chronicle 2007" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Producing Institutions By Year |url=https://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/top-producing-institutions-by-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401051711/https://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/top-producing-institutions-by-year |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=July 23, 2022 |publisher=[[Fulbright Program]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hsu |first=Emma |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Pomona, Pitzer Tie for Second Among Liberal Arts Colleges for Fulbright Awards |url=https://tsl.news/news6537/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613073502/https://tsl.news/news6537/ |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> [[Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater Scholarship]],<!--From Calvin, but mentions Pomona stats--><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Sarah Potter |date=May 26, 2016 |title=Calvin remains national leader in Goldwater Scholars |url=https://calvin.edu/news/archive/calvin-remains-national-leader-in-goldwater-scholars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715211122/https://calvin.edu/news/archive/calvin-remains-national-leader-in-goldwater-scholars |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |publisher=[[Calvin University]]}}</ref> [[Marshall Scholarship]],<ref>{{cite web |title=US Institutions that have received Marshall Scholarships 1954–2019 |url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/us_inst_statistics_2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013151048/http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/us_inst_statistics_2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |publisher=[[Marshall Scholarship]]}}</ref> National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship,<ref>{{cite web |title=Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee List |url=https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821003531/https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=August 20, 2017 |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]]}}</ref> and [[Rhodes Scholarship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Colleges and Universities with U.S. Rhodes Scholarship Winners |url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/office-of-the-american-secretary/us-winners/colleges-and-universities-of-all-us-rhodes-scholars-over-time/ |access-date=May 16, 2025 |publisher=[[Rhodes Scholarship]]}}</ref><!-- List alphabetically. New entries MUST include a source establishing that Pomona is among the top producers of that fellowship. Major fellowships removed because unable to find a ranking: Gates Cambridge, Watson, Truman (not yet an Honor Institution—see https://www.truman.gov/honor-institutions). Please re-add them IF you can find a ranking. -->

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 37
| USNWR_LA = 5
| Wamo_LA = 10
| THE_WSJ = 25
}}

Pomona is considered one of the most prestigious in the country.<section begin=reputation reference/>{{#tag:ref|<!-- See the [[WP:Higher education reputations]] RfC for the consensus in this area. -->Characterizations of the reputation of Pomona College:

* {{cite news |last=Barber |first=Mary |date=November 15, 1987 |title=Claremont Colleges: What began 100 years ago in an empty hotel surrounded by sagebrush has evolved into a unique success in American higher education |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-15-ga-20720-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204316/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-15-ga-20720-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=Several studies rate Pomona as one of the country's best private liberal arts colleges <!-- |ref=none -->}}
* {{cite news |last=Childs |first=Jeremy |date=October 5, 2023 |title=The surprising source of a million-dollar Pomona College scholarship fund: School's beloved registrar |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-05/pomona-college-receives-1-million-donation-from-beloved-registrar-masago-armstrong |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005132958/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-05/pomona-college-receives-1-million-donation-from-beloved-registrar-masago-armstrong |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=prestigious liberal arts school |ref=none}}
* <noinclude>{{harvnb|Fiske|2021|p=154|ps=: "the undisputed star of the Claremont Colleges and one of the top small liberal arts colleges anywhere. This small, elite institution is the top liberal arts college in the West."}}</noinclude><includeonly>{{cite book |last=Fiske |first=Edward B. |title=[[Fiske Guide to Colleges|Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022]] |date=July 6, 2021 |publisher=[[Sourcebooks]] |isbn=978-1-4926-6498-7 |edition=38th |location=Naperville, Illinois |page=154 |quote=the undisputed star of the Claremont Colleges and one of the top small liberal arts colleges anywhere. This small, elite institution is the top liberal arts college in the West. |ref=none}}</includeonly>
* <noinclude>{{harvnb|Goldstein|2017|ps=: "an elite liberal arts school"}}</noinclude><includeonly>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Dana |author-link=Dana Goldstein |date=September 17, 2017 |title=When Affirmative Action Isn't Enough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/us/affirmative-action-college.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204402/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/us/affirmative-action-college.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |quote=an elite liberal arts school |ref=none}}</includeonly>
* <noinclude>{{harvnb|Greene|Greene|2016|p=550|ps=: "the leading liberal arts college west of the Rocky Mountains"}}</noinclude><includeonly>{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Howard |title=[[The Hidden Ivies]] |last2=Greene |first2=Matthew |date=August 16, 2016 |publisher=[[Collins Reference]] |isbn=978-0-06-242090-9 |edition=3rd |location=New York |page=550 |quote=the leading liberal arts college west of the Rocky Mountains |ref=none}}</includeonly>
* {{cite journal |last=Ringenberg |first=William C. |date=December 1978 |title=Review of ''The History of Pomona College, 1887–1969'' |journal=[[The American Historical Review]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |volume=83 |issue=5 |pages=1351–1352 |doi=10.2307/1854869 |jstor=1854869 |quote=one of the most respected undergraduate colleges in America |ref=none}}
* {{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Amy |date=May 22, 1996 |title=Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-22-mn-7046-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-22-mn-7046-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=Considered one of the finest liberal arts institutions in the nation |ref=none}}
<!--Removed because quality contested or not as useful. * {{cite news |last=Sharf |first=Hunter |date=August 2, 2017 |title=Top 25 Colleges in the West 2017 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/huntersharf/2017/08/02/top-25-colleges-in-the-west-2017 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |work=[[Forbes]] |quote=reputation as the finest liberal arts school in the West |ref=none}}
* {{cite news |date=July 27, 2010 |title=David Alexander, longtime president of Pomona College |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-27-la-me-adv-passings-20100726-story.html |access-date=April 7, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=prestigious liberal arts college |ref=none}}
* {{cite news |last=Silverstein |first=Stuart |date=April 6, 2002 |title=Pomona College Head to Retire |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-06-me-pomona6-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204421/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-06-me-pomona6-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |quote=prestigious liberal arts school |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last=Fiske |first=Edward B. |title=The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College |last2=Hammond |first2=Bruce G. |date=July 1, 2007 |publisher=[[Sourcebooks]] |isbn=978-1-4022-3365-4 |location=Naperville, Illinois |page=64 |quote=Long considered the premier liberal arts college in the West. |ref=none}}-->
|name="reputation"}}<section end=reputation reference/> However, among the broader public, it has less name recognition than many larger schools.{{sfn|Yee|2014|p=343}}<ref name="Forbes 2015 ABC">{{cite news |last=Rand |first=Jory |date=July 29, 2015 |title=Forbes ranks Pomona College as top college in US |url=https://abc7.com/forbes-pomona-college-rankings-top-no-1/891944/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520053725/https://abc7.com/forbes-pomona-college-rankings-top-no-1/891944/ |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |work=[[KABC-TV#News programming|ABC 7 Eyewitness News]] |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]]}}</ref>

The 2025 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Colleges Ranking]] places Pomona tied for fifth in the national liberal arts colleges category<!-- Unneeded ref: <ref>{{cite web |title=Pomona College Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/pomona-college-1173/overall-rankings |access-date=September 19, 2020 |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> --> out of 211 colleges.<ref name="Rankings_USNWR_LA" /> 

Pomona has rated similarly in other [[College and university rankings in the United States|college rankings]].{{sfn|Barber|1987}} In 2015, the [[Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges|''Forbes'' ranking]] placed it first among all colleges and universities in the U.S., drawing media attention.<ref>Media coverage:
*{{cite news |last=Bravo |first=Kristina |date=July 30, 2015 |title=Pomona College is No. 1 on Forbes list of best in US |url=https://archive.kpcc.org/news/2015/07/30/53474/pomona-college-is-no-1-on-forbes-list-of-best-in-u |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004230607/https://archive.kpcc.org/news/2015/07/30/53474/pomona-college-is-no-1-on-forbes-list-of-best-in-u/ |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |publisher=[[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] |ref=none}}
*{{cite episode |title=Squawk Box |url=https://archive.org/details/CNBC_20150729_100000_Squawk_Box/start/1850/end/1910 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |series=[[Squawk Box]] |last=Quick |first=Becky |author-link=Becky Quick |last2=Kernen |first2=Joe |author-link2=Joe Kernen |network=[[CNBC]] |date=July 29, 2015 |minutes=30 |via=[[Archive.org]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |ref=none}}
*{{harvnb|Rand|2015}}
*{{cite news |last=Yarbrough |first=Beau |date=July 29, 2015 |title=Pomona College ranked top in nation by Forbes, first Southern California school to do so |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2015/07/29/pomona-college-ranked-top-in-nation-by-forbes-first-southern-california-school-to-do-so |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004221208/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2015/07/29/pomona-college-ranked-top-in-nation-by-forbes-first-southern-california-school-to-do-so/ |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]] |ref=none}}
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*{{cite magazine |date=August 15, 2019 |title=America's Top Colleges 2019 |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028172147/http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#344780b41987 |archive-date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=August 3, 2017 |magazine=Forbes |ref=none}}
*{{cite episode |title=Weekends with Alex Witt |url=https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20150802_160000_Weekends_With_Alex_Witt/start/1560/end/1620 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |series=[[Weekends with Alex Witt]] |last=Witt |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Witt |network=[[MSNBC]] |date=August 2, 2015 |minutes=26 |via=[[Archive.org]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |ref=none}}--></ref> <!-- 

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==People==

=== Admissions ===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year               = 2024 <!-- Comparison year is automatically set to five years prior -->
|ref                =<ref name="CDS 2024–2025">{{cite web |title=Pomona College 2024–2025 Common Data Set |url=https://pomona.app.box.com/s/sb56uynkgllh55al0hkv661suzqrl7n7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241213234446/https://pomona.app.box.com/s/sb56uynkgllh55al0hkv661suzqrl7n7 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|change ref         =<ref>{{cite web |title=Pomona College 2019–2020 Common Data Set |url=https://pomona.app.box.com/s/8z4ejc4j4wxgootptto57x9qd915n0w7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241213234433/https://pomona.app.box.com/s/8z4ejc4j4wxgootptto57x9qd915n0w7 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Fast Facts" /><!-- Fast facts reference has test score medians; CDS has everything else. -->
|admit rate         = 7.0%<!-- CDS item C1 -->
|admit rate change  = -0.4
|yield rate         = 50%<!-- CDS item C1 -->
|yield rate change  = -4

|test optional      = recent
|SAT EBRW           = 740–770<!-- CDS item C9; use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT EBRW change    = 40
|SAT Math           = 750–790<!-- CDS item C9; use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT Math change    = 30
|ACT                = 33–35<!-- CDS item C9; use an em-dash (–) -->
|ACT change         = 1

|top decile         = 90%<!-- CDS item C10 -->
|top decile change  = -3
|top quarter        = 99%<!-- CDS item C10 -->
|top quarter change = -1
|top half           = 100%<!-- CDS item C10 -->
|top half change    = 0
}}

Pomona offers three routes for students to apply: the [[Common Application]], the [[QuestBridge]] application, and the [[Coalition Application]]. Applicants who want an earlier, binding decision can apply via [[early decision]] I or II; others apply through regular decision.<ref name="Application overview">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Application Overview |url=https://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/application-overview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226172950/https://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/first-year-applicants |archive-date=February 26, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref> Additionally, the college enrolls two 10-student<!--Used to support cohort size--><ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2019 |url=https://www.possefoundation.org/uploads/reports/Annual-Report_2019.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521002532/https://www.possefoundation.org/uploads/reports/Annual-Report_2019.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=[[Posse Foundation]]}}</ref> [[Posse Foundation]] cohorts, from Chicago and Miami, in each class.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Academic Cohorts at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/academic-support-resources/academic-cohorts-pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521002533/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/academic-support-resources/academic-cohorts-pomona-college |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Pomona considers various factors in its [[College admissions in the United States|admissions process]], placing greatest importance on course rigor, class rank, [[GPA]], application essays, recommendations, extracurricular activities, talent, and character. Test scores, [[First-generation college students in the United States|first generation]] status, geographic residence, volunteer work, and work experience are considered. [[Legacy preferences|Alumni relationships]], religious affiliation, and level of interest are not considered.<!-- CDS item C7 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> Admission is [[need-blind admission|need-blind]] for students who are U.S. citizens, [[permanent resident]]s, [[DACA]] recipients, undocumented, or graduates of a U.S. high school, and need-aware for international students.<ref name="International FAQ" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Undocumented and DACA Applicants |url=http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/daca-applicants.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030104226/http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/apply/daca-applicants.aspx |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |access-date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref> The college is part of many coalitions and initiatives targeted at [[Affirmative action in the United States|recruiting underrepresented demographics]].<ref name="White House commitments" /><ref name="NYT affirmative action">{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Dana |author-link=Dana Goldstein |date=September 17, 2017 |title=When Affirmative Action Isn't Enough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/us/affirmative-action-college.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407204402/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/us/affirmative-action-college.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> 

The college admitted {{percentage|{{Wikidata|property|P5822}}|1|1|pad=yes}} of applicants for the {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5822|P585}}}} entering class<!--the following code adds the year for the yield rate data if it's misaligned with the acceptance rate data; if the data is kept up to date, this should not happen-->{{#ifeq:{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P5822|P585}}}}|{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P10263|P585}}}}|,{{wikidata|references|single|linked|P5822}} {{percentage|{{Wikidata|property|P10263}}|1|1|pad=yes}}<!-- CDS item C1 --> of whom|;{{wikidata|references|single|linked|P5822}} in {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P10263|P585}}}}, {{percentage|{{Wikidata|property|P10263}}|1|1|pad=yes}}<!-- CDS item C1 --> of admitted applicants}} [[Yield (college admissions)|chose to enroll]].{{wikidata|references|single|linked|P10263}} The number of [[College transfer|transfer]] applicants admitted has varied by year; in 2024, Pomona admitted 44 of 509 applicants (8.6%).<!-- CDS item D2 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /><!-- Please do not add SAT scores, class rank, and related statistics here. That information is presented in the #Student body section. -->

===Student body===
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| caption = {{center|Race and ethnicity of students (spring 2025 semester)<sup>†</sup><ref name="Registrar student body spring 2025">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Student Body |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/registrar/reports-statistics/student-body |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154908/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/registrar/reports-statistics/student-body |archive-date=October 6, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}<!-- Note: Transfer to Wikidata once [[wikidata:Wikidata:Property proposal/subpopulation 2]] is approved, to help with updating and remove duplicate reference (see also [[phab:T274432]]). --></ref>{{update after|2025|9}}}}
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{{as of|alt=As of the {{semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}}} {{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}}} semester|{{YEAR|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}}}}}, Pomona's student body <!-- determine verb based on whether data current -->{{if this semester|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P2196|P585}}|consists|consisted}} of {{Wikidata|property|single|linked|P2196}} degree-seeking undergraduate students and a token number of non–degree seeking students.{{Wikidata|references|single|linked|P2196}} Compared to its closest liberal arts peers, Pomona has been characterized as laid back, academically oriented, mildly quirky, and politically liberal.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=154–155}}

The student body is roughly evenly split between men and women,{{Wikidata|references|single|linked|P2196}} and 91% of students are under 22 years old.<ref name="College Factual Diversity">{{cite web |title=Pomona Diversity & Demographics |url=https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520072300/https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pomona-college/student-life/diversity/ |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |website=College Factual}}</ref> Approximately<!-- "Approximately" because non-degree seeking students and students with unknown ethnicity are not counted. Multiracial students are counted as non-white. --> 65% of domestic students are non-white and 14% of students are international,<!-- Note: Transfer to Wikidata once [[wikidata:Wikidata:Property proposal/subpopulation 2]] is approved, to help with updating and remove duplicate reference (see also [[phab:T274432]]). --><ref name="Registrar student body spring 2025" /> making Pomona one of the most racially and ethnically diverse colleges in the U.S.<ref name="Opening doors JKCF">{{cite news |last=Glynn |first=Jennifer |date=September 2017 |title=Opening Doors: How Selective Colleges and Universities Are Expanding Access for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students |url=https://www.jkcf.org/research/opening-doors-how-selective-colleges-and-universities-are-expanding-access-for-high-achieving-low-income-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514072054/https://www.jkcf.org/research/opening-doors-how-selective-colleges-and-universities-are-expanding-access-for-high-achieving-low-income-students/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |publisher=[[Jack Kent Cooke Foundation]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Greene|Greene|2016|p=550}}<ref name="Niche diverse">{{cite web |title=2022 Most Diverse Colleges in America |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/most-diverse-colleges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011215214/https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/most-diverse-colleges/ |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=October 12, 2021 |publisher=[[Niche (company)|Niche]]}}</ref><ref name="Diversity Singapore">{{cite book |last=Nishimura |first=Mikiko |title=Doing Liberal Arts Education: The Global Case Studies |last2=Kim |first2=Allen |last3=Bhatt |first3=Bhuwan Shankar |date=2019 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |isbn=978-981-13-2877-0 |location=Singapore |page=113 |chapter=Policies and Practices of Diversity and Inclusion in Liberal Arts Colleges}}</ref> The geographic origins of the student body are also diverse,{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=154–155}}<ref name="College Factual Diversity" /> with all 50 U.S. states, the major U.S. territories, and more than 60 foreign countries represented.<ref name="Accreditation report">{{cite web |title=Team Report, Thematic Pathway for Reaffirmation of Accreditation |url=https://wascsenior.box.com/shared/static/1nc2c911hv96orcba7ng13e88uzmqp9s.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124022609/https://public.boxcloud.com/d/1/b1!Tvssxp68wDvucl6Np89U3wZ2DN3sZgcTC7Nk3UWvEZvpBAGXJVmDAgYP2If74KAwnN-c6ZSv9iW7SQthGr8gzZ_tBcBw47YYQarn0OJYBI9PxW8A0uWzrper9WLA0KUQzTU9VlyLRyEcK8OtSpHpspnsJprlLKoe36Zr9e1uUn4rAXRuJWejc8-cZueLTy6R8XIRu9Un9B8kn-KnR5e6k8jW2k49aspGpT-JE70h6Ivtj620u2seIiSeaJ_iZvBPLWwt7Lh_aZCajT-N0YfqQLD3aIb2xZRn_Nto7jmEpCLfS1i6dYg3Cme4s-eQxLwdi5Z5k5Hba1mu0Hf5CKcJY1J-zSDBbZLY2tHD9SMHUe9potYe0GWXjID3AerWsPqfQwAibyJcWal8PDiPr7PIVwmo9zg8Pa4R7dKijb_dyQ31Wz3-LTS1pvKMYvl32l230MlzveRVOIOTknOQq-8dv7hWAdGOdrD_IgHPJoJBzpcXIiQMkTGpaR8Jk9aHiL6j3SrkhSEs0sg3T-kOhO3a_1W7b1dB-a8lMkdKAlkvTjle8Wc2sQPCT7CloZ_dMYKFm6JbnuTBvTUSJfGJYRQXa43KY3s1MOGS-Onj74THLpGw4j-pXgfxiRbw3eR0m8dphUPUudYK3AzjjPUtM3mqTY-ZT_VvVAoWQLlfeZ1nrpduAGq29Opg3KMn0VatNwJHhmdLhXEx3riC6WaCvtv8so_b26t2rBqBiJtnUqbxvL8TVAVV4Gi0UUu3nl5PwvH8ZyDkBx9mHRqWqZO52WR68QoFMgNq2zuP5LwWx5GJLWt-DB202E0m9ZWM3t6RQmLJnhYWPQwsT4BbNLe78Nz1ZZQV3T3MCg3LSrEakmWWurPeDYnxmK-wYrMyQYaugZkBuxEMYssQCO1bdCUhLFF5okyrYZZRyG_LwI1rNyW21tJGXH1ZAXX7RdLUewx_DSTDDvm6URKZUA2QsAh3C_cs_2IuiE6NyXxPbyXU_M0cTFwz81GSDJKDhXg5_FtUhi9OpuHlPwJ-iF2MxtwPkxwNyeEaq0MvfyBofWsR-nDqfck4mBFKuVTKLKYfEGchzgHF6gHD2EKp4fxR5Mxxn273gXkOn8fPHsSHiJkprn5iSGchuuPggmv7-TDjlBsWuMNjDVNFzFK86nyBIpZefsm84uyW3lnOQnq87zsDN3SonZkNvYsP255TVFLn5XyYFETyl3wOEq7N8pwUC4AraG4FizhrnlS_MXUIvqVXgcnqMzhkjLaezmS2509Z9YwmdE2Qh1CeBiDreQ2wVNQWf0hjoo8PN0NraHD_n-oCr7v6yhfGdiUW8gYYQupU6KJeA8KRQeY2-zMEnrO8VzKCs7Ds2JExY1yDApl7_CdPkWYEuI1KSuAK8PCdHiqtuhBAqsd7WyU7HlEx1Eg8W9MeZEdJYfHICT-G1BEU_C6zyN2p/download |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |publisher=[[WASC Senior College and University Commission]]}}</ref><ref name="Who goes">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Profile: Who Goes to Pomona? |url=https://www.pomona.edu/about/profile-who-goes-pomona |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129083744/https://www.pomona.edu/about/profile-who-goes-pomona |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2024 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Students from California make up 31%, with sizable concentrations from the other western states.<ref name="Who goes" /> The median family income of students was $166,500 {{As of|2013|lc=y}}, with 52% of students coming from the top 10% highest-earning families and 22% from the bottom 60%.<ref name="NYT mobility index">{{cite news |last=Aisch |first=Gregor |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Cox |first3=Amanda |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |date=January 18, 2017 |title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Pomona |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001062849/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/pomona-college |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The college has been increasing its enrollment of low-income students since the early 2000s,<ref name="Oxtoby black students" /><ref name="Historical enrollment trends">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Historical Enrollment Trends |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/historical-enrollment-trends |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004225332/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/information-center/historical-enrollment-trends |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=Office of Institutional Research |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and was ranked second among all private institutions and eighth among all institutions in ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} 2017 College Access Index, a measure of economic diversity.<ref name="NYT 2017 CAI">{{cite news |date=May 25, 2017 |title=Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/25/sunday-review/opinion-pell-table.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424233131/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/25/sunday-review/opinion-pell-table.html |archive-date=April 24, 2018 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Various religious and spiritual beliefs are represented among students, with many leaning [[Secularism|secular]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wood |first=Mark |date=August 3, 2016 |title=Stray Thoughts: Faith and Spirituality |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2016/summer/stray-thoughts-faith-and-spirituality/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307214632/http://magazine.pomona.edu/2016/summer/stray-thoughts-faith-and-spirituality/ |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=52 |issue=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Frishtick |first=Jennie |title=Liberal Arts, Religion, and Irreligion: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Student Religiosity and Secularity at the Claremont Colleges |date=May 28, 2016 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |publisher=[[Scripps College]] |url=https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/834/ |pages=43–44 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020222017/https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/834/ |url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Best available sexual orientation data is https://2028survey.tsl.news/demographics.html, which seems unreliable. It'd be good to add something if more reliable data comes out. -->

<!-- Warning: When updating this section, use data only from entering class, not admitted class. -->Among students in the 2024 entering class who submitted test scores, the middle 50% scored 740{{nbnd}}770 on the [[SAT]] evidence-based reading and writing section, 750{{nbnd}}790 on the SAT math section, and 33{{nbnd}}35 on the [[ACT (test)|ACT]].<!-- CDS item C9 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" /> Among students with an official high school class rank, <!-- [Commented out since last available for class of 2026; if restored, also restore Oxford comma.] 31% were [[valedictorian]]s,<ref name="Who goes" /> --> 90% ranked in the top tenth and 99%<!-- if 100%, use "all" --> ranked in the top quarter.<!-- CDS item C10 --><ref name="CDS 2024–2025" />

===Noted alumni and faculty===
{{Main list|List of Pomona College people}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders floatleft" style="border:2px solid #{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Pomona College}};"
|+Alumni<!-- Please add only the very most significant alumni here; others can go at [[List of Pomona College people]]. -->
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" |Name
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" data-sort-type="isoDate" |Class
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" |Notability
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" |{{Reference heading}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David P.|Barrows}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1894
|Anthropologist, educator
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1894 timeline">{{cite web |title=1894 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807050341/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1894 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Barrows (David P.) Papers |url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2f59n67s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605122409/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2f59n67s/ |archive-date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |website=[[Online Archive of California]] |publisher=[[California Digital Library]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chen|Hansheng||Chen Hansheng<!-- Chinese name, so last name is Chen. -->}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1920
|Chinese social scientist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Gittings |first=John |date=April 1, 2004 |title=Chen Han-seng: Chinese social scientist who witnessed a century of change |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828005333/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries |archive-date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2009 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Joel|McCrea}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1928
|[[Western (genre)|Westerns]] film actor
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1928 timeline" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Flint |first=Peter B. |date=October 21, 1990 |title=Joel McCrea, Actor, Dies at 84; A Casual, Amiable Leading Man |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/21/obituaries/joel-mccrea-actor-dies-at-84-a-casual-amiable-leading-man.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121231232/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/21/obituaries/joel-mccrea-actor-dies-at-84-a-casual-amiable-leading-man.html |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=38}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Cage}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1932<sup>‡</sup>
|[[Avant-garde]] composer
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Swed |first=Mark |date=August 31, 2012 |title=John Cage's genius an L.A. story |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-john-cage-htmlstory.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404001657/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-john-cage,0,3501401.htmlstory |archive-date=April 4, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="1930 timeline">{{cite web |title=1930 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212028/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1930 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Taylor|dab=American actor}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1933
| Film actor
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1933 timeline">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=1933 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050440/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1933 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 9, 1969 |title=Robert Taylor, 57, Is Dead of Cancer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/09/archives/robert-taylor-57-is-dead-of-cancer-robert-taylor-30-years-in-films.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129182742/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/09/archives/robert-taylor-57-is-dead-of-cancer-robert-taylor-30-years-in-films.html |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=November 29, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=1, 47}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Alan|Cranston}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1936<sup>‡</sup>
|U.S. senator ({{USpolabbr|D|CA}})
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1936 timeline">{{cite web |title=1936 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807045825/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1936 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=[[Senate Historical Office]] |title=Cranston, Alan |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000877 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930084151/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000877 |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |website=[[Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]] |publisher=[[U.S. Government Publishing Office]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|James H.|Howard}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1937
|World War II [[Flying ace|ace pilot]]
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Blackstock |first=Joe |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Veterans Day is a good time to remember Inland Valley heroes |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/11/10/veterans-day-is-a-good-time-to-remember-inland-valley-heroes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122211003/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/11/10/veterans-day-is-a-good-time-to-remember-inland-valley-heroes/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=March 22, 1995 |title=Gen. James Howard, 81, Dies; Medal Winner in Aerial Combat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/22/obituaries/gen-james-howard-81-dies-medal-winner-in-aerial-combat.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607023348/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3DD1630F931A15750C0A963958260&scp |archive-date=June 7, 2008 |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=B8}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|dab=conductor}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1938
|Choir conductor
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1938 timeline">{{cite web |title=1938 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1938 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050437/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1938 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Art|Clokey}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1943<sup>‡</sup>
|[[Stop motion]] animator
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1943 timeline">{{cite web |title=1943 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050411/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1943 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gilbertsen |first=Christian |date=February 12, 2010 |title=Arthur Clokey Dies: Pomona alumnus and creator of Gumby dies at 88 |url=https://tsl.news/news1204/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050404/https://tsl.news/news1204/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Roy E.|Disney}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1951
|[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] executive
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1951 timeline">{{cite web |title=1951 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1951 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807015752/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1951 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Richard|Chamberlain}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1956
|Film actor, singer
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1956 timeline">{{cite web |title=1956 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1956 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173809/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1956 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Towne}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1956
|[[New Hollywood]] screenwriter
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1956 timeline" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kris|Kristofferson}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1958
|[[Outlaw country]] singer
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1958 timeline" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|James|Turrell}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1965
|[[Light and Space]] artist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="1965 timeline">{{cite web |title=1965 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173952/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1965 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Turrell LAT" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Myrlie|Evers‑Williams}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1968
|[[Civil rights movement|Civil rights]] activist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Myrlie Evers-Williams |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/evers_myrlie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206060459/http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/evers_myrlie/ |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |website=The Mississippi Writers Page |publisher=[[University of Mississippi]]}}</ref><ref name="1968 timeline">{{cite web |title=1968 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1968 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807013804/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1968 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bill|Keller}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1970
|''[[The New York Times]]'' editor
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Canter |first=Leslie |date=November 12, 2010 |title=Trustee Profile: Bill Keller, N.Y. Times Executive Editor |url=https://tsl.news/news1728/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922205914/https://tsl.news/news1728/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="1970 timeline">{{cite web |title=1970 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1970s/1970 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027174430/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1970s/1970 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Marianne|Williamson}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1974<sup>‡</sup>
|Self-help author, activist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Palaniappan |first=Sruthi |last2=Kaji |first2=Mina |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Marianne Williamson: Everything you need to know about the 2020 presidential candidate |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marianne-williamson-oprah-confidant-author-spiritual-teacher-presidential/story?id=60709204 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826120945/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marianne-williamson-oprah-confidant-author-spiritual-teacher-presidential/story?id=60709204 |archive-date=August 26, 2020 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jennifer|Doudna}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1985
|Biochemist, [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Engineer |first=Anushe |date=October 7, 2020 |title=Pomona College alumna wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-college-alum-awarded-nobel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024002235/https://tsl.news/pomona-college-alum-awarded-nobel/ |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 8, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Peltier |first=Elian |date=October 7, 2020 |title=Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Genome Editing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008094313/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=October 7, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Brian|Schatz}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1994
| U.S. senator ({{USpolabbr|D|HI}})
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gettinger |first=Steve |date=March 28, 2013 |title=The Sudden Senator |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2013/spring/the-sudden-senator/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018010422/https://magazine.pomona.edu/2013/spring/the-sudden-senator/ |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=49 |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=[[Senate Historical Office]] |title=Schatz, Brian Emanuel |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001194 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020231027/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001194 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |website=[[Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]] |publisher=[[U.S. Government Publishing Office]]}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="4" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Pomona College}}; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>‡</sup>&nbsp;Did not graduate from Pomona</small>
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders floatright" style="border:2px solid #{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Pomona College}};"
|+Faculty<!-- Please add only the very most significant faculty here; others can go at [[List of Pomona College people]]. As a rough rule of thumb, there should be a chance that a random person with no special interest in the listee's field might have heard of them. Be particularly picky about professors who taught only in brief visiting roles. -->
|-
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" | Name
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" | Active&nbsp;tenure
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" | Notability
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Pomona College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" | {{Reference heading}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Leonard|Pronko}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1957–2014
| [[Kabuki]] scholar
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 2019 |title=In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance Leonard Pronko |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2019/12/02-memoriam-professor-emeritus-theatre-and-dance-leonard-pronko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112234404/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2019/12/02-memoriam-professor-emeritus-theatre-and-dance-leonard-pronko |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 20, 2019 |title=Leonard Cabell Pronko |url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/obituaries/t34913-pronko |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113034341/https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/obituaries/t34913-pronko |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=[[Claremont Courier]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Michael|Armacost}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1960s<!-- please put the more specific years if you find them -->
| U.S. ambassador
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Faculty Spotlight: Michael Armacost |url=https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-michael-armacost |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121055053/https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-michael-armacost |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |work=[[Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center]] |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Stanley|Crouch}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{circa|1969|1975|sortable=yes}}
| Cultural critic
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Boynton |first=Robert S. |date=October 30, 1995 |title=Stanley Crouch: The Professor of Connection |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/11/06/the-professor-of-connection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415000619/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/11/06/the-professor-of-connection |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 17, 2020 |title=In Memoriam: English Professor Stanley Crouch |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2020/09/17-memoriam-english-professor-stanley-crouch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124022601/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2020/09/17-memoriam-english-professor-stanley-crouch |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bobby|Bradford}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1974–2021
| Jazz musician
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Seven Pomona College Faculty Members Retire |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2021/07/09-seven-pomona-college-faculty-members-retire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128073935/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2021/07/09-seven-pomona-college-faculty-members-retire |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Frank|Gibney}}
| style="text-align:center;" | {{circa|1979|2006|sortable=yes}}
| Journalist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=April 14, 2006 |title=Frank Gibney, 81, Writer and Authority on Asia, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/us/frank-gibney-81-writer-and-authority-on-asia-dies.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426224426/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/us/14gibney.html |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Woo |first=Elaine |date=April 14, 2006 |title=Frank Gibney, 81; American Expert on Japan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-me-gibney14-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127204318/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-me-gibney14-story.html |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gregg|Popovich}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1979–1988
| Basketball coach
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Matthew |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Long before NBA titles, Spurs' Popovich says he 'fell in love' with DIII lifestyle at Pomona-Pitzer |url=https://tsl.news/gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-nba-basketball-pomona-pitzer-diii-division-iii/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722090838/https://tsl.news/gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-nba-basketball-pomona-pitzer-diii-division-iii/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Samuel H.|Yamashita}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1983–present
| Historian
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Samuel H. Yamashita |url=https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/samuel-h-yamashita |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513010424/https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/samuel-h-yamashita |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David Foster|Wallace}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2002–2008
| Essayist, novelist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="2008 timeline" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Claudia|Rankine}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006–2015
| Poet
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Claudia Rankine |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2016/claudia-rankine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410185658/https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2016/claudia-rankine |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2020 |publisher=[[MacArthur Foundation]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jonathan|Lethem}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011–present
| Novelist
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ellis |first=Lee |date=April 23, 2010 |title=Lethem Goes to Inland Empire |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lethem-goes-to-inland-empire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919072750/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lethem-goes-to-inland-empire |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |access-date=September 22, 2020 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Peters |first=Cynthia |date=April 22, 2010 |title=Jonathan Lethem Appointed Disney Professor of Creative Writing at Pomona College |url=http://pomona.edu/news/2010/04/22-jonathan-lethem.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306043419/http://pomona.edu/news/2010/04/22-jonathan-lethem.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=September 22, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Cameron|Munter}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013–2015
| U.S. ambassador
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Kalow |first=Jared |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Former U.S. Ambassador Cameron Munter To Teach International Relations at Pomona |url=https://tsl.news/news2496/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027232420/https://tsl.news/news2496/ |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cameron Munter |url=https://www.eastwest.ngo/profile/cameron-munter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823093235/https://www.eastwest.ngo/profile/cameron-munter |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020 |publisher=[[EastWest Institute]]}}</ref>
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| colspan="4" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Pomona College}}; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>†</sup>&nbsp;Also an alumnus of the college</small> -->
|}
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==Student life==

=== Residential life ===
[[File:Dialynas Hall common room.jpg|thumb|left|Common room in a Dialynas Hall suite<br />{{panorama link|Dialynas Hall common room photosphere.jpg}}|alt=Room in Dialynas Hall with sofas, a coffee table, a refrigerator, and plants. There is light streaming through two open windows, a warm earth-toned color palette, and an exposed concrete column.]]<!-- Alternative option: [[File:Harwood_Court_at_Pomona_College.jpg|thumb|left|Harwood Court, a South Campus residence hall<br />{{panorama link|Harwood Court courtyard panorama.jpg}}|alt=Harwood Hall, partially obscured by tropical greenery]] -->

Pomona is a residential campus, and nearly all students live on campus for all four years in one of the college's sixteen residence halls.<ref name="Residence halls">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Residence Halls at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/housing-residence-life/residential-life/residence-halls-pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512091712/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/housing-residence-life/residential-life/residence-halls-pomona-college |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> All first-year students live on South Campus, and most third- and fourth-year students live on North Campus.<ref name="Residence halls" /> Housing is offered in various configurations, including singles, one-room or two-room doubles, and "friendship suites" consisting of a cluster of rooms, often around a central common area.<ref name="Residence halls" /> All incoming students are placed into a sponsor group, with ten to twenty peers and two or three upper-class "sponsors"<ref name="Voices sponsor groups">{{cite news |last=Flores |first=Feather |date=March 30, 2014 |title=Anatomy of a Sponsor Group |url=http://voices.pomona.edu/2014/03/anatomy-of-a-sponsor-group/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120121855/http://voices.pomona.edu/2014/03/anatomy-of-a-sponsor-group/ |archive-date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=Voices |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref><ref name="Sponsor groups official">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Residence Life at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/housing-residence-life/residential-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924091325/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/housing-residence-life/residential-life |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> tasked with easing the transition to college life but not enforcing rules (a duty given to [[resident advisor]]s).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Poremski |first=Karen M. |date=1991 |title=Building awareness and diversity into student life: Pomona College |journal=Liberal Education |publisher=[[Association of American Colleges and Universities]] |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=38–40 |id={{EBSCOhost|9608140250}}}}</ref><!-- Excess ref: <ref name="Sponsor">"{{cite web |title=Sponsor Groups |url=http://www.pomona.edu/life-on-campus/new-students/sponsor-groups.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818052650/http://pomona.edu/life-on-campus/new-students/sponsor-groups.aspx |archive-date=August 18, 2013 |access-date=August 15, 2013 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> --><ref name="Not equipped TSL">{{cite news |last=Davidoff |first=Jasper |date=April 5, 2019 |title=Pomona sponsors say they're not equipped to handle sexual assault, mental health issues |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-sponsors-reporting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929202701/https://tsl.news/pomona-sponsors-reporting/ |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news |last=Friedersdorf |first=Conor |author-link=Conor Friedersdorf |date=November 25, 2014 |title=Nudging College Students to Prevent Rape and Sexual Assault |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/nudging-college-students-to-help-stop-rape-and-sexual-assault/383151/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023124303/https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/nudging-college-students-to-help-stop-rape-and-sexual-assault/383151/ |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |work=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> Sponsor groups often share activities such as "fountaining", a tradition in which students are thrown into a campus fountain on their birthday.<ref name="Fountaining steps">{{cite news |last=Gee |first=Bryan |date=November 20, 2013 |title=Five Steps to a Fountaining |url=https://voices.pomona.edu/2013/11/five-steps-to-a-fountaining/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408093826/https://voices.pomona.edu/2013/11/five-steps-to-a-fountaining/ |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |work=Voices |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref> The program dates back to 1927 for women and was expanded in 1950 to include men.<ref name="1927 timeline">{{cite web |title=1927 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125051156/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1927 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="1950 timeline">{{cite web |title=1950 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1950 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925232101/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1950 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Pomona's social scene is intertwined with that of the other {{abbr|5Cs|Five Colleges}}, with many activities and events shared between the colleges.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=146–147}} The college's [[Alcohol use among college students|alcohol policies]] are aimed at encouraging responsible consumption and include a strict ban of [[Liquor|hard liquor]] on South Campus.{{sfn|Yee|2014|p=347}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Davidoff |first=Jasper |date=October 11, 2019 |title=Pomona cited more students for alcohol policy violations in 2018 than other 5Cs combined |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-alcohol-policy-violations-clery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416015746/https://tsl.news/pomona-alcohol-policy-violations-clery/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> Dedicated substance-free housing is also offered.<ref name="Residence halls" /> Overall, drinking culture is present but does not dominate over other elements of campus life,{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=156}}{{sfn|Yee|2014|pp=346–347}} nor does athletics culture.<ref name="Amplified">{{cite book |last=Hurst |first=Allison L. |author-link=Allison Hurst |title=Amplified Advantage: Going to a "Good" College in an Era of Inequality |date=October 18, 2019 |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |isbn=978-1-4985-8966-6 |location=Lanham, Maryland |pages=19–20}}</ref>{{sfn|Yee|2014|p=350}} Violations of the student code are typically handled by the student-run Judicial Council, known as "J-Board".<ref name="Student code">{{cite web |title=Pomona College Student Code |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=38&navoid=7668 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726211754/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=38&navoid=7668 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schwab |first=Anna |date=February 26, 2016 |title=Demystifying Pomona's J-Board |url=https://tsl.news/opinions5524/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726211744/https://tsl.news/opinions5524/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>

[[File:Frary Dining Hall during the holidays.jpg|thumb|Frary Dining Hall on North Campus is the largest of Pomona's three dining halls.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Dining Halls |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining/menus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521035255/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining/menus |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><br />{{Panorama link|Frary Dining Hall 360-degree view.jpg}}|alt=Interior of Frary Dining Hall]]

Pomona's dining services are run in house.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Dining Services |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521044734/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/dining |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> All on-campus students are required to have a meal plan,<ref name="Dining policies">{{cite web |title=Dining Services Policies and Procedures |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=38&navoid=7717 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521032229/https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=38&navoid=7717 |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> which can be used at any of the Claremont Colleges' seven buffet-style dining halls.{{Efn|Meal plan credits can also be used for takeout meals<ref name="Food sustainability">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Food |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/on-campus/food |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029185145/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/on-campus/food |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |website=Sustainability Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> or at Claremont McKenna's [[Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum|Athenaeum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Athenaeum Policies for Speaker Events |url=https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athenaeum-policies-for-speaker-events |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521032229/https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athenaeum-policies-for-speaker-events |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=[[Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum]] |publisher=[[Claremont McKenna College]]}}</ref>}} The menus emphasize sustainable and healthy options, and the food quality is generally praised.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=156}}{{sfn|Yee|2014|p=349}} Every night Sunday through Wednesday, Frary Dining Hall opens for a late-night snack.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoving |first=Becky |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Pomona frequently cancels snack, concerns students |url=https://tsl.news/pomona-frequently-cancels-snack-concerns-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924185817/https://tsl.news/pomona-frequently-cancels-snack-concerns-students/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shulock |first=Anne |date=Winter 2007 |title=Snacktime |url=http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmwin07/FSsnack.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219185247/http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/pcmwin07/FSsnack.shtml |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=41 |issue=2}}</ref><!-- Excessive references: <ref>{{cite web |title=Snack |url=http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/snack.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304114212/http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/snack.aspx |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Holstein |first=Danielle |date=February 28, 2013 |title=Snack |url=https://voices.pomona.edu/2013/02/snack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304041612/https://voices.pomona.edu/2013/02/snack/ |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=Voices |publisher=Pomona College Office of Admissions}}</ref><ref name="1996 timeline">{{cite web |title=1996 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1990s/1996 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> --> Meal plans also include "Flex Dollars" usable at the various campus eateries, including the Coop Fountain, Coop Store, and sit-down Café 47 in the {{abbr|SCC|Smith Campus Center}}.<ref name="Dining on campus">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Dining on Campus |url=https://www.pomona.edu/life-at-pomona/dining |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124144649/https://www.pomona.edu/life-at-pomona/dining |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |access-date=November 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

===Campus organizations===
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| alt1              = Diagonal line of dancers in white and black with sunglasses, standing with legs crossed and arms pointing stiffly down
| image2            = "Bio-Digital Jazzbot" performance at Pomona College (cropped).jpg
| alt2              = Group of dancers in black and metallic colors in exaggerated running poses pointing in various directions
| image3            = "The Other America" performance at Pomona College (cropped).jpg
| alt3              = Dancers in brown facing the audience, holding handwritten black-and-white signs saying "no justice," "no peace," and "can you hear me?"
| footer            = Scenes from a Pomona spring dance concert
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Some extracurricular organizations at Pomona are specific to the college, whereas others are open to students at all of the Claremont Colleges.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=146–147}} In total, there are nearly 300 clubs and organizations across the {{abbr|5Cs|Five Colleges}}.<ref name="5C clubs Engage">{{cite web |title=Organizations |url=https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820120423/https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Engage @ Claremont |publisher=The Claremont Colleges}}</ref>

The [[Associated Students of Pomona College]] (ASPC) is Pomona's official [[Student governments in the United States|student government]].{{sfn|Lyon|1977|pp=110–111}}{{sfn|Lyon|1977}} Composed of elected representatives and appointed committee members, ASPC distributes funding for clubs and organizations, represents the student body in discussions with the administration, runs student programming (such as the Yule Ball dance<ref>{{cite news |last=Sun |first=Sophia |date=February 2, 2018 |title=Pomona's Yule Ball Turns into Yule Brawl |url=https://tsl.news/news7208/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110222315/https://tsl.news/news7208/ |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> and [[Traditions of Pomona College#Ski-Beach Day|Ski-Beach Day]]<ref name="PEC Engage">{{cite web |title=Pomona Events Committee |url=https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/PEC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110222302/https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/PEC |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |website=Engage @ Claremont |publisher=The Claremont Colleges}}</ref>) through the Pomona Events Committee (PEC), and provides various student services such as an airport rideshare program.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rod |first=Marc |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Controversy Over Free Airport Ride Program Takes Off |url=https://tsl.news/news6838/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116220403/https://tsl.news/news6838/ |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref name="ASPC positions">{{cite web |title=Positions |url=https://pomonastudents.org/pages/positions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808084555/https://pomonastudents.org/pages/positions |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 26, 2020 |publisher=Associated Students of Pomona College}}</ref>

{{#section:Claremont Colleges|Media}} Pomona's [[yearbook]], ''Metate'', was founded in 1894 and discontinued in 2012.<ref name="Metate">{{cite news |last=Li |first=Hannah |date=November 2, 2012 |title=Pomona Yearbook Discontinued After More Than a Century |url=https://tsl.news/news2576/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123172407/https://tsl.news/news2576/ |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> The college's [[Alumni magazine|official magazine]], ''Pomona College Magazine'', is published three times per year by the communications office.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Publications |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/communications/publications |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131203804/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/communications/publications |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |website=Office of Communications |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Pomona College Magazine |url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131203809/https://magazine.pomona.edu/about/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |website=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Pomona has numerous clubs or support offices which provide resources and mentoring programs for students with particular identities, including <!-- Ordered roughly by number of students represented, grouping related identities (e.g. all race-based) together -->female, non-white, Asian, South Asian, Latino, black, indigenous, multi-ethnic or multi-racial, international, queer, religious, and undocumented or {{abbr|DACA|Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals}} recipient students.{{efn|Acronyms and titles for these organizations include <!-- Keep same order as in body -->the {{abbr|WU|Women's Union}}, {{abbr|SOCA|Students of Color Alliance}}, {{abbr|AAMP|Asian American Mentor Program}} and {{abbr|AARC|Asian American Resource Center}}, {{abbr|SAMP|South Asian Mentorship Program}}, {{abbr|CLSA|Chicano Latino Student Affairs}}, {{abbr|OBSA|Office of Black Student Affairs}}, {{abbr|IPMP|Indigenous Peer Mentoring Program}}, {{abbr|MERGE|Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Racial Group Exchange}}, {{abbr|ISMP|International Student Mentor Program}}, {{abbr|QRC|Queer Resource Center}}, [[chaplain]]s' office, and {{abbr|IDEAS|Improving Dreams Equality Access and Success}}.}}<ref name="5C clubs Engage" /><ref name="Diversity resources">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Diversity Resources for Students |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/diversity-pomona/resources-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726210008/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/diversity-pomona/resources-students |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chaplains |url=https://services.claremont.edu/chaplains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421130355/https://services.claremont.edu/chaplains/ |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |publisher=The Claremont Colleges}}</ref> The college's first-generation and low-income community, FLI Scholars, has more than 200 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Chapter |url=https://www.flischolars.com/chapter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205071531/https://www.flischolars.com/chapter |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College FLI Scholars}}</ref> The Campus Advocates and EmPOWER Center support survivors of sexual violence and work to promote [[consent culture]].<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Project Sister Campus Advocates at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/title-ix-cares/programs-services/reporting/project-sister-campus-advocates-pomona-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190511/https://www.pomona.edu/title-ix-cares/programs-services/reporting/project-sister-campus-advocates-pomona-college |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ortega |first=Jaicel |date=February 5, 2016 |title=7C Sexual Assault Resource Center Opens |url=https://tsl.news/news5402/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726204350/https://tsl.news/news5402/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref>

{{#section:Claremont Colleges|OTL}}

The Pomona Student Union (PSU) facilitates the discussion of political and social issues on campus by hosting discussions, panels, and debates with prominent speakers holding diverse viewpoints.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 8, 2011 |title='Informed Citizens to Better Serve Us All'—Perspective-Taking and Civic Learning at Pomona College |url=https://www.aacu.org/campus-model/informed-citizens-better-serve-us-all%E2%80%94perspective-taking-and-civic-learning-pomona |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125215635/https://www.aacu.org/campus-model/informed-citizens-better-serve-us-all%E2%80%94perspective-taking-and-civic-learning-pomona |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |access-date=November 25, 2021 |publisher=[[Association of American Colleges and Universities]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://pomonastudentunion.weebly.com/about-us.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927010132/http://pomonastudentunion.weebly.com/about-us.html |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2016 |publisher=Pomona Student Union}}</ref> Other speech and debate organizations include a [[mock trial]] team, [[Model United Nations|model UN]] team, and debate union.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|p=147}}<ref name="5C clubs Engage" /> Pomona's [[secret society]], [[Mufti (organization)|Mufti]], is known for gluing small sheets of paper around campus with cryptic [[pun]]s offering social commentary on campus happenings.<ref name="Mufti Pomona">{{cite web |title=Mufti |url=http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/mufti.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304114202/http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/mufti.aspx |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Mufti hidden">{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-4-catch-us-if-you-can |title=Catch Us If You Can |website=Hidden Pomona |last1=Tidmarsh |first1=Kevin |last2=Desai |first2=Saahil |date=April 9, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220173639/https://soundcloud.com/hidden-pomona/episode-4-catch-us-if-you-can |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{#section:Claremont Colleges|Performance groups}}

Pomona's music department manages several ensembles, including an orchestra, band, choir, [[glee club]], jazz ensemble, and [[Gamelan|Balinese gamelan]] ensemble.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Music Department Ensembles |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/ensembles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521075031/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/ensembles |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> All students can receive free private music lessons.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Private music lessons at Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/courses-requirements/private-music-lessons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930174814/https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/courses-requirements/private-music-lessons |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> {{#section:Claremont Colleges|A capella}}

[[File:Sheldon_Arleta_Park_tree_care_on_Pomona_College_Alternabreak.jpg|alt=Group photo of four Pomona students posing next to a tree sapling in Sheldon Arleta Park|thumb|Students on Alternabreak, a week-long [[community engagement]] trip held over spring break, care for trees in a Los Angeles park.]]

{{anchor|Draper Center}}The Draper Center for Community Partnerships, established in 2009, coordinates Pomona's various [[community engagement]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/who-we-are |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512072650/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/who-we-are |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=The Draper Center |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> These include mentoring for local youth communities, [[English as a second or foreign language|English tutoring]] for Pomona staff, and volunteering trips over [[spring break]].<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Programs |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/our-programs-volunteer-opportunities/programs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521085022/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/our-programs-volunteer-opportunities/programs |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=The Draper Center |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> It also operates the Pomona Academy for Youth Success (PAYS), a three-year pre-college summer program for local low-income and first-generation students of color.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=What is PAYS? |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/pays/what-is-pays |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520075915/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/draper-center/pays/what-is-pays |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |website=The Draper Center |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alonzo |first=Andrew |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Paying it forward: Pomona College program preps high schoolers for success |url=https://claremont-courier.com/featured/paying-it-forward-pomona-college-program-preps-high-schoolers-for-success-74423/ |access-date=July 10, 2023 |work=[[Claremont Courier]]}}</ref>

Pomona has two remaining local [[Greek letter organizations]], Sigma Tau and Kappa Delta, both of which are co-educational.<ref name="TSL frats">{{cite news |last=Song |first=Karen |date=March 1, 2018 |title=Not Your Typical Fraternity: Getting To Know Pomona College's Sigma Tau |url=https://tsl.news/life-style7365/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010135056/https://tsl.news/life-style7365/ |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |access-date=October 10, 2018 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref> Neither have [[North American fraternity and sorority housing|special housing]], and Greek life is not considered a major part of the social scene on campus the way it is at many other U.S. colleges.{{sfn|Greene|Greene|2016|p=551}}<ref name="TSL frats" /><ref name="PCM frats">{{cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Nate |date=Spring 2001 |title=Frats with a Difference |url=http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/frats.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212071901/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/frats.shtml |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |magazine=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=37 |issue=2}}</ref><!--

Per [[WP:UNIGUIDE]], this section should not have an exhaustive list of every organization on campus. Please only add major clubs. -->

===Traditions===
{{Main|Traditions of Pomona College}}

====<span class="anchor" id="47"></span>Forty-seven reverence====
[[File:Bixby Plaza ramp at Pomona College.jpg|thumb|alt=Ramp descending toward Bixby Plaza, with the Smith Clock Tower at right|The Smith Clock Tower (right) has been set up to chime on the 47th minute of the hour.]]
{{Excerpt|Traditions of Pomona College|47 reverence|hat=no}}

====Other traditions====
<!-- A photo of students on an OA trip or doing a fountaining would be nice here. -->
As part of Pomona's 10-day [[student orientation|orientation]], incoming students spend four days off campus completing an "Orientation Adventure" or "OA" trip. The OA program began in 1995, and is one of the oldest outdoor orientation programs in the U.S.<ref name="OA Pomona">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Orientation Adventure |url=https://www.pomona.edu/new-students/orientation/orientation-adventure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224024316/https://www.pomona.edu/new-students/orientation/orientation-adventure |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 23, 2018 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Every spring, the college hosts "[[Traditions of Pomona College#Ski-Beach Day|Ski-Beach Day]]", in which students visit a ski resort in the morning and then head to the beach after lunch. The tradition dates back to an annual mountain picnic established in 1891.<ref name="1891 timeline">{{cite news |title=1891 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1891 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714212851/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1891 |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |work=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Since the 1970s, Pomona has used a cinder block [[Perimeter flood barrier|flood barrier]] along the northern edge of its campus, [[Walker Wall]], as a [[free speech]] wall.<ref name="1972 timeline">{{cite web |title=1972 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1970s/1972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050426/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1970s/1972 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Over the years, provocative postings on the wall have spawned numerous controversies.<ref name="NYT Walker Wall">{{cite news |date=January 3, 1996 |title=College Assesses Limits of Its Free-Speech Wall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/03/us/college-assesses-limits-of-its-free-speech-wall.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029095131/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/03/us/college-assesses-limits-of-its-free-speech-wall.html |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=B6}}</ref><ref name="LA Times noose">{{cite news |last=Cardenas |first=Jose |date=December 26, 1995 |title=Messages of Hate on Campus Wall Put Freedom of Expression to Test |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-26-me-17881-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029154440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-26-me-17881-story.html |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ison |first=Lauren |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Walker Wall's Displays Prompt Varied Reactions from Claremont Community |url=https://tsl.news/news5945/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922151501/https://tsl.news/news5945/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |last2=So |first2=Ariel |date=April 30, 2018 |title=Pomona Paints Over Walker Wall Message Calling CMC Profesor A 'Nazi' |url=https://tsl.news/news7603/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225517/https://tsl.news/news7603/ |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><!--

Several traditions are covered in other sections. Please check for redundancy before adding anything here, and only add the most major traditions (others can go in the traditions article). -->

===Transportation===
[[File:Claremont station (California), March 2025.jpg|thumb|[[Claremont station (California)|Claremont's train station]] is directly south of campus.|alt=A westbound train at Claremont station in 2025]]
Pomona's campus is located immediately north of [[Claremont station (California)|Claremont station]],<ref name="Claremont maps" /> where the [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[San Bernardino Line]] train provides regular service to [[Los Angeles Union Station]] (the city's main transit hub)<ref>{{cite web |title=Transit Connections |url=https://www.metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/transit-connections/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020132/https://www.metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/transit-connections/ |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=[[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]]}}</ref> and the [[Foothill Transit]] bus system connects to cities in the [[San Gabriel Valley]] and [[Pomona Valley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Class Pass |url=http://foothilltransit.org/fares/discounts/college-passes/the-claremont-colleges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201603/http://foothilltransit.org/fares/discounts/college-passes/the-claremont-colleges/ |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=[[Foothill Transit]]}}</ref>

Pomona's "Green Bikes" program maintains a fleet of more than 300 bicycles that are rented free to students each semester.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Green Bikes |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/on-campus/transportation/green-bikes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020204/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/sustainability/on-campus/transportation/green-bikes |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |website=Sustainability Office |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Non-first-year students are allowed to park on campus after registering their vehicle.<ref name="Campus safety handbook">{{cite web |title=The Claremont Colleges Services - Campus Safety Policies and Procedures |url=https://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=44&navoid=8853 |access-date=July 22, 2023 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Woods II |first=Wes |date=September 26, 2010 |title=Parking to be curtailed at Claremont Colleges |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/09/26/parking-to-be-curtailed-at-claremont-colleges/ |access-date=July 22, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref> The college has several [[Zipcar]] vehicles on campus that may be rented and owns vehicles that can be checked out for club and extracurricular purposes. {{abbr|PEC|Pomona Events Committee}} and {{abbr|SCC|Smith Campus Center}} off-campus events are usually served with the college's "Sagecoach" passenger bus.<ref>{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Transportation Options |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/campus-center/services-programs/transportation-options |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020140/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/campus-center/services-programs/transportation-options |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

===Athletics===
{{Main|Pomona–Pitzer Sagehens}}
{{#section:Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens|table}}
[[File:Merritt Field, Pomona College.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|A Pomona-Pitzer football game|alt=Pomona-Pitzer football game on Merritt Field]]
<noinclude>Pomona's</noinclude><includeonly>Pitzer's</includeonly><!-- This wikitext allows this section to be transcluded to Pitzer's page --> varsity athletics teams compete jointly with <noinclude>[[Pitzer College]]</noinclude><includeonly>[[Pomona College]] (another consortium member)</includeonly> as the [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens]].<ref name="PP landing" /> The 11 women's and 10 men's teams participate in [[NCAA Division&nbsp;III]] in the [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] (SCIAC).<ref name="PP landing" /> Pomona-Pitzer's mascot is Cecil the Sagehen, a [[greater sage-grouse]], and its [[school colors|colors]] are blue and orange.<ref name="Cecil style guide">{{cite web |date=<!-- No date --> |title=Cecil Image and Athletics Color Usage Guidelines |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/communications/logos-guidelines/cecil-image-and-athletics-color-usage-guidelines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204255/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/communications/logos-guidelines/cecil-image-and-athletics-color-usage-guidelines |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> Its main [[college rivalry|rival]] is the [[Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas]] (CMS), the other sports combination of the Claremont Colleges.<ref name="Choosing the right college">{{cite book |last=Zmirak |first=John |title=Choosing the Right College 2014–15 |date=March 11, 2014 |publisher=[[Intercollegiate Studies Institute]] |isbn=978-1-4804-9299-8 |page=186}}</ref> <!-- This sentence is transcluded from [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens]]. Please go there to make updates. -->{{#section:Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens|recent ranking}}

Club and intramural sports are also offered in various areas, such as dodgeball, flag football, and surfing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Claremont Colleges Club Sports |url=https://www.sagehens.com/sports/club/clubsportspages/sportlistings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224002239/https://www.sagehens.com/sports/club/clubsportspages/sportlistings |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sagehen Intramural Sports Program |url=https://www.imleagues.com/spa/intramural/5dcf7bbbaf8e49a69f9586eecdb0116c/home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520075913/https://www.imleagues.com/spa/intramural/5dcf7bbbaf8e49a69f9586eecdb0116c/home |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref> The physical education department offers a variety of activity classes each semester, such as karate, playground games, [[geocaching]], and social dance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Physical Education Course Offerings |url=https://www.sagehens.com/information/physicaleducation/course_offerings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229182624/https://www.sagehens.com/information/physicaleducation/course_offerings |archive-date=December 29, 2019 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref>

====Athletics history====
[[File:Football team of Pomona College class of 1907.jpg|thumb|Members of the Pomona football team from the class of 1907|alt=An American football team preparing for a snap on a dirt field]]
Pomona's first intercollegiate sports teams were formed in 1895.<ref name="Athletics history">{{cite web |title=Athletic History |url=https://sagehens.com/sports/2023/7/27/information-history.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818052219/http://www.sagehens.com/information/history |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |access-date=August 17, 2018 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref> They competed under several names in the school's early years; the name "Sagehen" first appeared in 1913 and became the sole moniker in 1917.<ref name="Cecil history">{{cite web |title=The History of Cecil the Sagehen |url=https://www.sagehens.com/landing/cecil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311043859/https://www.sagehens.com/landing/cecil |archive-date=March 11, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |publisher=Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens}}</ref> Pomona was one of the three founding members of the SCIAC in 1914.<ref name="Athletics history" /> In 1946, it joined with Claremont Men's College (which would later be renamed [[Claremont McKenna College]]) to compete as Pomona-Claremont.{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=405}}<ref name="Athletics history" /> The teams separated in 1956, and Pomona's athletics program operated independently until it joined with Pitzer College in 1970.<ref name="Athletics history" />

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