How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Pomona College admits about 7.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,490 and 1,560 on the SAT or between 33 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 19.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 29.9% are first-generation college students — a meaningful share for an institution operating at this level of selectivity. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 4.8%. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #626 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. At a 7.1% admit rate, the institution's funnel is narrow, and the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students it enrolls reflects that constraint. The access vs. mobility dynamic in the Illinois data illustrates this pattern broadly: high outcomes and narrow admission scale are structurally linked. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #456 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 93.2%, and freshman retention stands at 97.5%, both reflecting the strong completion environment that characterizes highly selective liberal arts colleges. The mobility ranking captures what happens to the students who do gain admission: they complete at high rates and enter careers with strong long-term earnings trajectories. The structural constraint remains the admission scale — the gap between what Pomona College's per-student outcomes demonstrate it can deliver and the volume at which those outcomes are accessible defines the ceiling on its mobility rank among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Pomona College admits about 7.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,490 and 1,560 on the SAT or between 33 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 19.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 29.9% are first-generation college students — a meaningful share for an institution operating at this level of selectivity. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 4.8%. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #626 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. At a 7.1% admit rate, the institution's funnel is narrow, and the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students it enrolls reflects that constraint. The access vs. mobility dynamic in the Illinois data illustrates this pattern broadly: high outcomes and narrow admission scale are structurally linked. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #456 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 93.2%, and freshman retention stands at 97.5%, both reflecting the strong completion environment that characterizes highly selective liberal arts colleges. The mobility ranking captures what happens to the students who do gain admission: they complete at high rates and enter careers with strong long-term earnings trajectories. The structural constraint remains the admission scale — the gap between what Pomona College's per-student outcomes demonstrate it can deliver and the volume at which those outcomes are accessible defines the ceiling on its mobility rank among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Pomona College admits about 7.1% of applicants. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,490 and 1,560 on the SAT or between 33 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 19.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 29.9% are first-generation college students — a meaningful share for an institution operating at this level of selectivity. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 4.8%. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #626 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. At a 7.1% admit rate, the institution's funnel is narrow, and the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students it enrolls reflects that constraint. The access vs. mobility dynamic in the Illinois data illustrates this pattern broadly: high outcomes and narrow admission scale are structurally linked. Azimuth ranks Pomona College #456 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 93.2%, and freshman retention stands at 97.5%, both reflecting the strong completion environment that characterizes highly selective liberal arts colleges. The mobility ranking captures what happens to the students who do gain admission: they complete at high rates and enter careers with strong long-term earnings trajectories. The structural constraint remains the admission scale — the gap between what Pomona College's per-student outcomes demonstrate it can deliver and the volume at which those outcomes are accessible defines the ceiling on its mobility rank among nonprofit four-year institutions.
