Faculty closeness
highSmall classes support direct faculty engagement.
COLLEGE FIT GUIDE
Evidence checked · 2026-10-06
Scripps College
Scripps is a women-centered liberal-arts college with a shared humanities core, close faculty teaching, and access to the full Claremont Colleges consortium. Its intimate campus and arts-rich environment coexist with a much larger cross-campus academic and social network.
- A humanities core within the Claremont consortium
- Academic choices and structure
- Separate institutional opportunity from individual access
QUICK READ
- Location
- Claremont, California · Suburban college-town setting
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,113
- Aggregate admission rate
- 38.3%
- Average net price
- $36,294
FIT SNAPSHOT
How this environment may feel
These are directional interpretations of the college environment, not a score or universal verdict.
Collaboration
highThe consortium widens academic and social collaboration.
Community closeness
highA small home college creates repeated contact.
Intellectual culture
highThe humanities core creates shared interdisciplinary questions.
WHY IT MAY FIT
Consider Scripps College if…
- You want a women-centered college.
- You value humanities and arts.
- You would use consortium resources.
- You prefer a beautiful intimate campus.
POSSIBLE TENSIONS
It may not fit if…
- You want a coeducational home college.
- You prefer an open curriculum.
- You want a major city immediately outside campus.
- You dislike cross-campus logistics.
WHAT STANDS OUT
The environment behind the name
A humanities core within the Claremont consortium
The Core Curriculum asks students to examine major cultural questions through interdisciplinary humanities study.
Source: Core Curriculum
Academic choices and structure
Cross-registration provides access to courses, organizations, and resources across five undergraduate colleges.
Source: The Claremont Colleges
A setting that shapes the experience
Claremont, California gives students a distinct context for campus life, work, community, and recreation.
Source: Core Curriculum
LOOK CLOSER
Questions worth asking before you decide
Use these prompts during a visit, an information session, or a conversation with a current student.
- 1
Separate institutional opportunity from individual access
Scripps documents substantial opportunities, but availability can differ by program, timing, prerequisites, capacity, and student initiative.
Source: Core Curriculum
- 2
Interpret scale and selectivity carefully
Federal data report 1,113 undergraduates and an aggregate admission rate of 38.3%. These figures describe the institution, not an individual applicant’s probability or a particular program’s experience.
- 3
Use the current price for your circumstances
Federal data report an average net price of $36,294. This historical average is not a quote; residency, income, housing, aid eligibility, and program costs can materially change what a family pays.
FEDERAL CLERY DATA
Campus safety statistics, with context
Federal Clery records describe reported incidents within defined campus geography. They are not a measure of crime prevalence or an overall safety rating.
2024 reported on-campus offenses:15
Per 1,000 enrolled:13.2
Reporting campuses:1
COMPARE THE TRADEOFFS
Schools that sharpen the question
A useful comparison for students evaluating Scripps across academics, setting, scale, and student experience.
A useful comparison for students evaluating Scripps across academics, setting, scale, and student experience.
A useful comparison for students evaluating Scripps across academics, setting, scale, and student experience.
EVIDENCE
Sources and method
View the reviewed sources
- Core Curriculum - Scripps College (official, retrieved 2026-10-06)
- The Claremont Colleges - Scripps College (official, retrieved 2026-10-06)
- Scripps College institutional data - U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (federal, retrieved 2026-10-06)
Navastra interprets Scripps’s documented academic environment, setting, opportunities, and federal reference fields through preference dimensions. The page describes documented structures, not every student’s experience. It does not calculate an individual fit score, predict admission, or estimate a financial-aid award. Read the methodology →
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PERSONALIZE THE QUESTION