Claremont Insider: Pomona College Number One

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Pomona College Number One

Two publications have named Pomona College a top value liberal arts school when it comes to the keeping the costs to students down. Daily Bulletin reporter Wes Woods II covered this news in an article yesterday:

Pomona College was ranked first among liberal arts colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine in its February edition.

Princeton Review's 100 "Best Value Private Colleges" for 2009, ranked Pomona College ninth.

The Princeton Review used surveys of students and administrators at more than 650 private and public universities and colleges.

The review also took into account the three areas of financial aid, academics and costs of attendance using more than 30 factors from the 2007-08 academic year.

The Bulletin piece also noted that CMC, Scripps, and Harvey Mudd also received mention in the lists:
Also on Kiplinger's list for best value of liberal arts colleges were Claremont McKenna College, which ranked 12th, and Scripps College, which ranked 35th.

For Princeton's Review's best value private colleges, Harvey Mudd College was ranked in the top 50, though not in the top 10. The review did not issue rankings below the top 10 and instead listed those colleges alphabetically.