Pomona College
Pomona publishes 7.1% (Fall 2024 entering class, first-time first-year applicants). Early Decision applicants got in at 13%; everyone else at 6.1%.
Acceptance rate
What Pomona's 7.1% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Pomona reports itself.
By application round
Fall 2024 entering class, first-time first-year applicants (CDS 2024-25, Section C1)
Read the full decomposition →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Pomona's official application-overview page states SAT/ACT scores are not required to apply; about half of recent applicants chose to submit scores. No future required-testing change found.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1490–1560sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 8, 2026 (ED1); Jan 8, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 8, 2027Source
- Supplemental essays
- 2 required
Academic Interest Statement (150 words, on intended major/academic interest) plus one of three Short-Response essay prompts (250 words, on community values, a transformative experience, or how others would describe you).
- AI use in essays
No Official Policy
We reviewed Pomona's application overview, decisions FAQ, valued-qualities page, and resources hub — no mention of AI use in applications.
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,666
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $65,420
- Category
- Liberal Arts
- Admissions site
- www.pomona.edu
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Dewey students who got into Pomona
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Sources
- Pomona test policy (2026-27)
- Pomona admissions pages
- Pomona admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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