Claremont McKenna College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Claremont McKenna College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Claremont, California. It was established in 1946 as Claremont Men's College. It was renamed Claremont McKenna College in honor of Donald McKenna, a founding trustee, in 1981. The campus is spread across an area of 50 acres. CMC offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

CMC has an active student life. The campus is home to several student clubs and organizations, such as the Asian Pacific American Mentoring Program, the Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company, Claremont Colleges Debate Union and Claremont Colleges Fencing Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, therapy and counseling, mathematics, and science.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,212 in 2009-2010 (1,207 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Claremont McKenna provides on-campus housing for 1,135 of its 1,207 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southern California Intercoll Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Claremont McKenna offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (21 awarded)

• Accounting
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING (8 awarded)

• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (0 awarded)

• Legal Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (164 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication and Media Studies
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICINE (10 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Molecular Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (33 awarded)

• Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
• Psychology