Academics
As a member of The Claremont College Consortium, Pitzer students have access to nearly all facilities available to students enrolled at the other colleges, in addition to all facilities administered by the Claremont College Consortium. Any student attending Pitzer can enroll in classes at the other four colleges, and can complete an off-campus major if the major is not offered by Pitzer.
In October 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education listed Pitzer first in Fulbright Fellowships among all undergraduate institutions nationwide. In 2008 and 2009, Pitzer received more Fulbright Fellowships per capita, than any other college or university nationwide.
In 2010, Pitzer students and alums were awarded a record 23 Fulbrights. In its history, Pitzer students and alums have been awarded 110 Fulbright Fellowships, in addition to dozens of other national awards, including Rotary Scholarships, Watson Fellowships, Teach for America placements, Coro Fellowships, Neuroscience Fellowships, among others.
Pitzer offers over 40 majors, many of them cross-disciplinary, and each student is assigned a faculty advisor upon his/her arrival on campus. The College expects students to take an active part in planning that course of study, and has few distribution requirements.
The student/faculty ratio is 11:1, and 100% of Pitzer's tenure-track faculty hold a PhD or the terminal degree in their field.
Pitzer owns and operates the 145-acre (59 ha) Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology, a Costa Rican biological reserve that serves as a logistical base for undergraduate research and education. The facility is located approximately two kilometers east of Playa Dominical, Costa Rica. The property borders the Hacienda Barú nature reserve.
Over 70% of Pitzer students study abroad, compared to under 2% nationwide.
In contrast with religious studies major at some universities, Pitzer offers a Secularism major.
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