Admission
During the last five years the number of applications has grown by over 65%. Pitzer received 4,227 applications for the 2016 entering admission class. For fall 2012 entry, Pitzer offered admission to 15.7% of the applicant pool with an average 3.9 GPA. The combined (optional) SATs were 1,337, or roughly 93% percentile. 55% of the class entering in 2012 came from outside California, from 220 different high schools. The major geographic areas outside California represented, in order, are New York, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts and Oregon.
In 2004 Pitzer became the first college on the West Coast to join the SAT-Optional Movement by making the SAT optional for all applicants.
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