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Pitzer College

CA · Private · West · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 1,175 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate26.9%
ED rate43.4%167 of 385
Regular round (est.)†24.9%estimated, see note below

How much of the class comes from ED

~61% of enrolled freshmen were admitted through Early Decision.

This is a share of the freshman class, not an admit rate.

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted students − Early Decision admits) ÷ (all applicants − Early Decision applicants).

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%25%50%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2513.7%16.6%18.3%18.4%16.7%25.2%26.9%33.8%36.8%47.4%40.1%33.4%42.2%43.4%

ED share of the enrolled freshman class (% of first-years admitted ED, not an admit rate)

ED admits ÷ enrolled first-years
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2557.1%61.2%no datano datano datano datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II, binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-freeScores not considered through the 2026-27 application cycleSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Test-optionalTest-optional starting Fall 2028School announcement ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)
ACT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-free for fall 2027 entry; Test-optional for fall 2028. Test-optional from the fall 2028 entering class.

How to send scores

Test-free: scores not considered

School’s words: “Pitzer College will not use SAT or ACT scores for application evaluation from Fall 2022– 2027”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Scores

Test-free: scores not used. Pitzer College does not use SAT or ACT scores in admission, so its Common Data Set reports no score ranges.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2560.0%54.0%35.0%0.0%32.0%30.0%19.0%0.0%28.0%24.0%16.0%0.0%no datano datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'19'20'21'22'23'24'251350–1460146013501330–148514851330no datano datano datano datano data

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'19'20'21'22'23'24'2530–33333031–33333131–333331no datano datano datano data

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 20%
  • 2024: 16%
  • 2023: 5%
  • 2022: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-free2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Test-free2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required for some2019-20 CDS

Sources