Scripps College

Scripps College

Scripps College is a progressive liberal arts women’s college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation’s best women’s college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College at 23rd on the list for top liberal arts colleges in the United States by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.

Scripps College was founded by newspaper publisher and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps in 1926, Scripps is the women’s college of The Claremont Colleges. Scripps women lay claim to the best of both worlds: a superb liberal arts education on one of America’s most beautiful college campuses as well as the opportunity to take advantage of educational and co-curricular offerings at four coed colleges literally next door to one another. Scripps graduates go on to some of the most prestigious graduate schools in the nation and leadership positions in a wide range of academic fields and endeavors.

Scripps College Rankings in 2011

• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011-2012

Scripps College Rankings in 2010

• TOP 100 LIBERAL ART UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE IN 2010

Scripps College Tuition and Fees

Tuition Charges will be billed according to the student’s enrollment status. If a student is registered as a full time matriculating student, the bill will reflect the full time rate. Full time status is 3 or more classes. Part time students must have permission from the Registrar to be classified as part time. Part time students will be billed according to the number of classes they are taking. Part time status is less than 3 classes.

The costs for the 2011-2012 academic year are as follows:

Schools and Majors of Scripps College

• Anthropology
• Art
• Art Conservation
• Art History
• Classics
• Dance
• Economics
• English
• French Studies
• Gender and Women’s Studies
• German Studies
• Hispanic Studies
• History
• Humanities Major: Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture
• Italian/Italian Studies
• Mathematics
• Middle East and North Africa Studies
• Music
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Writing Program

Scripps College News

• Scripps College Student Selected for U.S. State Department Scholarship - Thu, 17 May 2012
  CLAREMONT, Calif. (May 17, 2012) — Scripps College’s Megan Petersen ’15 is among the approximately 631 undergraduate and graduate students to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship, which will allow her to study Arabic this summer in Morocco. “I’ve never been to north Africa, so I’m excited to spend time there and [...]

• Congratulations, Class of 2012! - Wed, 16 May 2012
  Explore commencement highlights here.

• Candidate’s Physical Appearance Influences Uninformed Voters, Study Shows - Sat, 12 May 2012
  CLAREMONT, Calif. (May 11, 2012) — The visual appearance of a political candidate’s haircut, clothing, and posture are all factors influencing whether the electorate will vote for that nominee, according to a study co-authored by Scripps College assistant psychology professor Michael Spezio, whose research will appear in a forthcoming issue of the journal Political Psychology. [...]

• Scripps College’s 2012 Resume Book: Rugged Economy Sparks Innovative Path to Connect Graduates With Employers - Wed, 09 May 2012
  CLAREMONT, Calif. (May 9, 2012) — Scripps College’s Office of Career Planning & Resources (CP&R) launched the first issue of its resume book in time for 2012 Commencement. The digital publication, which flips pages like an actual book, was sent to more than 1,300 employers, the Scripps College alumnae community and to select members of [...]

• The Student’s Choice - Mon, 07 May 2012
  Gender and women's study professor Chris Guzaitis shocked everyone – including herself – when she entered the Motley Coffeehouse on April 27 and found a party honoring her as the 2011-2012 Professor of the Year.

• Capstone Day: Emily Chesbrough - Wed, 02 May 2012
  Inspiration for Emily Chesbrough's thesis on freedom of speech came after living for seven months under China's repressive censorship laws.

• Capstone Day: Anna Cho - Tue, 01 May 2012
  Anna Cho‘s ambitious senior thesis fuses mathematics and biology by modeling evolutionary mutation.

• Scripps 2012 Alumnae Weekend - Mon, 30 Apr 2012
  Scripps alumnae made Reunion Weekend 2011 an outstanding success! Over 600 alumnae and guests attended the weekend's festivities; review the weekend's events by browsing through the photos below. Participate in the spirit of Reunion by joining your classmates with your gift to the College.

• Capstone Day: Mirabelle Korn - Mon, 30 Apr 2012
  "I love studying language," Mirabelle Korn '12 says. "There are practical reasons – travel, reading books in their original language, or watching movies without the subtitles – but I just love discovering the meanings and nuances of words."

• Relay for Life - Wed, 25 Apr 2012
  Shailini Pandya ’12 and Annsley McKinney ’12 helped bring American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life to the Claremont Colleges in 2009. Now they’re trying to raise more money than ever in the fight against the deadly disease.