Scripps College

Claremont, United States

4.5

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Scripps College is a top-​ranked national liberal arts college and a member of The Claremont Colleges. Scripps offers an intense learning experience with small classes on a campus famous for its beauty, and its approximately 950 students enjoy the individualized attention of expert and approachable professors in a tight-​knit community.

As part of The Claremont Colleges — a consortium comprising Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Pitzer Colleges — Scripps provides the benefits of a mid-​size university through shared facilities, co-​curricular activities, and the ability to cross-​register at any or all of the colleges.

Scripps offers an educational experience like no other, where students have the advantages of both a women’s liberal arts college and a community of four other prestigious colleges a short walk away — and the professors know their students’ names.

History

Established in 1926.

Scripps College was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, a pioneering philanthropist and influential figure in the worlds of education, publishing, and women’s rights. «The paramount obligation of a college,» she believed, «is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.»

At the age of 89, Ellen Browning Scripps founded Scripps College as one of the few institutions in the West dedicated to educating women for professional careers as well as personal growth.

Now, more than eight decades later, her vision remains as timely as ever; it has guided the College to its status as a top liberal arts college and one of the country’s premier women’s colleges. Scripps boasts students who are bright, forward-​thinking young women engaged with contemporary issues, not unlike our trailblazing founder was.