Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Claremont McKenna College admitted 655 of 6,939 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (9.4%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Claremont McKenna College
Three things Claremont McKenna College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Early Decision admitted 22.1%. The regular round admitted 7.4%.
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the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
216 of 978 early applicants were admitted, against 439 of 5,961 in the regular round. Early Decision is binding, and you can only use it at one school, which is exactly why the gap is worth knowing before you choose where to spend it.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
3×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
Claremont McKenna College files the essay under “very important”.
That is the top of the scale the form offers, and the only other factors this school puts there are Course rigor, GPA and Recommendations.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
61 admitted from a waitlist of 711.
469 students accepted a place on that list, and 61 were admitted from it, 13% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
9.4%
655 admitted of 6,939 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1480–1540
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
33–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
34%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
14%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Claremont McKenna College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Claremont McKenna College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
3× the rateEarly Decision admitted 22.1% (216 of 978), against 7.4% in the regular round.
439 of 5,961 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 711
- Accepted the place
- 469
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 61
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $28,849 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $15,308
- $30k–$48k
- $7,360
- $48k–$75k
- $16,389
- $75k–$110k
- $19,325
- Over $110k
- $52,295
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in California
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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