IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · first majors

History at Pomona College

History is the 10th most common field at Pomona College: 14 graduates in 2023, or 3.1% of everyone who completed a bachelor's degree there that year. Nationally, 1.06% of bachelor's degrees are in this field, so it is far more concentrated at Pomona College (2.9x the national share). 29% of those graduates were women.

Degrees awarded

2023, bachelor's

Share of graduates

3.1%

of 451 graduates

Rank at the school

#10

by degrees awarded

vs national share

2.9x

1.06% of U.S. bachelor's

Women

29%

of these graduates

School acceptance rate

819 of 12,121 admitted

Your odds at Pomona College

Three numbers, no account, the same published model the full calculator runs.

Is history competitive at Pomona College?

Colleges report one admission rate for the whole school; here is the bar you are actually measured against, and how the model treats this major.

Pomona College admitted 819 of 12,121 applicants for fall 2023 (7%), and the middle 50% of admitted students scored 1490 to 1560 on the SAT. Colleges report admissions at the school level, not by major, so there is no published acceptance rate for history at Pomona College. CollegeCalcAI's published model treats "English / Humanities" as slightly less competitive than the school-wide rate (multiplier 1.05), a small lift for applicants declaring this field.

How to apply to Pomona College for history

What readers look for from applicants who declare this field, at any selectivity.

Rigorous history and social science courses
Research, archival or writing projects with a real question
Reading widely shows; name what you read
Run your odds with the major set: your estimate at Pomona College for history →

Where else to study history

Other colleges in California and at a similar selectivity that award bachelor's degrees in this field.

College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate
Pomona College	14	3.1%	7%
Stanford University · CA	17	0.9%	4%
UCLA · CA	197	2.1%	9%
University of Southern California · CA	78	1.4%	10%
University of California, Berkeley · CA	114	1.2%	11%
UC San Diego · CA	65	0.7%	27%
UC Irvine · CA	70	0.9%	29%

Every college ranked by history graduates: colleges that graduate the most history majors → · History colleges in California →

More majors at Pomona College

The other fields Pomona College graduates the most students in, 2023.

Social Sciences · 81 Biological and Biomedical Sciences · 70 Computer and Information Sciences · 65 Multi and Interdisciplinary Studies · 45 Physical Sciences · 28 Mathematics and Statistics · 26 Natural Resources and Conservation · 19 Public Administration and Social Service · 19 Psychology · 17 Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies · 12 Communication and Journalism · 12 Pomona College admissions profile →

Questions about history at Pomona College

How many students major in history at Pomona College?

14 students earned a bachelor's degree in history at Pomona College in 2023, 3.1% of that year's 451 graduates (IPEDS completions, first majors).

Is history competitive at Pomona College?

What is the acceptance rate for history at Pomona College?

There is no official major-level acceptance rate; Pomona College reports one school-wide figure, 7%. Some programs (direct-admit nursing, engineering and business schools) select separately and can be more selective than the school overall. CollegeCalcAI's calculator applies its published per-major adjustment and shows your estimate for this school with the major set.

Is Pomona College known for history?

By output, history is the 10th most common field at Pomona College and far more concentrated there than at the average U.S. college (3.1% of graduates versus 1.06% nationally).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series). Admissions counts: IPEDS 2023. Built 2026-09-19. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.