Since 1926, Scripps has championed women’s education in accordance with the vision of its founder, newspaper entrepreneur and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps.

Located in the heart of California’s Claremont Colleges, our modern approach to a liberal arts education is rigorous and comprehensive, providing our students with expert knowledge, critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills to challenge assumptions, think independently, and navigate their careers and lives with confidence. A Scripps education isn’t about what our students can do. It’s about making sure that whatever they do, they do it with intention.

“The mission of Scripps College is to educate women to develop their intellects and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.”

Diversity
Scripps College honors diversity as a key component of the academic, co-curricular, and residential life of the College. In keeping with Scripps’ ongoing focus on strengthening a campus-wide culture of inclusion, the College established the IDEA Initiative in 2014, a comprehensive plan to align resources, programs, and events to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access throughout the Scripps community.

A Top-Ranked Liberal Arts College
Scripps College is a top-ranked liberal arts college and the women’s college of The Claremont Colleges. Founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, the College has provided exceptional education to equip talented students intellectually and morally with the skills, experience, and discernment to lead satisfying and productive professional and personal lives. In the founder’s words, “The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently, courageously and hopefully.” These fundamental principles remain central and relevant to the mission of the College today.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks Scripps College among the Top 100 Best Values in Liberal Arts Colleges in the US. The Wall Street Journal places Scripps among the top 10 of Top Institutions in the West and in the top 100 of all colleges overall. Scripps College is ranked on multiple lists as one of the most beautiful college campuses and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Current enrollment of degree seeking undergraduates is approximately 1,100. There are 96 full-time faculty members, 99% of who possess PhD or appropriate terminal degrees. At the close of the 2019 fiscal year, total revenues and expenses were $88 million and $73 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2019, total net assets were $513 million, of which endowment funds totaled approximately $380 million.