Claremont McKenna College

Known as Claremont Men’s College at its founding in September 1946, CMC began with seven faculty and an incoming class of 86 students,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmc.edu/about/history.php|title=History of the College|work=cmc.edu|access-date=June 12, 2015}} many of whom were World War II veterans attending college on the G.I. Bill.{{cite book |last=Starr |first=Kevin |date=1998 |page=1 |title=Commerce and Civilization: Claremont McKenna College, The First Fifty Years 1946–1996}} Claremont Men's College was the third Claremont College, following Pomona College and Scripps College. The college's motto is "Crescit cum commercio civitas", or "Civilization prospers with commerce".

In 1975, CMC trustees voted to admit women in a two-thirds vote supported by students representing the Associated Students of Claremont Men’s College;{{cite book |last=Starr |first=Kevin |date=1998 |pages=244–247 |title=Commerce and Civilization: Claremont McKenna College, The First Fifty Years 1946–1996}} the first women admitted to CMC joined in 1976. The move followed a national trend toward coeducation among peer schools. CMC president Jack Stark, who led the college during the transition, considered it CMC’s most important moment. The women of the earliest classes of CMC are known as "Pioneers" and graduated with degrees that still bore the "Claremont's Mens College" moniker.{{cite magazine |last=Bosley |first=Lisa |date=Spring–Summer 2015 |title=Holding their own |url=https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/spring-summer-2015/holding-their-own |access-date=April 10, 2018 |magazine=CMC Magazine}} In 1981, CMC was renamed Claremont McKenna College in honor of founding trustee Donald McKenna.{{cite web |title=Donald McKenna Biography |url=http://www.cmc.edu/about/donald-mckenna.php |access-date=June 12, 2015 |work=cmc.edu}}

In November 1989, the father of a CMC student hired a stripper to perform in the college’s dining hall, sparking protests among some students. Then-CMC president Jack Stark told The New York Times that he did not wish to comment on “whether [the incident] was or was not degrading to women”.{{cite news |title=Campus Life: Claremont McKenna; Striptease At Salad Bar Provokes Protest |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/12/style/campus-life-claremont-mckenna-striptease-at-salad-bar-provokes-protest.html |access-date=21 November 2018 |agency=The New York Times |date=November 12, 1989}}

On September 27, 2007, the college announced a $200 million gift from alumnus and trustee Robert Addison Day to create the "Robert Day Scholars Program" and a master's program in finance.{{cite news|work=Chronicle of Higher Education|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/facevalue/index.php?id=673|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206195443/http://chronicle.com/blogs/facevalue/index.php?id=673|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2008|title=Claremont McKenna Gets $200-Million Donation|date=September 27, 2007|access-date=October 6, 2007}} CMC literature professor Robert Faggen sent a letter signed by several other literature professors to CMC president Pamela Gann, saying they were concerned that the gift will "distort the college into a single focus trade school."{{cite web|work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-27-me-claremont27-story.html|title=Claremont McKenna gets huge donation |date=September 27, 2007 |first=Larry|last=Gordon}} In June 2020, RePEc ranked the college's economics department, the Robert Day School, as #4 in its list of top US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges.{{cite news|date=February 2020|title=Top 25% US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges, as of June 2020|newspaper=RePEc IDEAS|url=https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html}}

In January 2012, a high-ranking official later identified as former dean of admissions, Richard C. Vos,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/education/claremont-mckenna-college-says-it-exaggerated-sat-figures.html|title=Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures|last=Pérez-Peña|first=Daniel E. Slotnik and Richard|work=The New York Times |date=January 31, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en}} was discovered to have been inflating SAT scores by 10–20 points over six years in submissions to the U.S. News & World Report.{{cite news |last1=Paine |first1=Emma |last2=Braziel |first2=Stephanie |title=CMC's Future Rankings Left Uncertain After SAT Score Inflation Scandal |url=http://tsl.news/articles/2012/2/3/news/2440-cmcs-future-rankings-left-uncertain-after-sat-score-inflation-scandal |access-date=August 18, 2018 |date=February 2, 2012}}{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/prestigious-california-college-admits-inflating-sat-scores-for-rankings | work=Fox News | title=Prestigious California college admits inflating SAT scores for rankings | date=January 31, 2012}} TIME magazine wrote that “such a small differential could not have significantly affected U.S. News & World Report rankings.”{{cite news | url=https://nation.time.com/2013/10/17/seven-shocking-college-admissions-scandals/ | magazine =Time | title=Seven Shocking College Admissions Scandals | date=October 17, 2013|first1=Eliana|last1=Dockterman}} A study commissioned by the college claimed to have found no evidence that the misrepresentations were meant to inflate the school’s ranking in the publication’s annual listings.{{Cite news|url=https://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/claremont-mckenna-official-who-falisified-sat-scores-was-not-motivated-by-rankings-report-finds/|title=Rankings Did Not Motivate College Official Who Falsified SAT Scores, Report Finds|last=Caldwell|first=Tanya|work=The Choice Blog|date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en}} The controversy prompted Forbes to omit CMC from its yearly rankings in 2013.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2013/07/24/why-forbes-removed-4-schools-from-its-americas-best-colleges-rankings/#13af9c3c3521|title=Why Forbes Removed 4 Schools From Its America's Best Colleges Rankings|last=Brown|first=Abram|work=Forbes|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en}}

In November 2015, the college made national news{{cite news |last1=Bodenner |first1=Chris |title=Now Claremont McKenna |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/now-claremont-mckenna/625819/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |agency=The Atlantic |date=12 November 2015}}{{cite news |last1=WATANABE |first1=TERESA |last2=RIVERA |first2=CARLA |title=Amid racial bias protests, Claremont McKenna dean resigns |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-claremont-marches-20151112-story.html |access-date=26 January 2023 |agency=L. A. Times |date=13 November 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Lovett |first1=Ian |title=Dean at Claremont McKenna College Resigns Amid Protests |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/us/dean-at-claremont-mckenna-college-resigns-amid-protests.html |access-date=26 January 2023 |agency=New York Times |date=12 November 2015}} when the dean of students resigned after students protested what they called a lack of institutional resources for marginalized students; the dean had implied in an email that minority students did not fit the "CMC mold" (the dean had sent the student an email stating:

{{Blockquote|text=We have a lot to do as a college and a community. Would you be willing to talk to me about these issues? .... They are important to me and the DOS staff and we are working on how we can better serve students, especially those that don't fit our CMC mold.{{cite news|title= P.C. Police Tearing Apart California's Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/pc-police-tearing-apart-californias-claremont-mckenna-college |agency=Daily Beast |date=13 April 2017| first1=Emily |last1=Shire |access-date=26 January 2023}}}}

and her response to an incident of allegedly culturally appropriative Halloween costumes was seen as lacking. These protests closely followed and were associated with the 2015 University of Missouri protests.{{cite web |url=http://laist.com/2015/11/12/claremont_spellman_resignation.php |title=Claremont Dean Resigns After Suggesting Students of Color Don't Fit the 'Mold': LAist |access-date=November 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115105048/http://laist.com/2015/11/12/claremont_spellman_resignation.php |archive-date=November 15, 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/11/12/55617/claremont-mckenna-college-dean-resigns-after-stude/|title=Claremont McKenna College dean resigns after protests|date=November 12, 2015}}

On April 6, 2017, a group of approximately 300 student protesters (many of whom attended the other Claremont Colleges) blockaded the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum in an attempt to shut down a speech by conservative pundit Heather Mac Donald.{{cite news|last1=Breslow|first1=Samuel|title=Students Blockade Athenaeum to Protest Conservative Speaker|url=http://tsl.news/news/6695/|newspaper=The Student Life|date=April 7, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Blume |first1=Howard |title=Protesters disrupt talk by pro-police author, sparking free-speech debate at Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-macdonald-claremont-speech-disrupted-20170408-story.html |access-date=August 18, 2018 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 2017}} The college livestreamed the talk, as audiences were unable to enter the building. The college disciplined seven of its students who participated in the blockade, including suspending two for a semester and three for a full year.{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Liam |last2=Breslow |first2=Samuel |title=Students Who Blockaded Heather Mac Donald Talk Sanctioned With Suspensions, Probations |url=http://www.tsl.news/news/6799/ |access-date=August 18, 2018 |newspaper=The Student Life |date=July 17, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Blume |first1=Howard |title=Claremont college suspends students who blocked access to event with pro-police speaker |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-claremont-students-suspended-20170722-story.html |access-date=August 18, 2018 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 22, 2017}}

In 2021, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked CMC No. 1 out of all colleges and universities in the United States for free speech.{{Cite web|last=FIRE|date=2021-09-21|title=The 2021 College Free Speech Rankings|url=https://www.thefire.org/the-2021-college-free-speech-rankings/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=FIRE|language=en-US}}

The Campaign for CMC: Responsible Leadership raised more than $1 billion to double the size of its campus and expand science programs, faculty and financial aid.{{cite web |last1=Watanabe |first1=Teresa |title=Claremont McKenna raises $1 billion, among largest haul ever for a liberal arts college |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-02/claremont-mckenna-raises-1-billion-to-will-expand-campus-increase-faculty-financial-aid |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=12 February 2024 |date=2 October 2023}}

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The predominant architectural style of CMC's campus is California modernism, reflecting the style popular at the time of the college's founding in the 1940s. In recent years, the older, more pedestrian and utilitarian buildings have begun to be replaced by new, more ostentatious constructions, namely the Kravis Center at the western edge of campus and the $70{{nbsp}}million Roberts Pavilion athletics center.{{cite news |last1=Sutton |first1=Frances |title=Framed: CMC architecture advances 'California Modernist' style |url=https://tsl.news/art-column-claremont-mckenna/ |access-date=11 November 2020 |work=The Student Life |date=6 November 2020}} The campus also has sculptures and murals created by contemporary artists.{{cite web |title=Four sculptures by artist Carol Bove enrich CMC's campus {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/four-sculptures-by-artist-carol-bove-enrich-cmcs-campus |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Chris Burden: "Meet in the Middle" {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/chris-burden-“meet-in-middle” |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Jeppe Hein: "Modified Social Benches" {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/jeppe-hein |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Ellsworth Kelly: Totem Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/ellsworth-kelly-totem |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Qwalala by Pae White is Claremont McKenna College's newest addition to the Public Art Program {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/pae-white |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Jil Stark '58 GP'11 honored with bronze sculpture outside Athenaeum {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmcs-first-lady-jil-stark-%E2%80%9958-gp11-honored-with-bronze-sculpture-outside-athenaeum |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en |date=27 January 2020}}{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2024}}

CMC is chartered as a private, non-profit organization and is a member of the seven-institution Claremont Colleges consortium. Students can take classes at any of the member colleges, and the colleges share libraries, student health, a bookstore, athletic facilities, and various student services.{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/admission/catalog/2008-2009/about.pdf |year=2009 |title=Catalog 2008–2009: About Claremont McKenna College |publisher=Claremont McKenna College}} The privately appointed, 40-voting-member board of trustees elects a president to serve as chief executive officer of the college.{{cite web |url=https://www.claremontmckenna.edu/dof/FacultyHandbook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808224702/http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/dof/FacultyHandbook.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Faculty Handbook |access-date=April 10, 2015 |publisher=Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Claremont McKenna College }}{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/about/trustees/ |title=Claremont McKenna College Board of Trustees 2007–2008 |access-date=September 20, 2008 |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511070046/http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/about/trustees/ |archive-date=May 11, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Hiram Chodosh is CMC's fifth president. The president has an executive cabinet of 9 vice presidents, including a VP of Students Affairs and VP of Academic Affairs.{{cite web|url=http://cmc.edu/news/pbgletter.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612075922/http://www.cmc.edu/news/pbgletter.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2015 |date=May 15, 2012|title=Presidential Search Update |publisher=Claremont McKenna College}}

1. George C. S. Benson, founding president (1946–1969){{cite news |last1=Honan |first1=William H. |title=George Benson, 91, A College Founder And Nixon Official |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/25/us/george-benson-91-a-college-founder-and-nixon-official.html |access-date=17 September 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1999}}
2. Howard R. Neville (1969–1970)
3. Jack L. Stark (1970–1999)
4. Pamela Gann (1999–2013)
5. Hiram Chodosh (since 2013)

CMC provides an education focused on economics, government, international relations, and public affairs.

U.S. News & World Report{{'}}s 2025 rankings rated Claremont McKenna as tied for 8th-best liberal arts college in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/claremont-mckenna-college-1170/overall-rankings|title=Claremont McKenna College Rankings|year=2020|magazine=U.S. News & World Report}} Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings 2020 ranked Claremont Mckenna as the 6th-best liberal arts college.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-liberal-arts-colleges-united-states|title=Best liberal arts colleges in the United States 2019|date=2018-09-20|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en}} In 2017, Forbes ranked Claremont McKenna as the 13th-best among 650 colleges, universities and service academies in the nation.{{cite web|date=August 15, 2019|title=America's Top Colleges|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/claremont-mckenna-college/?list=top-colleges/#4dfbccb210aa|magazine=Forbes}} Claremont McKenna is the 10th-most selective college in the nation according to collegesimply.{{cite web|url=http://www.collegesimply.com/guides/low-acceptance-rate/|title=Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in America for 2017|year=2017}} Claremont McKenna is ranked 30th nationally in "Best Universities and Colleges by Salary Potential" by Payscale.{{cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Claremont_McKenna_College/Salary|title=Best Universities and Colleges by Salary Potential|publisher=PayScale}}

CMC is classified as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/claremont-mckenna-college-1170|title=Best College US News Claremont McKenna College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227034741/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/claremont-mckenna-college-1170|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=dead}} For the incoming class of 2024, CMC accepted 633 applicants (11.2%) from a pool of 5,632.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/2021-06/CDS_2020-2021_Updated.pdf|title=Claremont McKenna College Common Data Set 2020–2021|language=en-US|access-date=2021-07-07}}

Tuition for the 2018–2019 school year is $54,160 ($27,080 per semester) for a full-time student, and room and board is on average $15,930 ($7,965 per semester for double room and 12 meals per week), for a total annual cost of attendance of $70,212.50 with other expected costs included.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/student-accounts/tuition |title=Tuition and Fees |publisher=Claremont McKenna College}} CMC admits students on a need-blind basis and guarantees to meet the financial need of all its students as determined by the FAFSA and the College Board's CSS Profile.{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/finanaid/faq_general.php |title=Financial Aid FAQ |publisher=Claremont McKenna College}} For the 2016–2017 year, CMC awarded a total of $27,021,024 in financial aid. 38.9% of students received need-based financial aid with an average total grant aid package of $42,445, while 5.8% of students received merit aid, with an average award of $15,744.

The college, which operates on a semester system, has 12 academic departments, 11 research institutes and 33 on-campus majors, the most popular of which are economics, government, psychology, economics-accounting and international relations. However, as a member of the Claremont Colleges, students at CMC also have the option to study any major that is not offered at CMC given that one of the other colleges has such a major. A popular example is computer science, which is offered by both Harvey Mudd College and Pomona College. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1 with an average class size of 18. 85% of the classes have fewer than 19 students. The six-year graduation rate is 93.3%, and the freshman retention rate is 92.7%.

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About one third of the classes students complete are general education requirements. These include a humanities seminar and a writing seminar their first year, three semesters of a foreign language or demonstrated proficiency, a mathematics or computer science course, one laboratory science course and three semesters of a P.E. course or two seasons on a sports team. In addition, students must complete at least two humanities courses and three social science courses, all in areas outside the student's major. All students must complete a senior thesis, which can be either one-semester in length or, to receive departmental honors, two semesters. Claremont McKenna's curricular emphasis is on its social sciences, particularly economics, government, international relations, and psychology. CMC also offers an Oxford-style tutorial Philosophy, Politics, and Economics major with two separate tracks of 14 students each. Other multi-disciplinary majors include management engineering, philosophy and public affairs, science and management, econ-accounting, biology-chemistry, and environment, economics, and politics (EEP). CMC also offers the Robert A. Day 4+1 BA/MBA, in which students receive both their BA from Claremont McKenna and their MBA from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in 5 years.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Its most popular undergraduate majors, by 2021 graduates,{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Claremont&s=all&id=112260#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=February 1, 2023}} were:

::Economics (90)

::Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (27)

::Political Science and Government (24)

::Computer Science (17)

::Experimental Psychology (16)

::International Relations and Affairs (16)

CMC's science program is currently offered through the Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges. The Keck Science Department offers a double year-long introductory science class to allow more flexibility than the former 3 year-long introductory biology, chemistry and physics courses that most science majors must complete. In October 2018, CMC announced that it plans to withdraw from Keck to create its own science department.{{cite news |last1=Breslow |first1=Samuel |last2=Bobrowsky |first2=Meghan |title=CMC To Withdraw From Keck Science Department, Create Own Department |url=https://tsl.news/cmc-to-withdraw-from-keck-science-department-create-own-department/ |access-date=31 October 2018 |agency=The Student Life |date=October 17, 2018}}

Many CMC students study abroad or participate in one of two domestic programs, one in Washington, D.C., and the other in the Silicon Valley. In both of these programs, students complete a full-time internship with a business or government department, remaining full-time students taught at night by CMC professors stationed in the two locations".{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/washington/|title=Washington Program|work=cmc.edu|access-date=June 12, 2015}}

More than 75% percent of students attend graduate school within five years of graduation, and those who choose to go straight to the workforce average a starting salary of $57,156 for the class of 2014, with average signing bonuses averaging $7,905.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/outcomes/CSC-2014-OutcomesBrochure.pdf|title=2014 Outcomes|access-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711123112/http://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/outcomes/CSC-2014-OutcomesBrochure.pdf|archive-date=July 11, 2015|url-status=dead}} Of those CMC graduates applying to medical school, 80% get into their first or second choice institutions.{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/admission/ |title=Admission, Claremont McKenna College |publisher=Claremontmckenna.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014}}

Several CMC students have received notable scholarships.{{cite web |last1=Newswire |first1=PR |title=Claremont McKenna College Senior From Africa Named Rhodes Scholar |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/claremont-mckenna-college-senior-africa-202500659.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAjsszG5vk_kcO9wx7KhSRh-SKKJcZ9CGM_dJID30PrgyCO-sbkn73nu0TFI7pbsVzHvBuAMQbVZe7lt2gaLmLJaOMEkJ1svg2uvi3h0Ekemeafpu5SpiNKdolTvbkAcgY6nvL5Hgcgf_uQjOPffNwI3EUJbGoMVdhedOYFhX1cB |website=Yahoo Finance |access-date=12 February 2024 |date=18 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Edmonds' Pieter van Wingerden honored with Truman Scholarship |url=https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/stories/edmonds-pieter-van-wingerden-honored-with-truman-scholarship,69190 |website=Edmonds Beacon |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en |date=19 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=CMC student wins prestigious Obama-sponsored scholarship {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/newsfeed/cmc-student-wins-prestigious-obama-sponsored-scholarship |website=CMC |language=en |date=17 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Emerging CMC leaders honored by Obama Foundation {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/newsfeed/emerging-cmc-leaders-honored-obama-foundation |website=CMC |language=en |date=24 October 2023}}{{Synthesis inline|date=March 2024}}

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CMC is known for its active party scene and relatively lenient policies on alcohol use.{{cite news |title=School Profile: Why Students Are so Happy at Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2014/03/school-profile-why-students-are-so-happy-at-claremont-mckenna-college/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |agency=Veritas Prep |date=March 11, 2014 |quote=Claremont McKenna College has a reputation among the consortium as a party school. Some students say this is an unfair characterization that springs from the college's more lax campus drinking rules than the other four schools.}}{{cite news |last1=Ballesteros |first1=Carlos |title=CMC's Focus On The Party Scene Distracts From Real Issues |url=https://tsl.news/opinions4572/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |agency=The Student Life |date=February 13, 2015}} Although the college's social scene draws students from the other schools in the consortium and is enjoyed by many, it has also drawn criticism. A 2012 Campus Climate Task Force report published by the school described a "pervasive, 'hyper-masculine' and heteronormative ethos at CMC" and noted that "while female students are valued as friends and intellectual colleagues during the day, at night and particularly on the weekends, female students reportedly feel they are objectified targets for sex or 'hook-ups.'"{{cite web |title=Report of the Campus Climate Task Force Claremont McKenna College 2011 – 2012 |url=https://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/ir/CCTFReport.pdf |website=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=21 November 2018}} Since 2015, CMC and the other consortium schools have ramped up efforts to reform this culture, including hiring a dedicated Title IX staff member,{{clarify|date=April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/title-ix/sexual-assault-and-campus-climate-survey|title=Sexual Assault and Campus Climate Survey|website=cmc.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}} creating the 7c EmPOWER Center,{{clarify|date=April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.7csupportandprevention.com/empower-center|title=7C Violence Prevention and Advocacy {{!}} EmPOWER Center|website=support-prevention|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}} conducting bystander training under the Teal Dot certification{{clarify|date=April 2021}} and the establishing a student-run advocates organization that provides 24/7 support for victims of sexual assault.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CMCadvocates/|title=CMC Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}}

There is also an abundance of substance-free social programming available for students, notably including events planned by the College Programming Board such as the annual Disneyland trip as well as other on-campus events like arts and service events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpbclaremont.com/|title=CPB: Home|website=tokyo-design|language=en|access-date=2019-05-28}}

As of fall 2019, student enrollment consisted of 1,335 degree-seeking undergraduate students. The median family income of CMC students is $201,300, the second-highest in California, with 58% of students coming from the top 10% highest-earning families and 15% from the bottom 60%.{{cite news |last1=Aisch |first1=Gregor |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Cox |first3=Amanda |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Claremont McKenna |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/claremont-mckenna-college |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 January 2017}} The student body is roughly equally split between men and women, and 21% of students are first-generation. Ninety-five percent of freshmen return for their second year.{{Cite web|date=2018|title=National Liberal Arts Colleges Freshman Retention Rate|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/freshmen-least-most-likely-return|website=U.S. News & World Report}}

Students hail from 47 US states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and 46 foreign countries, including 16% of students who identify as nonresident alien.

Claremont McKenna College is a member of the Claremont Colleges Consortium, and most social activities revolve around the five colleges, or "5Cs". Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, Scripps College, Pitzer College, and Harvey Mudd College share dining halls, libraries, and other facilities throughout the contiguous campuses. All five colleges, along with Claremont Graduate University and the Keck Graduate Institute, are part of the Claremont University Consortium. Notable benefits of being in the consortium include equal access to seven dining halls and 10 additional on-campus eateries, the fifth largest private library collection in California, interaction with over 7,000 students, access to programs such as Harvey Mudd's Clinic Program and Claremont McKenna's Semester in Washington (DC) program, and the opportunity to do a housing exchange with a student at another college.{{cite web|title=Pitzer Road Piece|url=https://www.pitzer.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/08/RoadPiece-2017.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916140423/https://www.pitzer.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/08/RoadPiece-2017.pdf|archive-date=September 16, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2017|publisher=Pitzer College}} Most events sponsored by each school are open to students from all of the Claremont Colleges, including invited speakers and performers, employment and recruiting events, and social events.

The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum hosts more than one hundred dinner and lecture events with speakers representing a range of disciplines and ideological perspectives each year, serving as the college's central intellectual and social hub. The Athenaeum hosts speakers four nights a week,{{cite web |title=Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum |url=https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum |website=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=20 March 2019}} and also serves daily afternoon tea in its library, featuring chocolate-covered strawberries and pastries. Afternoon tea is free to students, faculty and staff. The Athenaeum has hosted such speakers as former President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, authors Gore Vidal and Salman Rushdie, cybernetics expert Kevin Warwick, former Attorney General Janet Reno, filmmaker Spike Lee, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak, The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, U2 frontman and activist Bono, CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, retired U.S. Army General Stanley A. McChrystal and former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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As a residential community, student life is centered on campus with 96% of students living on campus; four years of housing is guaranteed.{{cite web |url=https://www.cmc.edu/dean-of-students/reslife|title=Residential Life|publisher=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=December 30, 2016}} Claremont's dorms are divided into three regions: North Quad, Mid Quad, and South Quad. In addition, the student apartments sit on the East edge of campus, and are occupied primarily by seniors. All dorm rooms are attended to by housekeeping staff every week. North Quad is made up of Appleby, Boswell, Green and Wohlford Halls, which were the campus's first dorms. In north quad, every room opens to the outdoors instead of opening to an interior hallway. North quad rooms are all doubles grouped into suites of four rooms that share a bathroom.

CMC's Mid Quad is home to Beckett, Berger, Benson, Phillips, Crown, Marks and Claremont Halls, which feature long interior corridors, double and single rooms, large shared-bathroom facilities and all-dorm lounge areas. Berger, Claremont and Benson Halls are connected, and make up a larger building known on campus as BCB. As of 2022, Claremont Hall has been renamned to Valach Hall, therefore changing BCB into BVB.{{cite web |url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/beautiful-refreshed-campus-spaces-kick-2022-23|title=Beautiful, refreshed campus spaces kick off 2022-23|date=August 19, 2022 |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |access-date=November 7, 2022}}

The tallest buildings in Claremont are "The Towers", Auen, Fawcett, and Stark Halls, which make up South Quad. Each tower has seven floors with approximately twelve students per floor. Each floor has a common area and a large shared bathroom, while there is also an all-dorm lounge area on the ground floor. Stark Hall, the newest of the South Quad dorms, is substance-free. Auen and Fawcett underwent complete interior renovations in the summer of 2008.Image:Claremont-hall.jpg

The Student Apartments lie to the east of the college's athletic facilities and to the west of Claremont Boulevard. Each apartment is divided into four bedrooms and two bathrooms. Until recently, half the apartments were reserved for men and half for women, and apartments were allotted based on credits. In any given year, most of CMC's 260–300 seniors can live in the apartments.

The Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) is the official student government of Claremont McKenna College.{{cite web |url=http://www.associatedstudentsofclaremontmckennacollege.org/ |title=Home |website=associatedstudentsofclaremontmckennacollege.org}} ASCMC is composed of an executive board and a student senate. The executive board consists of both elected and appointed positions. It is chaired by the President, and meets weekly to discuss long-term projects and endeavors. Permanent committees led by members of executive board include the events team, the diversity & inclusion committee, and the residential life committee. Additionally, each class president has a cabinet to carry out class programming. The Senate is chaired by the executive vice president of ASCMC, and is tasked with passing resolutions to influence institutional policy, funding student-led initiatives, and bringing in administrators and other college stakeholders for town hall discussions. Senate has four standing committees: administrative affairs & appropriations (AAA), environmental affairs, campus improvements, and student engagement.

CMC has numerous identity-based clubs and organizations, including 1 Gen, for first generation college students), Asian Pacific American Mentors, Black Student Associations, ¡Mi Gente! (for Latino students), Sexuality and Gender Alliance, Women's Forum, and International Connect.{{Cite web|url=http://www.associatedstudentsofclaremontmckennacollege.org/campusorganizations|title=Clubs and Organizations|website=ASCMC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-28}} These clubs and organizations host a variety of support programming and social events for students to participate in.

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CMC attracts many students with an interest in journalism. Its student publications include the following:

• The Student Life: The Student Life (abbreviated TSL) was founded in 1889. It is the oldest college paper in Southern California and the largest media organization at the Claremont Colleges, and is generally regarded as the colleges' publication of record. It prints weekly on Fridays, featuring news, opinions, lifestyle articles, and sports coverage of all five undergraduate Claremont Colleges. It is jointly funded by the 5C student governments.
• The Golden Antlers: The Golden Antlers is a satirical and humorous campus publication founded in 2012. Although Claremont McKenna is its host, it is staffed by students from all five Claremont Colleges.{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2012 |title=About |url=http://www.thegoldenantlers.com/about/}}
• The CMC Forum: The Forum is the oldest CMC-specific publication on campus. It features campus news, opinions, and lifestyle articles. Although originally a newspaper, the Forum is now solely an online news source.{{cite web|url=http://cmcforum.com/ |title=Forum |publisher=Cmcforum.com |access-date=August 17, 2014}}
• The Claremont Radius: The Claremont Radius is a student-founded, student-run, and student-intended online publication that aims to spark political discourse across campus by providing students of all political backgrounds the tools they need for effective debate and discussion on the big issues affecting our society. Founded in 2015, it seeks to provide bi-partisan coverage on issues it discusses.{{Cite news|url=http://claremontradius.com/about/|title=About – Claremont Radius|work=Claremont Radius|access-date=June 9, 2017|language=en-US}}
• The Claremont Independent: The Independent, founded in 1996, is a magazine of conservative and libertarian writers that has frequently produced stories about the political culture of the Claremont Colleges that have been picked up by national conservative media outlets and drawn intense criticism from many students.{{cite news |author1=Editorial Board |title=No More Clickbait, Please |newspaper=The Student Life |url=http://tsl.news/opinions/5853/}}{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Liam |title=I'm [sic] Of How the Claremont Independent Belittles Its Sources |publisher=Medium |url=https://medium.com/@liambrooks/im-sic-of-how-the-claremont-independent-belittles-its-sources-7c7012346e0c#.r9to0ujq7}}{{cite news |last1=Coleman |first1=Libby |title=The College Conservative Calling Out His Classmates |publisher=Ozy |url=http://www.ozy.com/2016/the-college-conservative-calling-out-his-classmates/67883 |access-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-date=September 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926234920/http://www.ozy.com/2016/the-college-conservative-calling-out-his-classmates/67883 |url-status=dead }} It is funded entirely through private donations.

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file:Claremont cms athletics mark.pngCMC athletes compete alongside their counterparts at Harvey Mudd College and Scripps College as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cmsathletics.org/quick_facts/index|title=CMS Quick Facts|work=Claremont Mudd Scripps|access-date=May 30, 2017|language=en}}

The teams joined the NCAA Division III in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1958. The mascot for the men's teams is Stanley the Stag, and the women's teams are the Athenas. Their colors are cardinal and gold. In 2016, a new 144,000 square-foot recreation facility, named the Roberts Pavilion,{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfak.net/roberts-pavilion-claremont-mckenna-college|title=Roberts Pavilion – Claremont McKenna College|website=JFAK Architects|language=en-US|access-date=October 27, 2017}} was completed.

• All incoming freshmen participate in W.O.A!, or "Welcome Orientation Adventure" W.O.A! is a student-run pre-orientation program. Options have included backpacking, camping and rock-climbing at Yosemite, canoeing down the Colorado River and community service in Los Angeles. Each trip is led by current students. W.O.A.! allows incoming students to develop friendships and get a sense for the college community before the formal beginning of their college careers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
• The "Madrigal Feast" was an annual dinner held in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Both current students as well as alumni typically attended. Guests were treated to a medieval-themed feast, complete with wassail and a spirited musical performance put on by other students in medieval dress. This 26 year tradition was suspended in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://cmcforum.com/opinion/11062009-who-killed-madrigals |title=Who Killed Madrigals? – Forum |publisher=Cmcforum.com |access-date=August 17, 2014}}
• The Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College host a "Monte Carlo" night which doubles as the school's homecoming dance. This tradition dates back to 1949.{{cite web|url=https://cmcforum.com/2011/news/11072011-announcing-monte-carlo-2011| title=Announcing Monte Carlo 2011 | publisher=CMC Forum |date=November 7, 2011}}

Several of Claremont McKenna College's traditions are water-related:

• At noon on the due dates of senior theses, the students turn in their theses to the registrar, after which they are given a bottle of champagne by the registrar. In recent years, the class president has provided the champagne. The students spend the remainder of the afternoon in the fountains at the school, drinking, singing, celebrating and enjoying the warm California sun.{{cite web|url=http://cmcforum.com/news/11282011-congratulations-seniors-alert-senior-thesis-fountain-party-is-on |title=Congratulations Seniors! Alert: Senior Thesis Fountain Party is ON. – Forum |publisher=Cmcforum.com |date=November 28, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2014}}
• At midnight of a student's birthday, their friends will throw them in the fountains in the center of campus while singing "Happy Birthday", a tradition known as "ponding".{{Cite news|url=https://cmcforum.com/2012/life/03132012-the-cmc-bucket-list-2?rq=ponding|title=The CMC Bucket List|work=The Forum|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en-US}}

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All seven colleges are part of the Claremont University Consortium, also known as "the 7 Cs". Together the campuses cover over {{convert|300|acre|ha}} and enroll over 6,000 students. In addition there are over 3,500 faculty and staff and more than 2,500 courses available. Image:Garrison scripps.jpg

Student life revolves around the colleges as they interact socially and also share seven dining halls, four main libraries and other facilities spread throughout the campuses. Notable facilities include:

• Honnold/Mudd Library and the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, the largest collection of any liberal arts college{{cite web|url=http://voxlibris.claremont.edu/|title=Claremont Colleges Library|access-date=June 12, 2015}}
• W.M. Keck Science Center
• Monsour Counseling Center
• Huntley Bookstore{{Cite web |title=Huntley Bookstore {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/about/huntley-bookstore |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.cmc.edu |language=en}}

Students attending Claremont McKenna can enroll in up to 2/3 of their classes at the other undergraduate colleges and can also major at any other college if the major is not offered at CMC. This is the general academic policy at the schools and is meant to give students the resources of a larger university while still maintaining the qualities of a small, liberal-arts college.

CMC sponsors twelve different on-campus research institutes and centers. They seek to produce new research and publications while involving undergraduate students in rigorous academic work.

• The Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.bergerinstitute.org/ |website=Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Financial Economics Institute{{cite web |title=Financial Economics Institute |url=https://fei.cmc.edu/ |website=fei.cmc.edu |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Mgrublian Center for Human Rights{{cite web |title=Home Page |url=https://human-rights.cmc.edu/ |website=Mgrublian Center for Human Rights |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies{{cite web |title=The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies |url=https://gouldcenter.org/ |website=The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies{{cite web |title=Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies |url=https://www.cmckeckcenter.org/ |website=Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Kravis Lab for Social Impact{{cite web |title=Kravis Lab for Social Impact |url=http://kravislab.cmc.edu |website=kravislab.cmc.edu |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Kravis Leadership Institute{{cite web |title=Kravis Leadership Institute Main Home |url=https://www.kravisleadershipinstitute.org/ |website=Kravis Leadership Institute |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Lowe Institute of Political Economy{{cite web |title=Political Economy Research Institute {{!}} Lowe Institute |url=https://www.cmc.edu/lowe-institute |website=www.cmc.edu |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• The Roberts Environmental Center
• The Rose Institute of State and Local Government
• The Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/salvatori/ |title=Salvatori Center, Claremont McKenna College |publisher=Claremontmckenna.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014}}
• The Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship{{cite web |title=Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship |url=https://cie.cmc.edu/ |website=cie.cmc.edu |access-date=12 February 2024}}

Claremont McKenna completed what was then the largest fundraising campaign ever initiated by a liberal arts college, raising $635 million, from 2008 – 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-aug-06-la-me-fundraise-20130807-story.html|title=Claremont McKenna College campaign raises $635 million|author=Carla Rivera |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 6, 2013}} The campaign for Claremont McKenna fulfilled for commitments in five priorities:

• $110 million for students: need-based financial aid and merit scholarships, internships, research, speaker series and other experiences
• $110 million for faculty: chairs, research and new curricula
• $100 million for facilities: new buildings, renovations and master planning projects
• $200 million for the Robert Day Scholars Program{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/rdscholars/|title=Robert Day Scholars Program|work=cmc.edu|access-date=June 12, 2015}}
• $80 million for The Fund for CMC: operating costs[http://cmc.edu/campaign/ The Campaign For Claremont McKenna, Claremont McKenna College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701150843/http://www.cmc.edu/campaign/ |date=July 1, 2008 }}

As part of the campaign, the college built the Kravis Center, an academic building that includes classrooms, faculty offices and research areas. The building, designed by Rafael Viñoly, was completed in 2011. It is named after 1967 alumnus Henry Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts who donated $75 million for the building.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmc.edu/news/pressreleases/article.asp?article_id=1009|title=Newsroom|work=cmc.edu|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929090027/http://www.cmc.edu/news/pressreleases/article.asp?article_id=1009|archive-date=September 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}

{{main|List of Claremont McKenna College people}}

Notable alumni include:

• Political consultant Thomas B. Hofeller{{Cite news|last=Wines|first=Michael|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/obituaries/thomas-hofeller-republican-master-of-political-maps-dies-at-75.html|title=Thomas Hofeller, Republican Master of Political Maps, Dies at 75|date=2018-08-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
• Former Chairman and CEO of TCW Group Robert Day (1965)
• Founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) George Roberts (1966)
• Chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Michael S. Jeffries (1966)
• Founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) Henry Kravis (1967)
• 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Patrick J. Conroy (1972)
• California Congressman and House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (1975){{Cite web|url=https://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/02/29/4877/david-dreier-will-not-seek-another-term/|title=David Dreier will not run again|last=Radio|first=Southern California Public|date=2012-02-29|website=Southern California Public Radio|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• 59th Mayor of Dallas, Texas and former CEO of Kaplan, Inc. Tom Leppert (1977){{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/kaplan-ceo-tom-leppert-77-reflects-on-leadership-and-how-cmc-helped-launch-him|title=Kaplan CEO Tom Leppert '77 reflects on leadership and how CMC helped launch him|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=September 25, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Founder of Perella Weinberg Partners and former head of European Markets at Goldman Sachs, Peter Weinberg (1979)
• Chief Investment Officer of Cascade Investment and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Michael Larson (1980){{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/michael-larson-80-joins-ecolab-board|title=Michael Larson '80 Joins Ecolab Board|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=March 2012 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• S&P Global President and CEO Douglas Peterson (1980){{Cite web|url=http://investor.spglobal.com/CustomPage/Index?KeyGenPage=326508&bio=Douglas_L+_Peterson|title=Investor Relations Overview - S&P Global}}
• Co-Director of the [https://wto.stanford.edu/ Center on Work, Technology, and Organization] at Stanford University, Pamela J. Hinds (1982){{Cite web |title=Pamela Hinds' Profile {{!}} Stanford Profiles |url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/pamela-hinds |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=profiles.stanford.edu |language=en}}
• Governor of Montana Steve Bullock (1988){{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/montana-governor-and-cmc-alumnus-steve-bullock-on-public-service-integrity-and-the-problem-of-dark-money|title=Montana Governor Steve Bullock '88 on Public Service, Integrity and the problem of "Dark Money"|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=November 5, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• CEO of Accenture Julie Sweet (1989){{Cite web|url=https://accntu.re/2JtKwSN|title=Accenture Appoints Julie Sweet Chief Executive Officer and Names David Rowland Executive Chairman, Effective Sept. 1, 2019 {{!}} Accenture Newsroom|website=accntu.re|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}
• New York Times White House correspondent Michael D. Shear (1990){{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-d-shear|title=Michael D. Shear |website=The New York Times |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Social entrepreneur and founder of Ethos Water Peter Thum (1990){{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/ethos-water-founder-peter-thum-90-to-discuss-world-water-crisis|title=Ethos Water Founder Peter Thum '90 To Discuss World Water Crisis|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=February 2, 2006 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Dean of University of Iowa College of Engineering Harriet B. Nemhard (1991){{Cite web |title=Harriet B. Nembhard {{!}} College of Engineering - The University of Iowa |url=https://engineering.uiowa.edu/people/harriet-b-nembhard |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=engineering.uiowa.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Peckman |first=Charles |title=Harriet Nembhard named new UI dean of College of Engineering |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2019/12/17/harriet-nembhard-named-new-ui-dean-of-college-of-engineering/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=The Daily Iowan}}
• CEO of Samba TV and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. Ashwin Navin (1999)
• Entrepreneur Daniel Kan, founder and CPO of Cruise (2009){{Cite web|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=2016-04-26|title=This 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Was Rejected by 35 Potential Employers. Now, He's the Co-Founder of a $1 Billion Startup. Here's How.|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274693|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Entrepreneur|language=en}}
• Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden (2010){{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/meet-the-millennial-who-infiltrated-the-guarded-world-of-abortion-providers/2015/10/14/25aaf862-678b-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html|title=Meet the Millennial who Infiltrated the Guarded World of Abortion Providers|work=washingtonpost.com|access-date=March 23, 2020}}
• Novelist Jack Houghteling (2014){{cite web |last=Miller |first=Carly |date=29 June 2016 |title=Local Writer Talks First Novel And Milennial Life In Ditmas Park |url=https://bklyner.com/local-writer-talks-first-novel-millennial-ditmas-park-ditmas-park/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=BKLYNER}}{{cite web |last1=Houghteling |first1=Jack |author1-link=Jack Houghteling |date=Feb 24, 2015 |title=Claremont McKenna College Commencement 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZOeMYt1uwI |website=youtube.com |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |language=en |format=video |time=48:26-58:50}}
• Actor and comedian Robin Williams (did not graduate){{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmc-mourns-remembers-actor-and-comedian-robin-williams|title=CMC mourns, remembers actor and comedian Robin Williams|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=August 15, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer (transferred){{Cite web|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2001/06/05/ca/la/vote/feuer_m/bio.html|title=Full Biography for Michael N. Feuer|website=www.smartvoter.org|access-date=2020-04-26}}

Notable faculty include:

• Political scientist Minxin Pei{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/minxin-pei|title=Minxin Pei {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Political scientist Ward Elliott{{Cite web|url= https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/ward-elliott|title= Ward Elliott}}
• Senior Economist at the Presidential Council of Economic Advisers Eric Helland{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/eric-helland|title=Eric Helland {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• Charles Kesler, noted conservative scholar{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/charles-kesler|title=Charles Kesler {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-27}}
• Arabic scholar Bassam Frangieh{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/bassam-frangieh|title=Bassam Frangieh {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-27}}
• Author Jamaica Kincaid{{Cite web |title=Award-winning Author Jamaica Kincaid Joins CMC Faculty {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/award-winning-author-jamaica-kincaid-joins-cmc-faculty |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.cmc.edu|date=June 11, 2009 }}
• Political scientist Ken Miller{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/kenneth-miller|title=Ken Miller {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-27}}
• Historian Wendy Lower{{Cite web |title=Wendy Lower |url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/wendy-lower |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.cmc.edu |language=en}}
• Psychologist Diane Helpern{{Cite web |title=Professor of Psychology |url=https://dianehalpern.com/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Diane F. Halpern, Ph.D. |language=en-US}}
• Political scientist and environmental economist William Ascher{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/william-ascher|title=William Ascher {{!}} Claremont McKenna College|website=www.cmc.edu|access-date=2020-04-27}}
• Presidential speechwriter and comedian Mort Sahl{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/mort-sahl-teaching-cmcers-about-the-other-america|title=Mort Sahl Teaching CMCers About The Other America|last1=Affairs|first1=Office of Public|last2=Claremont|first2=Communications 400 N. Claremont Blvd|website=cmc.edu|date=October 23, 2007 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}
• German popular historian Golo Mann{{cite web |title=Archived Lectures |url=https://www.gouldcenter.org/archived-lectures |website=The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies |access-date=29 July 2020}}
• Government consultant and felon Alan Heslop, founding director of the Rose Institute and former dean of faculty{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Joe |title=Rose Institute founder sentenced in bribery, kickback case |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2014/06/30/rose-institute-founder-sentenced-in-bribery-kickback-case/ |access-date=1 September 2020 |work=San Bernardino Sun |date=30 June 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Gruszecki |first1=Debra |title=Former professor sentenced to 21 months for scheme to siphon Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians funds |url=https://www.pe.com/2014/07/11/former-professor-sentenced-to-21-months-for-scheme-to-siphon-twenty-nine-palms-band-of-mission-indians-funds/ |access-date=1 September 2020 |work=Press Enterprise |date=11 July 2014}}
• International political economist Hilary Appel, Podlich Family Professor of Government, director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies{{cite web |title=Hilary Appel Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/hilary-appel |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}
• American poet Henri Cole
• Historian and Fulbright Scholar Albert L. Park{{cite web |title=Albert L. Park Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/albert-park |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024}}
• Political scientist John J. Pitney, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics
• Climate scientist and National Geographic Explorer, Branwen Williams{{cite web |title=Branwen Williams {{!}} Claremont McKenna College |url=https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/branwen-williams-0 |website=CMC |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}
• Computational biologist Ran Libeskind-Hadas serves on the Executive Board of the Computing Research Association and the National Science Foundation CISE Advisory Council and is the founding chair of Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences.

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