Forty-ninth overall in the nation among liberal arts colleges in the 2009 U.S.News & World Report America’s Best Colleges rankings. Pitzer has been recognized as the third best liberal arts college in the new “Up-and-Coming Schools” category and its Study Abroad program has been named one of U.S. News’ “Programs to Look For.”
Pitzer has been named one of the nation’s best colleges and number one in the category of Race/Class Interaction in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 368 Colleges.
Pitzer has been ranked #104 in the nation out of 569 colleges and universities in Forbes.com’s America’s Best Colleges.
Pitzer College has been named to the first-ever President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This distinction recognizes students, faculty and staff for helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement in our nation.
Editor’s Choice as one of the “most artsy schools” in the 2007 edition of The Insider’s Guide to The Colleges, which is compiled and edited by the staff of The Yale Daily News.
One of CosmoGIRL’s Top 50 Colleges for 2007 for the third consecutive year.
At the Campus Compact 20/20 Visioning Summit on October 17, 2006, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced that Pitzer College is one of twenty-eight campuses in California to be distinguished for community service and Katrina relief efforts.
Pitzer College made The New York Times' 2006 list of colleges that are "hidden gems."
Campus Activism 2006 Award for Thinking Outside of the Box, MotherJones Magazine
Pitzer College ranks 25th among all Baccalaureate Colleges for percentage of its students who study abroad, according to the 2006 International Educational Exchange (IIE) Open Door Report.
Pitzer College is one of 76 colleges or universities that has been selected by The Carnegie Foundation for their new elective Community Engagement Classification.
Pitzer College has been selected for the Beyond the Books’ Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities. Selected institutions have demonstrated a significant track record of integrating community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.
In 2000, Pitzer College initiated the first community-based Spanish program in the country. The program integrates intensive classroom instruction with practical learning experiences in the local Spanish-speaking community.
