Scholarships
One of Pitzer's highest priorities is to provide financial aid and scholarships for as many students as possible. Through the support of alumni, parents, faculty & staff and friends, Pitzer is able to award assistance to almost 50% of current students.
For additional information about general scholarships or making a gift to a specific named scholarship, please contact the Advancement Office at 909-621-8130, toll free 877-357-7479, or by email at giving@pitzer.edu
Emeriti Faculty Scholarships
Agnes Moreland Jackson Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in English & World Literature and Black Studies or an African American student majoring in English & World Literature.
Albert Schwartz Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to New Resources students; sociology major preferred.
Ann Helton Stromberg Scholarship
Annual scholarship, Sociology students are preferred.
Carl Hertel Scholarship
Annual scholarship, art and/or environmental design students are preferred.
Ellen Ringler-Henderson Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to English and World Literature Majors or, students in the study abroad program.
Helia Sheldon Annual Scholarship Fund
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in Spanish or of Latino descent with demonstrated financial need.
Jackie Levering-Sullivan Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with an interest in writing.
Jill Benton Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in English and World Literature.
Jill Schimpff Annual Scholarship
Available to international students planning to attend Pitzer or international students already attending Pitzer.
John Sullivan Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need.
Lee Munroe Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, a senior with an anthropology concentration is preferred.
Lew Ellenhorn Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, Psychology majors preferred.
Lucian Marquis Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students in good academic standing.
Michael Woodcock Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, Art majors preferred
Peter Nardi Scholarship Fund
Annual scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Ron Macauley Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in Linguistics.
Rudi Volti Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need
Ruth Munroe Scholarship
Anthropology students preferred.
Susan Seymour Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in Anthropology
Annual and Endowed Scholarships
Academic Achievement Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students identified by the Director of Admission as having done exceptionally well in high school.
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with strong academic backgrounds.
Amanda Crosby Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, Environmental Studies students preferred.
Annis Van Nuys Schweppe Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to female students.
Ann Peppers Foundation Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with high academic standing.
Charles and Phyllis Horton Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Class of 1968 Annual Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to senior and junior class females and either can be a New Resources student.
Clayton C. and Frances Ellsworth Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, History majors preferred.
C.V. Starr Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with a strong academic background.
David Bloom '85 Memorial Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with interest in a career in communications.
Diane Mosbacher ’71 Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to minority females
Diane Shammas ’75 Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to a student majoring in Middle Eastern studies or of Middle eastern descent.
Dorothy Durfee Avery Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Edna Van Wart Castera Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to academically talented students with financial need.
Eli and Edyth Broad Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Elliot Toombs '87 Memorial Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Esther Stewart Richards Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
External Studies Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to external studies program participants.
Fabian Nunez '97 Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students of Chicano/Latino descent with demonstrated financial need.
Fletcher Jones Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with a strong academic background.
Flora Sanborn Pitzer Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, Math major is preferred.
George H. Mayr Trust Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students who are California residents
Harry and Grace Steele Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Helen Juda Fund Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, art or printmaking students are preferred.
Herold Family Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Hirschel Abelson Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
History Endowed Scholarship (Alex Ridley/Diane Garthwaite)
Endowed scholarship, available to History majors.
James and Katherine deBaun Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Janet Irene MacFarland Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Jill Ford Harmon ’66 Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to an at risk student with demonstrated financial need.
Jim '75 and Cindy Hass Memorial Scholarship
Annual scholarship, Ssociology student preferred.
John Stauffer Memorial Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to senior science majors.
John W. Atherton Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to seniors majoring in English & World Literature.
Johnson Family Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students identified as learning disabled or at-risk.
Jonathan P. Graham '82 & Elizabeth B. Ulmer Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Katherine Keck Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Kenneth and Jean Pitzer Memorial Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
La Croix New Resources Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to New Resources students.
Laura Skandera Trombley Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students who are the first generation to attend college.
Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship
Foundation selects from nominees who are women, from Southern California, with a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Margot Levin Schiff Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Marilyn Chapin Massey Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to inner city students from Los Angeles who are community service oriented.
Mary Pickford Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Maud Barker Neff Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Maureen Lynch Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Mead Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Milton Avery Arts Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students majoring in visual and studio arts.
Nancy Penick McGarry Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to female students involved in sports.
Nathan Family Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Osher Re-entry Scholarship
Endowed scholarship used to support our non-traditional age re-entry students through the New Resources program.
Parent Association Scholarships
Annual scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need
President's Council Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students with high academic standing.
R. Stanton Avery Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Robin Kramer Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Roxanne Belding ’79 Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Sally Love Downey Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Sheryl F. Miller Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to Anthropology majors or related discipline.
Student Aid/M/M Leslie Warren
Endowed scholarship, available to females with financial need.
Susan Dolgen Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Sylvia Sticha Holden Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Terry F. and Margaret Rood Lenzner Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
Trustee Community Scholars - Gene Stein
Endowed scholarship, available to first year students with demonstrated financial need or based on merit.
Universal Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to film/video students.
Valerie B. Levey Scholarship
Annual scholarship, available to students majoring in English.
W. Brunger Family Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to minority students.
W.M. Keck Foundation Joint Science Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, students are selected by the Joint Science Faculty.
W.M. Keck Foundation Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with a strong academic background.
Yuri Fairchild Memorial Scholarship
Endowed scholarship, available to students with demonstrated financial need.
In addition to giving online you can also mail in a gift using the following address:
Pitzer College
Advancement Office
1050 N. Mills Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
Contact Us
Tel: 909.621.8130
Toll-free: 877.357.7479
Fax: 909.621.8539
giving@pitzer.edu