page_title: Claremont Colleges
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Claremont Colleges / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: A football game at Meritt Field
context_page_description: The Claremont Colleges are a consortium of seven highly selective private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges — Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College — and two graduate schools — Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute. All of the members except KGI have adjoining campuses that together cover roughly 1 square mile.
  The consortium was founded in 1925 by Pomona College president James A. Blaisdell, who proposed a collegiate university design inspired by Oxford University. He sought to provide the specialization, flexibility, and personal attention commonly found in small colleges, but with the resources of a large university. Today, the consortium has roughly 7700 students and 3600 faculty and staff, and offers more than 2000 courses every semester.
  The colleges share a central library, campus safety services, health services, and other resources managed by The Claremont Colleges Services.
context_section_description: Pomona College and Pitzer College compete together as the Pomona-Pitzer (PP) Sagehens. Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College and Scripps College also compete together as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Stags (for male teams) and Athenas (for female teams). The teams participate in NCAA Division III in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). In the Division III Final Standings for the 2016-2017 year, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps ranked fourth nationally, while Pomona-Pitzer ranked 29th; they were the top two performers in the SCIAC. Overall, the Claremont Colleges place less emphasis on sports than many other institutions.
caption: A Pomona-Pitzer football game
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