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What Pomona grads actually do

Based on 431 notable Pomona alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

writer
54
university teacher
50
journalist
29
businessperson
23
politician
22
lawyer
18
actor
17
poet
15
screenwriter
15
film actor
15
composer
14
psychologist
13

Notable Pomona alumni

Brenda Hillman
Brenda Hillman
university teacher · translator
Mike Budenholzer
Mike Budenholzer
basketball coach · basketball player
Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston
writer · journalist
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor
aircraft pilot · television actor
Darlene Hard
Darlene Hard
tennis player
Bill Keller
Bill Keller
journalist
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Myrlie Evers-Williams
journalist · screenwriter
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
military personnel · composer

Salary outlook for top Pomona career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
businessperson
10th–90th percentile: $80,000$239,200
$206,680
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
composer
10th–90th percentile: $34,240$173,810
$62,590
median / yr

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About Pomona

Pomona College ( pə-MOH-nə) is a private college in Claremont, California, United States. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions. Pomona is a four-year undergraduate institution that enrolled approximately 1,700 students as of the fall 2025 semester. It offers 48 majors in liberal arts disciplines and roughly 650 courses, as well as access to more than 2,000 additional courses at the other Claremont Colleges. Its 140-acre (57 ha) campus is in a residential community 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Pomona has a $3.25 billion endowment, as of June 2025 making it one of the ten wealthiest schools in the U.S. on a per-student basis. Nearly all students live on campus, and the student body is noted for its racial, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity. The college's athletics teams, the Sagehens, compete jointly with Pitzer College in the SCIAC, a Division III conference. The college is considered one of the most prestigious colleges liberal arts colleges in the country. Prominent alumni of Pomona include Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony award winners; U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials; Pulitzer Prize recipients; billionaire executives; a Nobel Prize laureate; National Academies members; and Olympic athletes. The college is a top producer of Fulbright scholars and recipients of other fellowships.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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