Which has smaller average class sizes, Georgetown or Pomona College?

Pomona College has smaller undergraduate classes on average than Georgetown. Georgetown has a larger undergraduate population and a more mixed class-size profile, including sizable introductory courses alongside small seminars.

At Pomona, discussion-based teaching is the default across many departments, including introductory courses in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Georgetown also offers many small, seminar-style courses, particularly in upper-level major classes, language study, and the School of Foreign Service. But students should expect some lecture-based classes early on, especially in popular subjects and foundational requirements. The university’s larger scale creates more course options and specialized programs, but it does not deliver the consistently small-class environment that Pomona does.

For a student who learns best through frequent discussion rather than lectures, Pomona provides the more reliably intimate classroom experience.