High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Scripps College, begun in 1926, is a progressive liberal arts women`s college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation`s best women`s college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College, and 23rd on the list for top liberal arts colleges in the United States by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.