Princeton University Description:
Admissions Data (2011):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 8%
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Princeton GPA, SAT and ACT Score Graph
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 700 / 790
- SAT Math: 710 / 800
- SAT Writing: 700 / 790
- ACT Composite: 31 / 34
- ACT English: 32 / 35
- ACT Math: 31 / 35
- ACT Writing: 8 / 10
Enrollment (2010):
- Total Enrollment: 7,724 (5,142 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 51% Male / 49% Female
- 100% Full-time
Costs (2011 - 12):
- Tuition and Fees: $37,865
- Books: $1,200 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $12,069
- Other Expenses: $2,800
- Total Cost: $53,934
Princeton Financial Aid (2009 - 10):
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 60%
- Princeton Financial Scholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 60%
- Loans: 10%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $33,692/li>
- Loans: $4,787
Most Popular Majors:
Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 99%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 90%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 96%
Data Source:
Princeton and the Common Application
Princeton University uses the Common Application. These articles can help guide you:Admissions Profiles for Other Ivy League Universities:
Princeton University Mission Statement:
"Princeton University strives to be both one of the leading research universities and the most outstanding undergraduate college in the world. As a research university, it seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding, and in the education of graduate students. At the same time, Princeton aims to be distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching. It seeks to provide its students with academic, extracurricular and other resources -- in a residential community committed to diversity in its student body, faculty and staff -- that will permit them to attain the highest possible level of achievement in undergraduate education and prepare them for positions of leadership and lives of service in many fields of human endeavor. Through the scholarship, research and teaching of its faculty, and the many contributions to society of its alumni, Princeton seeks to fulfill its informal motto: 'Princeton in the Nation's Service and in the Service of All Nations.'"
