Princeton University Overview

Located in Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Princeton University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Princeton since the student to facuty ratio is 5 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Princeton is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period85% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Princeton with a bachelor's degree make about $110,066 a year. That's 170% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Princeton student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Princeton University?

Contact details for Princeton are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-0070
Phone:	609-258-3000
Website:	www.princeton.edu

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Admission Requirements for Princeton

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Princeton?

With an acceptance rate of 6%, Princeton is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 6%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 59% of students accepted to Princeton submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

Princeton received ACT scores from 25% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Princeton University?

The overall average net price of Princeton is $35,915. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Princeton, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $7,559 a year. That adds up to $30,236 over four years for those students.

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Princeton University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,774 undergraduate students at Princeton, with 4,689 being full-time and 85 being part-time.

There are also 3,079 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,689 full-time undergraduates at Princeton, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Princeton University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,179
Black or African American	418
Hispanic or Latino	499
White	1,703
International Students	546
Other Races/Ethnicities	344

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Princeton University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 114 countries are represented at Princeton. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and India.

Princeton University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	201	54	30	285
Public Policy	114	100	3	217
Economics	132	22	29	183
History	72	26	26	124
Electrical Engineering	36	50	25	111
Mechanical Engineering	45	40	19	104
Operations Research	77	12	13	102
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	52	24	24	100
Chemistry	28	27	35	90
Political Science & Government	57	18	15	90
Physics	34	26	21	81
Mathematics	38	20	15	73
Child Development & Psychology	50	12	5	67
Civil Engineering	30	20	12	62
Chemical Engineering	23	19	15	57
Sociology	34	13	10	57
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	37	6	6	49
General English Literature	31	8	9	48
Anthropology	30	8	9	47
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	26	7	8	41
Applied Mathematics	0	32	9	41
Philosophy	23	6	8	37
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	20	8	6	34
Astronomy & Astrophysics	13	3	16	32
Fine & Studio Arts	15	9	5	29
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	28	0	28
Area Studies	7	7	14	28
General Architecture	6	16	5	27
Religious Studies	12	5	7	24
Music	6	7	10	23
Classical Languages & Literature	10	4	5	19
Romance Languages	9	4	2	15
Geological & Earth Sciences	3	8	4	15
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	4	9	13
Germanic Languages	4	1	3	8
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	2	2	3	7
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	4	3	7
Ethnic Studies	5	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	4	4
Demography & Population Studies	0	1	3	4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	0	2
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	0
Biological Engineering	0	0	0	0
Engineering Physics	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,284	661	445	2,390

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Quantockgoblin under License

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