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Ursinus College Overview

Located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Ursinus College is a private not-for-profit institution. Ursinus is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Ursinus College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$37,756 Avg Cost After Aid
83% Acceptance Rate
  • Ursinus has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at Ursinus is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Ursinus.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 74% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Ursinus makes roughly $66,081 a year. This is 62% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average Ursinus student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Ursinus College?

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Contact details for Ursinus are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 601 E. Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000
Phone: 610-409-3000
Website: www.ursinus.edu

How Do I Get Into Ursinus?

You can apply to Ursinus online at: www.ursinus.edu/admission/applying/

Admission Requirements for Ursinus

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ursinus?

83% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
34% Submit SAT Scores
Ursinus has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% of students accepted to Ursinus submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 680. Math scores were between 590 and 680.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Ursinus College  ( 610 to 680 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Ursinus College  ( 590 to 680 )
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800
Ursinus received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 31. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Ursinus College  ( 26 to 33 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Ursinus College  ( 24 to 31 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Ursinus College  ( 27 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Ursinus College?

$37,756 Net Price
70% Take Out Loans
0.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Ursinus is $37,756. 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 Ursinus, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $9,635 a year. That adds up to $38,540 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ursinus is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ursinus College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,530 Full-Time Undergraduates
48% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,556 undergraduate students at Ursinus, with 1,530 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,530 full-time undergraduates at Ursinus, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ursinus College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 57
Black or African American 118
Hispanic or Latino 124
White 1,120
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 102

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Ursinus College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 12 countries are represented at Ursinus. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Netherlands.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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