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Princeton University

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
7,2424,79010%46%$33,000$33,000$10,980
Year last surveyed2007
AddressPrinceton NJ 08544-1019
Phone(609) 258-3000
Carnegie ClassificationDoctoral/Research Universities – Extensive
Typeuniversity [offers four years of undergraduate work, plus graduate degrees through the doctorate in more than two fields]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1746
Institutional ControlPrivate – Nonprofit
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Princeton University

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.650
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.578
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time men.7
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time women.5
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.1,901
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.1,634
Number of all other full-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.6
Number of all other full-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.9
Number of all other part-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.75
Number of all other part-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.58
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.1,148
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.1,148
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.1,031
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.73
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 5 years but in 6 years or less.10
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.1,114
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).97%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA.100%
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.2,564
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.2,226
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.75
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.58
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.1,392
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.927
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.3,956
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.3,153
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.75
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.58
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.4,923
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.7,242
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.428
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.415
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.40
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.651
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.347
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.2,756
Number of degree-seeking undergraduates whose race/ethnicity is unknown.138
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.4,775
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).86%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.53
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.94
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.39%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.100%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.99%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.94%
Average high school GPA on 4.0 scale for degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students.3.85
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.98%
Number of Bachelor's degrees awarded during previous year.1,108
Number of Master's degrees awarded during previous year.435
Number of Doctoral degrees awarded during previous year.260
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).1999
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.

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