Princeton University: Ranking & Review

Princeton Rank	Rank	World Rank
1	10	14 Top 1%

Princeton University Acceptance rate and Admissions statistics

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	6%	6%	7%
Applicants	31,056	16,098	14,958
Admissions	1,990	994	996
Enrolled undergraduates	1,306	648	658
Enrolled total (including graduate students)	8,273	4,502	3,771

Application fee for undergraduates - $65. Application fee for graduates - $90.

Secondary school GPA	Recommended
Secondary school rank	Recommended
Secondary school record	Required
Completion of the college-preparatory program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Recommended
Admission test scores	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	Required

Number of students submitting SAT scores	854
Percent of students submitting SAT scores	65%
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	745
Math	755

Number of students submitting ACT scores	709
Percent of students submitting ACT scores	54%
ACT Composite	33
ACT English	34
ACT Math	32

Total cost for students living	In-state	Out-of-state
On-campus	$66,150	$66,150
The total cost includes tuition and fees, books, supplies, on-campus room and board payment of $15,610 and other expenses per full academic year.

Princeton University provides on-campus housing with total dormitory capacity of 5,113 students.

Average Tuition and fees for academic year programs
	In-state	Out-of-state
Tuition for Full-time undergraduates	$47,140	$47,140
Fees for full-time undergraduates	$0	$0
Per credit hour charge for part-time undergraduates	$1,473	$1,473
Tuition for Full-time graduates	$47,140	$47,140
Fees for full-time graduates	$1,800	$1,800

Programs	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral	Total
Engineering	340	141	84	565
Social Sciences	259	83	53	395
Physical Sciences	77	85	71	233
Public Administration and Social Service Professions	107	98	5	210
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	117	50	38	205
History	84	20	19	123
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	60	16	24	100
Mathematics and Statistics	32	44	13	89
Philosophy and Religious Studies	48	11	17	76
Visual and Performing Arts	30	23	13	66
English Language and Literature & Letters	48	10	6	64
Psychology	45	7	7	59
Architecture and Related Services	9	28	4	41
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies	17	14	4	35
Multi & Interdisciplinary Studies	7			7
Grand Total	1,280	630	358	2,268

A total of 1,280 4-year bachelor's degrees conferred across undergraduate programs at Princeton University.

At the master's and doctor's level 988 degrees were conferred in the graduate programs.

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	97%	96%	98%
Full-time retention rate - 98%

Founded	1746
Motto	Dei Sub Numine Viget Under God's power she flourishes
Religious affiliation	Not applicable
Colors	orange, black
Academic Calendar	Semester
Total FTE staff	6,094
Instructional FTE	1,023
Sector of institution	Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Control of institution	Private not-for-profit
Carnegie Classification	Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Official Website	www.princeton.edu
Address	1 Nassau Hall Princeton, New Jersey, 08544-0070 United States
Urbanization level	Suburb: Large
City population	10,000 - 50,000
Phone	6092583000

Rank 🏆	University name	Country & City	Acceptance rate Acc. rate
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	7%
3	Stanford University	Stanford	5%
4	University of California - Berkeley	Berkeley	17%
5	Cornell University	Ithaca	13%
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle	46%
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	7%
8	University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	16%
9	Yale University	New Haven	7%
10	Princeton University	Princeton	6%
11	Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus	University Park	50%
12	University of California - Irvine	Irvine	37%
13	Purdue University - Main Campus	West Lafayette	57%
14	Duke University	Durham	10%
15	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	22%
16	Texas A & M University - College Station	College Station	71%
17	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	27%
18	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	45%