Record Diversity Numbers for Class of ’23 Admits

Published April 12, 2019

Kyle McKernan/Office of Communications

The 1,895 students offered admission for the CLASS OF 2023 include record percentages for women, students from lower-income backgrounds, and those who identify as people of color, University officials said.

The admit rate rose slightly, to 5.8 percent from last year’s record-low 5.5 percent. A major factor was a 7.2 percent decline in the number of applications this
year, to 32,804.

Of those admitted, 52 percent are women and 48 percent are men; 56 percent self-identified as people of color, which Princeton defined as Asian, black, Hispanic, biracial or multiracial, or other. The University declined to release the percentage of students from underrepresented minority groups.

Princeton said 26 percent of the admitted students are eligible for Pell grants; 18 percent are first-generation college students; 11 percent are children of Princeton alumni; 63 percent come from public schools; and 39 percent were admitted through the early-action program. International students from 60 countries make up 11 percent of admitted students. About 900 students were placed on the wait list.

The class size is expected to be 1,296. Students have until May 1 to accept the offer of admission.

Published in the April 24, 2019, Issue

2 Responses

Robert Johnston *70

4 Years Ago

People of Color?

Refused to release numbers on admitted people of color who are black — wonder why that is, in this age of "Black Lives Matter"? Maybe because the number is probably below 5 per cent?

Editor's note: Demographic data for the Class of 2023 was released after students accepted offers of admission. According to the Office of Admission, African American students made up 7 percent of the class. Additional information is available at admission.princeton.edu.

Thomas P. Wolf ’48

5 Years Ago

What About Quality?

I read with interest the April 24 story about “Record Diversity Numbers For Class Of ’23 Admits,” but find nary a word about quality, which as I remember used to be the main theme of your announcements.

Are you admitting that we are sacrificing some?