Published on Princeton Alumni Weekly (https://paw.princeton.edu)


A New Class Arrives: 2020 by the Numbers

By Princeton Alumni Weekly
Published in the October 5, 2016 Issue
  • Class size: 1,306
  • Applicants: 29,303*
  • Admitted: 1,911 (6.5%**)
  • Yield: 68.3%

Of those enrolled:

  • Students receiving financial aid: 60%
  • Male-to-female ratio: 51.3%/48.7%
  • All U.S. minority students: 42.7%
  • International students: 11.7%
  • Children of alumni: 14.5%
  • Recruited varsity athletic prospects: 17.4%
  • Pell Grant recipients: 21%*
  • From public schools: 59.6%
  • First-generation college students: 15%
  • Number of U.S. military veterans: 0
  • B.S.E. candidates: 26.3%

 

* a record high
**a record low

Sources: Office of Admission; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences


For the record

The percentage of B.S.E. candidates has been updated to include students who selected engineering majors after admission and before matriculation.

 


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