Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 5,709 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $7,815per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 97%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $133,52310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Every senior writes a thesis (or, in some engineering departments, does a major independent project), working one-on-one with a faculty adviser. Most students warm up with a junior paper.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 5%About 1 in 22 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1510–1580Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 34–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $7,815full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $87,888sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $65,510Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 97%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $133,52310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,400federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,709Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 28%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ — admits 48%
- Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ — admits 73%
- Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC — admits 22%
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA — admits 60%
Also worth a look
- Yale University New Haven, CT — admits 4%
- Rice University Houston, TX — admits 8%
- Stanford University Stanford, CA — admits 4%
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA — admits 5%
- Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN — admits 6%
- Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO — admits 12%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Princeton University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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