Princeton University
Princeton University admitted 4.6% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1510–1580 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $7,815 a year. Within six years, 97% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 4.6%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1510–1580
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $87,888 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $7,815 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $65,510 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 97%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $133,523 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,400
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,709
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 24%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 20%
- Engineering
- 18%
- Computer and information sciences
- 14%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
- Public administration and social services
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Chicago IL · 4.5% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · 4.5% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
More colleges in New Jersey
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ · 58% admitted
- Montclair State University NJ · 88% admitted
- Rowan University NJ · 78% admitted
- Kean University NJ · 76% admitted
- New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ · 65% admitted
- Rutgers University-Newark NJ · 71% admitted
- Stockton University NJ · 89% admitted
- The College of New Jersey NJ · 62% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.