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For each class, we bring together a varied mix of high-achieving, intellectually gifted students from diverse backgrounds to create an exceptional learning community. We care about what students have accomplished in and out of the classroom. Our review process will be a holistic one, focused not just on an applicant’s academic strengths, but also on the talents and perspectives that they will bring to the Princeton campus.

For more information visit our admission website.

Princeton welcomes applications from students around the world. We review all applications in the same manner, regardless of citizenship or country of residence.

The University reinstated the transfer program in 2018 after a nearly 30-year hiatus. Princeton's Transfer program looks for a small group of exceptionally well-prepared students from a range of backgrounds, and we particularly encourage applications from students from lower-income backgrounds, community college students, and U.S. military veterans.

Transfer students will be able to enroll in the fall term only, and most are expected to begin in their sophomore year. In all cases, Princeton faculty and college deans will determine placement in a class year after reviewing their transfer credit.

The University is committed to supporting undocumented and DACA students. Princeton’s admission and financial aid policies are the same for undocumented or DACA students as they are for all other students applying to the University. If admitted, undocumented students can be confident that their full financial need, as determined by the Undergraduate Financial Aid Office, will be met.

Princeton especially welcomes applications from individuals who have actively served in the U.S. military, confident that they bring a valuable perspective to our community of diverse students.

Princeton is a proud partner with Service to School (S2S), a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides higher education counseling through professional advisers and peer networks at no cost to veteran applicants. We are part of a small group of institutions involved in their Service to School (S2S) VetLink initiative, launched in 2015 to connect these counselors with our admission representatives.

Princeton is also proud to be a host campus to the Warrior-Scholar Project, a national non-profit that provides intensive academic workshops to assist the transition between the military and higher education.

Princeton is also a close partner of the Leadership Scholar Program, which works to assist Marines in pursuing their education at highly selective institutions after their transition out of the Marine Corps.

Princeton has one of the most generous financial aid polices in the country. About 61% of students receive financial aid. We provide financial aid in the form of grants, which do not have to be repaid. Our aid program does not require any borrowing, so students may graduate debts free. As a result 83% of senior graduate debt free. The average debt of graduating students who chose to borrow is $9,000.

Our aid program is designed to encourage all qualified students — regardless of financial circumstances — to consider applying for admission to Princeton.

To learn more about our financial aid visit our website.

Princeton is one of the only colleges nationwide that offers need-blind admissions and meet 100% of demonstrated need for all students regardless of citizenship or citizenship status.

The land on which the University stands is part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. We pay respect to Lenape peoples, past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.

Princeton is a small/medium sized institution with 5,300 undergraduates and about 3,000 graduate students. Our campus features about 200 buildings on 600 acres of land. It's easy to get around campus by walking, biking or utilizing our Tiger Transit shuttle system.

We were chartered in 1746, making us the fourth oldest college in the United States. However, we didn’t move to the Princeton area until 1756 at the completion of Nassau Hall, which is the oldest and most iconic building on campus.

Princeton is located in central New Jersey, in a residential campus community with a thriving downtown. The town of Princeton has about 30,000 residents and the University and Princeton Community are closely tied. While we are in a suburban setting, we’re never far from the amenities afforded by our neighboring cities. There is a train station on campus and we are a 90 minute train ride from both New York City and Philadelphia. Princeton is also a train ride away from Newark airport, making it easy for students to travel home for breaks. Students frequent downtown Princeton for food and fun, as there are a wide variety of restaurants, shops, and theatres just outside the University's main gates.

To help tell a more complete narrative of the University’s past and present, the Office of the Executive Vice President has created five online, mobile friendly tours to highlight stories of African American Life at Princeton, Asians and Asian Americans at Princeton, “Firsts” at Princeton, Traditions at Princeton and Women at Princeton. Take a tour.

The mission of the Center for Career Development is to empower students to develop the insights, experience and connections to pursue personally meaningful careers throughout their lives.

Through individual appointments, workshops, summer programs, peer advising, and connections with alumni, the Center for Career Development works with students throughout their time at Princeton to ensure that they are taking the appropriate steps to achieve their post-graduation goals.

Our students find great success after finishing their four years at Princeton, and we’re proud that the connections they made with the community, their peers, and the faculty and staff, keep them coming back each year for reunions.

- Within 6 months of graduation, 75% of our graduates are employed and 19% are in graduate school.

- 75% of Princeton graduates earn a higher degree at some point after they graduate.

- Acceptance rate of Princeton graduates to medical school is between 85-95% percent.

Princeton has worked to increase the accessibility of Princeton to first-generation, lower income (FLI) students; 24% of students in the Class of 2023 receive Pell Grants.

There are a number of different organizations and events on campus to ensure that all students, particularly FLI students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, are given the resources and support to thrive at Princeton. Such organizations include the Freshman Scholars Institute (FSI) and the Scholars Institute Fellows Programs (SIFP) under the Office of the Dean of the College, and The First-Generation Low Income Council (FLIC), which is a student organization that advocates for FLI students.

The Scholars Institute Fellows Program (SIFP) offers mentorship, academic enrichment, and a welcoming scholarly community to students hailing from backgrounds historically underrepresented at Princeton. In particular, they invite all first-generation and low-income students, as well as military veterans and transfer students, to apply to become SIFP Fellows. SIFP provides a supportive community to ensure all students at Princeton excel, regardless of background or circumstances.

Each summer, Princeton invites a number of first-years to the Freshman Scholars Institute (FSI). This fully-paid, eight-week summer program is particularly geared to first-generation, lower income students, and allows them to get a feel for Princeton and experience the academic and extracurricular life before the school year begins. Scholars partake in a number of programming and classes, and build their own communities of support prior to beginning college.

Student organizations such as the Princeton First-Generation Low Income Council (FLIC) serve as a community for the first-generation and lower income students at Princeton, connecting them to resources, dialogue and fellowship.