Princeton University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 110 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 99 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing11 · 10.0%
- No Data99 · 90.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 2
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2021Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,417 students received $9.0M in Pell grants, alongside $2.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 114 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Princeton
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 19
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus62
- Non-campus8
- Public property1
Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Forbes1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $1,000-$9,999
- Prospect Apartments1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $100-$999
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Princeton vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Princeton selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPrinceton University | 98% | — | 9,137 | $6,128 | R1 Research |
| 84% | 63.5% | 7,040 | $36,228 | R1 Research | |
| 85% | 40.1% | 11,946 | $29,278 | R1 Research | |
| 94% | 11.7% | 15,888 | $31,944 | R1 Research | |
| 95% | 12.9% | 20,031 | $40,815 | R1 Research | |
| 78% | 79.4% | 21,153 | $38,509 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 90% | 40.1% | 13,917 | $34,086 |
Institutions like Princeton
Explore the federal data for institutions in Princeton's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchNew York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Grad rate84%Admit rate63.5%Enrollment7,040Net price$36,228View data - R1 ResearchNew York
University of Rochester
Grad rate85%Admit rate40.1%Enrollment11,946Net price$29,278View data - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University
Grad rate94%Admit rate11.7%Enrollment15,888Net price$31,944View data - R1 ResearchDistrict of Columbia
Georgetown University
Grad rate95%Admit rate12.9%Enrollment20,031Net price$40,815View data - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Drexel University
Grad rate78%Admit rate79.4%Enrollment21,153Net price$38,509View data
Princeton Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page from The Office of Institutional Research at Princeton University focuses on data reporting guidelines, ensuring data security, privacy, and the consistent presentation of information. It provides resources and links to various data-related guidelines and documents for both internal and external compliance requirements.
Visit IR office page- Jed MarshVice Provost for Institutional Research
- Jonathan StoesselInstitutional Research Analyst
- La Reina BatesInstitutional Research Analyst
Common Data Set
Princeton's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $64,477 (2015-2016).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $64,477 → about $21,186 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($43,291); 100% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H522% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $21,238 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I371% of classes have under 20 students; 11% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~48% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D12,023 transfer applicants → 20 admitted (1.0%) → 15 enrolled
Source publications
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