Admission & Aid: Overview

Princeton enrolls a freshman class of about 1,220 students each year. The admission staff treats each application carefully, evaluating personal as well as intellectual qualities, and making every effort to be thorough, sensitive and fair.
The goal is to bring together a freshman class marked not only by its exceptional academic ability but also by a variety of backgrounds, particular interests, accomplishments and aspirations. Princeton is a residential university where undergraduate and graduate students have much to offer and to learn from each other.
Princeton also prides itself on ensuring economic diversity within our student body. To do this, the University admits undergraduate students without regard to their family financial circumstances and provides 100 percent of determined need. Since the 2001-02 academic year, no Princeton aid student, domestic or international, has been required to take out a loan to pay for his or her education.
A confidential early estimator is available to approximate the need-based aid each prospective undergraduate student might receive based on his or her family's circumstances. The Graduate School also offers a variety of types of financial assistance for its students.

Admission Video: 'At a Glance' (4 mins.)
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Admission Video: 'Beginnings' (16 mins.)
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Video: 'Princeton Preview' (30 secs.)
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