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Basic Information
- Location: Princeton, NJ, 08544
- Number of Students/Ratio: 4760 / 1.128 (53% : 47%) M:F
- Focus for SET:
- Year founded: 1746
- Academic Calendar:
- - September 11: classes for Fall term begin
- - October 20-24: midterms
- - October 25-November 2: Fall break ends
- Campus Type (urban, suburban, or rural): suburban
- Linked to College Town (Y/N): No
- Endowment:
- Tuition plus room/board: $47,375
- Percent in Greek System: N/A
- Admittance rate: 9.25%
- Acceptance rate: 9.5% (Record low, 2011)
- Graduation rate (4 year, 5 year, 6 year): _, 95%, _
- Out of State Students: 84%
- International Students: 9%
Housing Information
- Options for Housing:
- Four-Year Residential Colleges (available to juniors and seniors only): Butler (starting in 2009), Mathey, and Whitman
- Two-Year Residential Colleges: Wilson, Rockefeller, and Forbes
- Number of Students in Each:
- - Mathey - Blair Hall, Campbell Hall, Hamilton Hall, Edwards Hall, Joline Hall, and Little Hall
- - Whitman - 500 students in 7 residence halls: Fisher Hall, North Hall, Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower, Hargadon Hall, Lauritzen Hall, South Baker Hall, and 1981 Hall.
- - Wilson - Dodge-Osborn Hall, 1937 Hall, 1938 Hall, 1939 Hall, Christian Gauss Hall, Feinberg Hall, and one floor in the third entryway of Walker Hall.
- - Rockefeller - 500 students in Holder Hall (completed in 1910), Witherspoon Hall (completed in 1877), a portion of Blair Hall (completed in 1897), and a portion of Campbell Hall (completed in 1909).
- Themed Housing, e.g. Ethnic Houses (Y/N): No
- School-owned Off-campus Housing (Y/N): Not sure, but most people don't go looking for off-campus housing because it is pricey, and on-campus dorms are very nice.
- Housing Allocation Methods: Students sign up to pick houses as a group of anywhere from 1 to 8 people, and each group is assigned a random time to pick their houses.
- Students Living in Campus Housing: 97%
- "Three of the six residential colleges are slated to become all-class residences and house approximately 400 freshmen and sophomores, 100 juniors and seniors and 10 graduate students. The other three residential colleges will continue to house freshmen and sophomores.
Most upperclass students live in individual dormitories that are not part of a residential college."
Quality of Academics
- In a fashion very similar to other schools, Princeton has what appears to be an online sort of forum for class content, etc. called Princeton Blackboard.
- Also have something very similar to Regis (SCORE)
- Does a quick check show existence of any structure to promote high-quality teaching (Y/N): No, system is similar to what Caltech has, although some of their precepts (recitations) are held by professors
- If so, briefly describe:
Administrative Structure
- Link to Org Charts for Student Affairs, Student Gov't, etc... when available
- Link to Undergraduate Student Government: http://usg.princeton.edu/
- Student Government: Not sure what they do specifically, seems that they are mostly in name only and are relatively invisible in terms of doing things (opinion of only one Princeton student)
Student/Campus Center
- It seems as if Princeton utilizes its student centers as ways to celebrate its campus' diversity.
- There are several different centers:
- -The Carl A. Fields [1] Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding
- -The Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis '30 International Center [2]
- -The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center [3]
- -The Women's Center [4]
- It is not immediately clear from the Princeton website if there are general student/campus centers, but further communication with the students should clear this up soon.
- Decision-making process for allocating rooms:
- Area (in ft^2):
- Student Groups Provided Space:
Persons of Interest
Students
- Head of Student Government: Josh Weinstein
- Undergraduate Student Government officers website: http://usg.princeton.edu/officers/
- Any people we know:
Administrators
- President: Shirley M. Tilghman
- Provost: Christopher L. Eisgruber
- Dean of the Faculty: David P. Dobkin
- Dean of the College: Nancy Weiss Malkiel
- Dean for Research: A.J. Stewart Smith
- Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science: H. Vincent Poor
- Dean of Undergraduate Students: Kathleen Deignan
- University Librarian: Karin A. Trainer
- Registrar: Polly Winfrey Griffin
- Dean of Admission: Janet Lavin Rapelye
- Head of Student Affairs:
- Head of Academic Accountability (Vice-Provost of Education here):
- Head of Housing:
- Administrative Government Link: http://www.princeton.edu/main/about/governance/
Follow-Up Information For Later
- Popular majors: Economics and Politics
- Happiness Rating (-3 to 3):
- "I would recommend my school to a close friend with similar interests" ratings (strongly agree, agree, no opinion, disagree, strongly disagree):
- If Y to "school-owned off-campus housing?",
- Publications: Princeton Profile, Princeton in Brief, more publications: http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/