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Kanishk Chatterjee

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Yes, Princeton University accepts Indian students. Around 23% of the total student population of the university is made up of international audience and Indians are a major contributor. Apart from India, Princeton accepts students from 55 different countries.

Indian students must fulfill all the Princeton University entry requirements as mentioned in the course of their choice. Since the university takes a holistic approach, aspirants must excel academically and actively participate in extra-curricular activities as well as sports to boost their chances of securing a spot.

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Nishtha Karan

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Of the 1,411 students enrolled in the Class of 2028 at Princeton University, 50.8% are females. Below is class profile of the Princeton University Class of 2028 first-year students:

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Statistics

Class size

1,411

Female

50.8%

Male

49.2%

Students who qualify for financial aid

71.5%

Middle 50% SAT Evidenced-based Reading and Writing Score

740 - 780

Middle 50% SAT Math Score

770 - 800

Middle 50% ACT Composite Score

34 - 35

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Nishtha Karan

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At Princeton University, student-athletes get to explore a wide variety of sports at the NCAA Division I level. Below is the list of games to participate in:

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Baseball

Cheerleading

Field Hockey

Football

Heavyweight Rowing

Softball

Sprint Football

Wrestling

Men's Games

Basketball

Cross Country

Fencing

Golf

Ice Hockey

Lacrosse

Rowing - Lightweight

Soccer

Squash

Swimming & Diving

Tennis

Track & Field

Volleyball

Water polo

Women's Games

Basketball

Cross Country

Fencing

Golf

Ice Hockey

Lacrosse

Rowing - Lightweight

Rowing - Open

Rugby

Soccer

Squash

Swimming & Diving

Tennis

Track & Field

Volleyball

Water polo

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Akansha katariya

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Princeton University offers various programs to its undergraduate and graduate students.

The popular majors are Social Science, Engineering; Computer and Information Science and Support Services; Biological and Biomedical Science; and more.

The reason for their popularity is their career opportunities, research opportunities, and structure.

Look at the given table for more information - 

Popular Majors

Graduation Rates

Social Science

20%

Engineering

16%

Computer and Information Science and Support Services

16%

Biological and Biomedical Science

9%

Public Administration and Social Service professions

9%

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Gunjan Aggrawal

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Indian students can get into Princeton University if they perform excellently in studies, take part in extracurricular and have an excellent record over the years. With a 5% acceptance rate, Princeton University is hard to get into, and students with average performance have a low chances of selection. Students must focus on the factors; the university considers during selection the most. 

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Nishtha Gupta

Contributor-Level 9

Princeton University follows certain academic and non-academic factors during admission including the given factors -

  • Class rank
  • Academic GPA
  • Work experience

Under UG, if a student starts working on the factors required or asked by the university, they can easily get into it. 

Some of the crucial factors along with their level of importance, are given below:

Academic/Non-Academic Factors

Level of Importance

Rigor of secondary school records

Very Important

Class rank

Very Important

Academic GPA

Very Important

Application Essay

Very Important

Extracurricular activity

Important

Volunteer work

Considered

Character/Personal quality

Very Important

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C Kranthi kumar

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If u stay off-campus then u will definitely miss the campus life and if u liked to stay off-campus and the houses will be too expensive since it is located in Cambridge, new york city and around 80 percentage students is living in campus and around 15 percentage of students is been living off-campus and if u stay in campus and u can reduce your daily expensives and comparing to total expenses it is quite less if u stay in campus

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Chandra Shekhar

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Applicants who meet the Princeton University scholarships eligibility must get 100% financial support. As per the report,  almost 72% students receives financial aid for the class of 2028. The average annual undergraduate aid package at the university is USD 73,000 or INR 61.60 L (USD 1= INR 84.39).

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Chandra Shekhar

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Princeton University is known to be a member of QuestBridge, which helps high school students who are from low-income families and want scholarships for the entire duration of their chosen course. Students will be offered a full scholarship by the university if they have fulfilled all eligibility requirements.

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Akanksha Malhotra

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A few of the subjects of Princeton that rank well in the QS subject rankings are given below:

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Quacquarelli Symonds Subject Rankings 2025

Mathematics

#7

Politics

#3

Sociology

#8

Physics and Astronomy

#10

Accounting and Finance

#26

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