Editing Princeton University (section)

== Student body ==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" style="width: 10%;"
|+ style="font-size:85%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Princeton University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?186131-Princeton-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=May 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502222802/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?186131-Princeton-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:gray}}
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| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|25|%|2||background:purple}}
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| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
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| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:black}}
|}

Princeton has made significant progress in expanding the diversity of its student body in recent years. The 2021 admitted freshman class was one of the most diverse in the school's history, with 68% of students identifying as [[students of color]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jiang|first=Albert|date=April 6, 2021|title=Princeton admits record-low 3.98% of applicants in historic application cycle|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/04/princeton-college-admissions-class-of-2025-ivy-league|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414033549/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/04/princeton-college-admissions-class-of-2025-ivy-league|url-status=live}}</ref> The university has worked to increase its enrollment of first-generation and low-income students in recent years.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Korn|first=Melissa|date=April 19, 2021|title=Princeton Gets $20 Million From Bloomberg Philanthropies Toward Diversity|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/princeton-gets-20-million-from-bloomberg-philanthropies-toward-diversity-11618824600|access-date=June 21, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205357/https://www.wsj.com/articles/princeton-gets-20-million-from-bloomberg-philanthropies-toward-diversity-11618824600|url-status=live}}</ref> The median family income of Princeton students is $186,100, with 72% of students coming from the top 20% highest-earning families.<ref name="NYT mobility index">{{cite news|last1=Aisch|first1=Gregor|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Cox|first3=Amanda|last4=Quealy|first4=Kevin|date=January 18, 2017|title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Princeton|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/princeton-university|access-date=August 9, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728031146/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/princeton-university|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, 22% of freshman qualified for federal Pell Grants, above the 16% average for the top 150 schools ranked by the ''U.S. News & World Report''; nationwide, the average was 44%.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Nick|date=October 23, 2017|title=How an Ivy got less preppy: Princeton draws surge of students from modest means|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-an-ivy-got-less-preppy-princeton-draws-surge-of-students-from-modest-means/2017/10/23/b66955b6-a770-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129024039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-an-ivy-got-less-preppy-princeton-draws-surge-of-students-from-modest-means/2017/10/23/b66955b6-a770-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Based on data in a 2019 article in ''The Daily Princetonian,'' 10% of students hail from ''[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg's]]'' 2018 list of "100 richest places", and that the top 20% of high schools send as many students to Princeton as the bottom 80%.<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Liam|date=October 9, 2019|title=Geography is destiny at Princeton|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2019/10/geography-is-destiny-at-princeton|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713065055/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2019/10/geography-is-destiny-at-princeton|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, 10% of the student body was Jewish, a percentage lower than those at other Ivy League schools. 16% of the student body was Jewish in 1985; the number decreased by 40% from 1985 to 1999. This decline prompted ''The Daily Princetonian'' to write a series of articles on the decline and its reasons. ''[[The New York Observer]]'' wrote that Princeton was "long dogged by a reputation for [[anti-Semitism]]" and that this history as well as Princeton's elite status caused the university and its community to feel sensitivity towards the decrease of Jewish students. In the ''Observer'', several theories are proposed for the drop, ranging from campus culture to changing admission policies to national patterns.<ref name="Pam, Caroline">{{cite news|author=Pam, Caroline C.|date=May 31, 1999|title=Enrollment of Jews at Princeton Drops by 40 Percent in 15 Years|newspaper=[[The New York Observer]]|url=http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831071855/http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2021, according to the Center for Jewish Life on campus, the university has approximately 700 Jewish students.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 19, 2015|title=FAQs|url=https://hillel.princeton.edu/about-us/faqs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719085756/https://hillel.princeton.edu/about-us/faqs|archive-date=July 19, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Center for Jewish Life|publisher=Princeton University|language=en|quote=Our community is comprised of 700 Jewish students from various backgrounds...}}</ref> As of 2024, according to [[Hillel International]], there are approximately 450 Jewish undergraduates at Princeton, comprising about 8.6% of the undergraduate student body. In addition, about 250 Jewish graduate students are enrolled at Princeton, comprising about 7.9% of the graduate student body.<ref name="Ivy Coach">{{cite news|author=[[Hillel International]]|date=January 22, 2025|title=Explore Princeton Hillel, Center for Jewish Life|newspaper=[[Hillel International]]|url=https://www.hillel.org/college/princeton-university/|access-date=January 22, 2025}}</ref> Consequently, as [[American Jews]] are accounting for 2.4% of the total US population, there are 358% more Jews among students at Princeton than Jews among the total US population, which makes Jewish students the best represented minority group at Princeton.

Starting in 1967, African American enrollment surged from 1.7% to 10% but has stagnated ever since.<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Liam|date=June 25, 2020|title=A brief history of Princeton admissions|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/06/brief-history-of-admissions-princeton-diversity-representation-gender-race|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713065043/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/06/brief-history-of-admissions-princeton-diversity-representation-gender-race|url-status=live}}</ref> Bruce M. Wright was admitted into the university in 1936 as the first [[African Americans|African American]]; however, his admission was a mistake and when he got to campus he was asked to leave. Three years later Wright asked the dean for an explanation on his dismissal and the dean suggested to him that "a member of your race might feel very much alone" at Princeton University.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mundy|first=Liza|url=https://archive.org/details/michellebiograph00mund/page/68|title=Michelle: A Biography|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4165-9943-2|location=New York City|pages=[https://archive.org/details/michellebiograph00mund/page/68 68–69]|url-access=registration}}</ref> Princeton would not admit its first Black students until in 1945 when Princeton instituted the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program|V-12 program]] on campus.{{Sfn|Bradley|2010|p=113}} In 1947, John L. Howard, one of the four naval cadets admitted to the program, would become the first Black student to graduate with a bachelor's degree.{{Sfn|Bradley|2010|p=114}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dubrovsky|first=Gertrude|date=June 7, 1981|title=Princeton: Thorns Among the Ivy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/07/nyregion/princeton-thorns-among-the-ivy.html|access-date=July 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719045355/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/07/nyregion/princeton-thorns-among-the-ivy.html|url-status=live}}</ref>