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Principia was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Principia College has an acceptance rate of 84%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 30% of students accepted to Principia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 518 and 593. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio at Principia is an impressive 5 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Principia College is 88%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Principia College has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Principia the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 62%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Principia College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 340 undergraduates at Principia with 316 being full-time and 24 being part-time.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Principia, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $2,016 a year. That adds up to $8,064 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Principia College.
Contact details for Principia are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028-9799 |
| Phone: | 618-374-2131 |
| Website: | www.principiacollege.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/Principia.College |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/princollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 13 | NA |
| General Education | 11 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 9 | NA |
| Economics | 8 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 8 | NA |
| Computer Science | 8 | NA |
| International Studies | 7 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 5 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 4 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 4 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 321 students who took online classes the previous year.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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