Financial Campus Overview Fields

Admissions

Acceptance rate

% of applicants accepted

 
Overall: 5%
 
Male: 4%
 
Female: 7%
Yield rate

% accepted that attend

 
Overall: 85%
 
Male: 89%
 
Female: 81%
emoji_objects Colleges with a high % of accepted students deciding to attend often offer less merit aid.
Early admit detail
  % acceptance rate Early to regular help % admits
  EarlyRegular Ratio Of class
EA 2026 6% 4% 1.5x 59%
EA 2027 6% 4% 1.6x
EA 2028 5% 4% 1.3x
EA 2029 6% 3% 1.7x

High school GPA

Optional

High school rank

Optional

High school transcript

Required

Recommendation letters

Required

Personal statement or essay

Required

Legacy status

No

Accepts Common App

No

Accepts Coalition App

No

English Proficiency (Int'l)

Optional
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Academics

Test policy

Required
SAT

83% submit

25-75% help
50%
 
 
SAT range: 1520 - 1580
1560
 
 
Math: 780 - 800
800
 
 
EBRW: 740 - 780
760
ACT

29% submit

25-75% help
50%
 
 
ACT range: 34 - 36
35
 
 
Math: 35 - 36
35
 
 
English: 35 - 36
35
emoji_objects Test scores skew higher for colleges with low submit rates as only students with high scores tend to submit.
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If you take the same test multiple times, we will consider the highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all applicants in their best light.

HS GPA of enrolled freshman

3.95

Financial aid

Grant or scholarship aid

% awarded aid
 
59%
$ avg. award
 
$61,734
 
64.0%
 
$58,429
Freshman
All undergrads

Freshman aid detail help

Aid type % awarded aid $ avg. award $ total awarded
Any financial aid
 
75%
 --
Federal grants
 
20%
 $8,127 $1,787,893
Pell grants
 
20%
 $5,885 $1,294,672
Other federal
 
63%
 $2,209 $1,630,284
State/local grants
 
2%
 $3,205 $60,900
Institutional grants
 
58%
 $59,510 $37,908,149
Student loans
 
8%
 $11,176 $938,773
Federal loans
 
7%
 $4,936 $370,213
Other loans
 
1%
 $35,535 $568,560
emoji_objects Merit aid based on student academics is primarily from institutional grants paid by the college.
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