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Princeton University was founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey. It received its charter from acting governor John Hamilton on the 22nd of October 1746, and moved to its current location in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1756.
Princeton's endowment stands at $37.7 billion, giving it the largest endowment per student in the United States, at over $4.4 million per student. The university's operating budget exceeds $2 billion per year.
Princeton admitted its first female graduate student, Sabra Follett Meservey, in 1961, though the dean's office described her admission as an exception. Women were not admitted as undergraduates until September 1969, when 101 female freshmen and 70 female transfer students enrolled following a trustees vote of 24-8 in favor of coeducation.
As of October 2025-81 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Princeton University as alumni, faculty members, or researchers. Princeton is also affiliated with 16 Fields Medalists and 17 Turing Award laureates.
The Princeton and Slavery Project, unveiled in 2017, is a large-scale public history and digital humanities investigation into Princeton's historical involvement with slavery. It produced hundreds of primary sources, 80 scholarly essays, a scholarly conference, short plays, and an art project. In April 2018, trustees announced two public spaces would be named for James Collins Johnson and Betsey Stockton, enslaved people who lived and worked on campus.
Princeton admitted 4.4% of undergraduate applicants in the 2024-2025 admissions cycle for the Class of 2029. The middle 50% SAT range was 1490-1560, the middle 50% ACT composite range was 34-35, and the average high school GPA was 3.96.