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Applications for Fall 2007

Number of Applications	5844
Acceptance Rate	42%
Number of First-Years	621

Average SAT Scores

Applicants	1267 (M631/CR636)
Admitted	1321 (M652/CR669)
First-Years	1275 (M631/CR644)

HS Class Rank for Admitted Students

Top 10%	64%
Top 25%	89%
Top 50%	98%

Top Overlap Institutions

Gettysburg	George Washington Univ.
Bucknell	Hamilton
Colgate	American U.
F&M	Colby
William & Mary	U. of Richmond
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Financial Information

Financial Aid Grants ('07)

First-Years	$6.3 million
First-Years Aided	48%
Average Grant	$21,279

Endowment

Alumni Giving	35%
Endowment FY07	$329 million
Per student	$140,544
Operating Budget FY07	$120 million

Annual Fees for 2008-09

Tuition	$37,900
Room and board	$9,600
Student Activities Fee	$334

Students

Enrollment

Full-time students	2342
Part-time students	7
Male/Female Ratio	45%/55%
Minority Enrollment	332 (14%)
African Americans	104
Asian Americans	109
Hispanic Americans	111
Native Americans	8
International Enrollment	132 (6%)

Geographic Background

Pennsylvania Residents	25%
New York and New Jersey	22%
New England	15%
South	23%
Midwest	4%
West	6%
Other US	<1%
Foreign Countries	5%

Greek Life

Men in Fraternities	16%
Women in Sororities	28%

Students Studying Abroad

Graduating Seniors

58%

Graduation

Retention/Graduation Rates

One-Year Retention Rate	91%
Four-Year Graduation Rate	81%
Five-Year Graduation Rate	84%
Six-Year Graduation Rate	83%

Graduates

Foreign Language Majors	7%
Graduate w/Honors	34%

Most Popular Majors

English

Political Science

IB&M

History

Psychology

Biology

Economics

Spanish

Policy Management

International Studies

Sociology

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