We asked the Class of 2025 questions about their identity, background, and geographic origins. Sixty-five percent of Princeton seniors are white, around 20 percent higher than the national enrollment average of white students of 41 percent. Around 90 percent of Princeton seniors report owning at least one home or property compared to the national average of home ownership of 65 percent. Read on to learn more about the fundamental demographics of the Class of 2025.
Among the Class of 2025, 68.7 percent are straight. The majority of respondents are white, comprising 65 percent of respondents, and 12.7 percent are Hispanic or Latine. 47.3 percent of the Class of 2025 had one or more parents or guardians receive a master’s or professional degree.
The vast majority of members of the Class of 2025 don’t have any other family members who attended Princeton. However, legacies are overrepresented in certain eating clubs — in Ivy, Charter, and Cottage, 40, 36, and 35 percent of members have some form of legacy, respectively. Those three clubs also have the highest percentage of members who come from families that make over $500K per year. 16.8 percent of students reported having an annual total household income above $500K, a three percent decrease from last year’s graduating class.
A relatively large proportion of the Class of 2025 comes from Princeton’s native New Jersey — over 18 percent. New York state is home to the next largest percentage of Class of 2025 Princetonians with 13.17 percent, and at 11.38 percent of the graduating class, California follows closely behind. Meanwhile, none of the 501 respondents to this year’s survey hailed from Alaska, New Mexico, Kansas, South Dakota, Delaware, or Iowa. Most of the other states range from having 0.22 to five percent of students, with larger states and states closer to Princeton’s campus having more seniors.