Admissions Information

Freshman Snapshot: by the numbers

Number of freshman applicants: 27,266
Number offered admission: 18,776
Number accepting the offers of admission: 7,075
Percentage of the Class of 2021 accepting under the Early Decision Plan: 22%
Number of freshmen who are participating in the Corps of Cadets: 369
Number of freshmen who are legacies (legacy = parent, grandparent, sibling): 1,835
Number of high schools represented in the freshman class: 1,644

Majors

Most popular majors for incoming freshmen:

1. General Engineering
2. University Studies
3. Biology
4. Business (undecided)
5. Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise
6. Animal and Poultry Sciences
   
7. Business Information Technology
8. Architecture
   
9. Mathematics
10. Psychology

From Near & Far

Top 5 home states of out-of-state freshmen:

1. New Jersey
2. Maryland
3. North Carolina
4. Pennsylvania
   
5. New York

Number of states and territories represented: 45, 1 territory
Countries represented: 49
Number of international students: 545