By the Numbers

Number of freshman applicants: 32,103 ( 17.7%)
Number offered admission: 19,963 ( 6.3%)
Number accepting the offers of admission: 6,428 ( 9.1%)
Percentage of the Class of 2022 accepting under Early Decision: 20% ( 2%)
Number of freshmen who are participating in the Corps of Cadets: 408 ( 10.6%)
Number of freshmen who are legacies (legacy = parent, grandparent, sibling): 1,684 ( 8.2%)
Number of high schools represented in the freshman class: 1,444 ( 12.1%)

Majors

Most popular majors for incoming freshmen:

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

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 represented: 42 ( 6.7%)
Number of territories represented: 3 ( 200%)
Nations represented: 52 ( 6.1%)
Number of international students: 449 ( 17.6%)

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