Applying to Princeton's Graduate School
Applicants can apply September through December for admission commencing in the fall term of the following academic year. There is no spring admission and graduate study at Princeton is offered on a full-time basis. Applicants can only apply to one academic department per year and the application fee is non refundable. The cost of tuition and the required health plan fee for 2012 - 2013 is $40,500.
The retention rate is the percentage of an entering class that enrolls for a second year and subsequent years of study. Based on the last four years’ experience of full-time degree candidates, we find that 90 percent of an entering class, throughout the whole Graduate School, returns to a second year of study; 75 percent of that group returns for a third year; and 85 percent of those return for a fourth year of enrollment.
Our application process is fully electronic. To apply to Princeton University Graduate School you must use our electronic application.