Principia College Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

For the application year 2023, Principia College had a Regular Decision acceptance rate of 44.4%, with 119 out of 268 applicants admitted. This marks a decline from 47.8% in the previous year (2022), where 100 of 209 applicants were accepted. Historically, acceptance rates have shown a significant drop over the last few years, with rates as high as 93.2% in 2020 and 91.4% in 2019, indicating an increasingly competitive landscape for prospective students. In contrast, the Class of 2021 had an exceptionally high acceptance rate of 84.1% from only 138 applicants, emphasizing a notable shift in applicant volume and selectivity in recent years.