Historic nonconformist intellectual stronghold known for intense scholarship, philosophy, and nuclear physics.
- Admit rate
- 31%
- Selective
- SAT middle 50%
- 1390–1540
- of admitted students
- Avg. net price
- $49,500
- per year, after grants
- Average GPA
- 3.90
- unweighted
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Half of admitted students scored between 1390 and 1540.
Popular majors
- Classics & Humanities (Hum 110)Humanities & WritingStandout program
- Physics & Reed Research ReactorMath & Natural SciencesStandout program
- Philosophy & EconomicsSocial Sciences & LawStandout program
Highlights
- Operates the only nuclear research reactor in the world run completely by undergraduate students
- Ranks top 3 in the nation per capita for graduates who go on to earn PhD degrees
- Legendary intellectual rigor with written qualitative narrative evaluations rather than letter grades
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