Application Process
Admissions Profile for the Class of 2015

Profile for the Class of 2015
 Applicants: 4,273
Accepted: 1,854 (43%)
Enrolled: 655 (35%)

Profile of Matriculants
365 or 56% are women
290 or 44% are men
70 or 10.7% are U.S. students of color
11 or 1.7% are dual citizens with the U.S., representing 7 nationalities
40 or 6.5% are international students representing 20 nationalities
276 or 42% are from New York State
343 or 52% come from 25 other states
36 or 5% live outside the U.S.

High School Activities
596 (91%) participated in athletics
576 (88%) were involved in community service or volunteer activities
472 (72%) held leadership positions
358 (55%) participated in academic clubs
244 (37%) participated in the arts
136 (21%) were involved in activities such as school newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, etc.

Class Rank
(238 students or 42% attended high schools that report class rank)
By Percentile (cumulative)
Top 10% 44%
Top 25% 76%
Top 50% 95%

By Quintile
Top 71%
2nd 19%
3rd 8%
4th 2%
5th 0%

High School Type
Public: 69%
Private/Parochial: 31%
Number of high schools represented: 439

Standardized Tests
Frequency Distribution of SAT I Scores for Matriculants
(60% of entering first-year students submitted test scores)
Middle 50% Math/Critical Reading/Writing: 1750–1940

Financial Aid
Total Aid Package (scholarships, grants and loans)
Number of recipients: 623 (or 95%)
Mean $33,309
Median $31,806

Merit Scholarships
Number of recipients: 483 (Of these 483, 195 students or 40% are also recipients of of need-based institutional grants.)
Mean $20,376
Median $22,500

Need-based SLU Grants
Number of recipients: 285 (Of these 285, 195 students or 68% are
also merit scholarship recipients.)
Mean $14,284
Median $11,270

Grant-in-Aid (full scholarships for Division I ice hockey student-athletes)
Number of recipients: 7

Legacy Grants (for students whose grandparent, parent, or sibling is a
graduate or current student)
Number of recipients: 117

Standardized Tests

Comparative Profile for Recent Classes

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Applicants 2985 2989 3192 4645 5419 4715 4900 4273
Admitted 1822 1770 1878 2030 1829 1848 1887 1854
Admit Rate 61% 59% 59% 44% 34% 39% 38.5% 43.4%
Matriculants 568 537 611 628 616 580 609 655
Yield 31% 30% 33% 31% 34% 31% 32.3% 35.3%
ED Matriculants 115 152 139 148 191 178 185 195
% of Class ED 20% 28% 23% 24% 31% 31% 30.4% 29.8%

High School Rank of Matriculants

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
First Quartile 74% 71% 67% 74% 74% 80% 78% 76%
Second Quartile 21% 25% 24% 22% 22% 16% 17% 19%
Third Quartile 4% 4% 7% 4% 4% 4% 5% 5%
Fourth Quartile 1% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%

Testing Profile of Matriculants

  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
% with SAT I 59% 55% 59% 56% 58% 60%
25th Percentile 1670 1710 1710 1720 1710 1750
75th Percentile 1890 1900 1910 1920 1950 1940
Median 1770 1810 1820 1813 1830 1840
Mean 1781 1798 1814 1811 1825 1841

*Submission of SAT/ACT became optional beginning with the Class of 2010.

Class of 2015 data accurate as of July 14, 2011
Final data used for classes 2008-2014