Application Process
Admissions Profile for the Class of 2016

Profile for the Class of 2016
 Applicants: 4,043
Accepted: 1,961 (49%)
Enrolled: 653 (33%)

Profile of Matriculants
367 or 56% are women
286 or 44% are men
93 or 14.2% are U.S. students of color
26 or 4.0% are dual citizens with the U.S., representing 13 nationalities
51 or 7.8% are international students representing 15 nationalities
239 or 37% are from New York State
361 or 55% come from 32 other states
53 or 8% live outside the U.S.

High School Activities
558 (85%) participated in athletics
557 (85%) were involved in community service or volunteer activities
406 (62%) held leadership positions
265 (41%) participated in academic clubs
272 (42%) participated in the arts
109 (17%) were involved in activities such as school newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, etc.

Class Rank
(273 students or 42% attended high schools that report class rank)
By Percentile (cumulative)
Top 10% 44%
Top 25% 76%
Top 50% 94%

By Quintile
Top 67%
2nd 23%
3rd 8%
4th 2%
5th 0%

High School Type
Public: 68%
Private/Parochial: 32%
Number of high schools represented: 430

Standardized Tests
Frequency Distribution of SAT I Scores for Matriculants
(58% of entering first-year students submitted test scores)
Middle 50% Math/Critical Reading/Writing: 1710–1920

Financial Aid
Total Aid Package (scholarships, grants and loans)
Number of recipients: 617 (or 94%)
Mean $32,191
Median $32,963

Merit Scholarships
Number of recipients: 542 (Of these 542, 250 students or 46% are also recipients of of need-based institutional grants.)
Mean $19,647
Median $23,500

Need-based SLU Grants
Number of recipients: 292 (Of these 292, 250 students or 86% are
also merit scholarship recipients.)
Mean $13,925
Median $10,903

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: 110

Standardized Tests

Comparative Profile for Recent Classes

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Applicants 2985 2989 3192 4645 5419 4715 4900 4273 4043
Admitted 1822 1770 1878 2030 1829 1848 1887 1854 1961
Admit Rate 61% 59% 59% 44% 34% 39% 38.5% 43.4% 48.5%
Matriculants 568 537 611 628 616 580 609 655 653
Yield 31% 30% 33% 31% 34% 31% 32.3% 35.3% 33.3%
ED Matriculants 115 152 139 148 191 178 185 195 220
% of Class ED 20% 28% 23% 24% 31% 31% 30.4% 29.8% 33.7%

High School Rank of Matriculants

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
First Quartile 74% 71% 67% 74% 74% 80% 78% 76% 76%
Second Quartile 21% 25% 24% 22% 22% 16% 17% 19% 18%
Third Quartile 4% 4% 7% 4% 4% 4% 5% 5% 6%
Fourth Quartile 1% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%

Testing Profile of Matriculants

  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
% with SAT I 59% 55% 59% 56% 58% 60% 58%
25th Percentile 1670 1710 1710 1720 1710 1750 1710
75th Percentile 1890 1900 1910 1920 1950 1940 1920
Median 1770 1810 1820 1813 1830 1840 1820
Mean 1781 1798 1814 1811 1825 1840 1815

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

Class of 2016 data accurate as of July 1, 2012
Final data used for classes 2008-2015