Fast Facts

Get to know Principia College better—from the percentage of students who double major to the number of miles our solar car has logged, from the countries where our students study abroad to the name of our resident cockatoo.

11

Average class size

2,600

Campus size in acres

18

NCAA Division III teams

25

Majors offered

800 Light Years

Distance the observatory telescope can see in lightyears

35,000+ Miles

Distance the Principia solar car has traveled

26 Countries

Number of countries where students have traveled with Principia since 2012

44

Percentage of the Class of 2017 that played intercollegiate sports

50

Number of leadership positions on campus

27

Number of countries represented by the student body

Principia College Public Affairs Conference (PAC)

Oldest student-led conference in the U.S.

26

Average gallons of maple syrup produced each year in the Sugarbush Management class

6

Number of winning innovation challenge teams funded since 2016

17

Number of 3-D printers built by students in spring 2017

70

Average percentage of Dance Production pieces choreographed by students each year

72

Number of annual, campus-wide activities and events hosted by Student Life

13,000+

Average number of shakes served annually at the Pub

52

Number of performing opportunities in 2016, including dance, music, theatre, improv, and more

360

Average number of hymns sung each school year (during weekly hymn sings)

14,155

Number of alumni spread across 61 countries

Most popular majors in recent graduating classes

Business Administration
Mass communication
Educational Studies

Organizations where students serve the community

Grassroots Grocery
Boys and Girls Club
Oasis Shelter for Battered Women
Urban Harvest St. Louis

100

Percentage of students and faculty who are students of Christian Science

91%

College freshman-to-sophomore retention rate (compared to a 76% national average at private colleges)

74%

Five-year graduation rate (compared to a 58% national average at private colleges)

93

Percentage of the Class of 2018 engaged in career-based activities within six months of graduating

45 Minutes

Driving time to St. Louis

16

Number of Annenberg Visiting Scholars since the 2007–2008 school year

20

Average annual percentage of graduates with multiple majors for the last five years

Between them, our business faculty have started seven companies and developed 104 new products covering 12 major industries in 35 countries.

3

Number of former U.S. presidents who have spoken on campus

Einstein

Name of the cockatoo who lives in the Science Center

150+

Number of native plant species on our bluff prairies alone (not to mention the rest of the campus)

22

Number of pianos at the College, an All-Steinway School

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