Princeton Univ.

Princeton University

Latin: Universitas Princetoniensis
Former names	College of New Jersey (1746–1896)
Motto	Dei Sub Numine Viget (Latin)
Motto in English	Under God's Power She Flourishes
Type	Private
Established	1746
Academic affiliations	AAU URA NAICU
Endowment	US$23.8 billion (2017)
President	Christopher L. Eisgruber
Academic staff	1,238
Administrative staff	1,103
Students	8,181 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	5,400 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	2,781 (Fall 2016)
Location	Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. 40°20′35″N 74°39′25″W / 40.343°N 74.657°W / 40.343; -74.657Coordinates: 40°20′35″N 74°39′25″W / 40.343°N 74.657°W / 40.343; -74.657
Campus	Suburban, college town 500 acres (2.0 km2) (Princeton)
Colors	Orange and Black
Nickname	Tigers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I Ivy League, ECAC Hockey, EARC, EIVA MAISA
Website	princeton.edu

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, where it was renamed Princeton University in 1896.

Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Princeton has the largest endowment per student in the United States. From 2001 to 2018, Princeton University was ranked either first or second among national universities by U.S. News & World Report, holding the top spot for 16 of those 18 years.