ACADEMIC INFORMATION UNDERGRADUATE DAY SCHOOL STUDENT BODY

MAJORS Class of 2021 Student Body LIVELIVEand UNDECLARED 4.4% SCIENCE/MATH/ 6.1% EDUCATION ENGINEERING EDUCATION SCIENCE/MATH/ 14.3% 24.2% 14.2% ENGINEERING 10.3% INDIVIDUALIZED MAJOR/UNDECLARED 39% LEARNLEARN 36.8% 20.4% 30.3% BUSINESS LIBERAL LIBERAL ARTS BUSINESS ARTS

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 20 297 FULL-TIME FACULTY 226 PART-TIME FACULTY

Students/Number of Classes 12:1 STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO

2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total 146 360 366 30 5 16 8 931 STUDENT-FACULTY RESEARCH

Students in all majors have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty members to conduct research on campus STUDY ABROAD and across the globe. Students are also able to present More than 300 programs are offered across the Middle their research at national conferences and at our annual East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Central and campus-wide Celebration of Student Scholarship South America, and Europe. and Creativity.

The Providence College Center for Theology and Religious Our Undergraduate Research Grants Program helps to Studies is located in the heart of Rome. Students study fund eligible juniors and seniors who are interested Italian language, theology, and a wide variety of subjects in completing individual scholarly research such as art, history, business, and politics. or creative work. $ PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

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18026 PC CLASS OF 2021 PROFILE PC UNDERGRADUATE DAY SCHOOL STUDENT BODY PROFILE

The Class of 2021 is composed of 1,050 students. SCHOOLS OF ORIGIN The PC undergraduate day school student body is composed of 3,989 students. 3% Charter Schools RETENTION AND MALE 47% 98% RESIDENT STUDENTS 9% Private Schools 44% MALE 79% RESIDENT STUDENTS GRADUAT ION RAT ES 31% Catholic Schools 93% First-Year Retention Rate 2% COMMUTER STUDENTS 18% OFF-CAMPUS RESIDENT STUDENTS 53% FEMALE 57% Public Schools FEMALE 81% Four-Year Graduation Rate 56% 3% COMMUTER STUDENTS 83% Six-Year Graduation Rate

ACADEMIC OVERVIEW PROFILE *Unweighted FAMILY BACKGROUND INTERNSHIPS Applied Invited Accepted Enrolled Institutional GPA *Institutional GPA is calculated on a 4.0 scale and • 10% identified themselves as coming from a home where of 2016 graduates participated in an 3.75-4.0 1,860 1,695 91.1% 240 includes grades in academic areas such as English, neither parent attended college 80% internship by the time they graduated 3.50-3.74 2,348 1,877 79.9% 231 math, science, social science, and modern languages. • 15% have a parent who attended/graduated from PC Internships are completed in various career fields such as 3.25-3.49 2,590 1,502 57.9% 274 business, healthcare, government, social services, public Academic challenge in honors, AP and IB courses is GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE relations, and more during the fall, spring, and summer. also strongly considered during the review process. 3.00-3.24 2,100 568 27% 200 64% New England Below 3.0/No GPA 2,335 143 6.1% 105 28% NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC & VA RACE/ ETHNIC PROFILE Overall 11,233 5,785 52.4% 1,050 8% Other States/Foreign Countries ETHNICITY UNKNOWN 4.7% 15.1% 1.6% TWO OR MORE RACES CURRICULUM OVERVIEW STANDARDIZED TESTING REPORTING

100% took four years of English Providence College is a test-optional institution. The following 78.6% 42% took at least one year of AP/IB English scores represent the middle 50% of those applicants who chose STUDENTS WHITE OF COLOR 99% took four years of mathematics to submit. 50% took calculus 36% took at least one year of AP/IB mathematics *2.1% are International Students 70% of math/science majors took calculus CRITICAL READING & WRITING SAT 590-660 84% took four years of science MATH SAT 580-670 GRADUATE STUDIES 78% took biology/chemistry/physics with lab ACT 26-30 40% took at least one year of AP/IB science of 2016 graduates were The top three fields of studies of those attending graduate/ 92% took four years of history/social science continuing their education professional school: Students who enroll are required to submit test scores so that 23% 63% took at least one year of AP/IB history six months following PC can provide appropriate academic advising. Business Education Medicine/Medical related 63% took four years of foreign language graduation # 18% took at least one year of AP/IB foreign language

EMPLOYMENT CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ETHNIC PROFILE GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE RACE/ TWO OR of 2016 graduates were employed, attending graduate school, or participating in full- 220 participated in student government 4.4% New England: 63% ETHNICITY MORE RACES time volunteer service within six months of graduation 63 were class or council presidents UNKNOWN 96% 17% NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, & VA: 30% 764 participated in community service 1.3% Other States/Foreign Countries: 7% were working in their desired fields were working in education 927 participated in athletics (varsity) 89% 9% 419 were captains 267 participated in music/theatre/art/dance 77.3% STUDENTS were working in business fields were working in health care, policy, 68 participated in newspaper/radio/ OF COLOR 46% 15% WHITE (accounting, financial services, insurance, or administration yearbook/literary journal marketing, advertising, or retail)

INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AS OF JULY 1, 2017 INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AS OF JULY 1, 2017