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Princeton University

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Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founded Year
1746 1
Country
United States 1
City
Princeton 1
Ownership Type
Private non-profit 1
Ranking Band
Top 100 3
Classification
Institution Type
University 1
Statistics
Enrollment Size
8799 2
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Brown University, Institutions and Systems

Fellow member of the nine colonial colleges chartered in British North America before the American Revolution.

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Dartmouth College, Institutions and Systems

Fellow member of the nine colonial colleges chartered in British North America before the American Revolution.

Source Dartmouth College (Wikipedia)
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Princeton University

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Alonzo Church

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Brian Kernighan

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Princeton

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Source Princeton University (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
United States

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Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
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1. Princeton University (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey
  • Infobox, Established
    October 22, 1746
  • Infobox, Location
    Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  • Infobox, Location (city)
    Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  • Infobox, Type
    Private research university
  • Description, institution-kind classification
    Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey.
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2. Wikidata: Princeton University
  • Wikidata Q21578, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q21578, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q21578 P2196 (number of students) (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q21578 P2196 (number of students), CORRECTION of char-code cast defect (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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3. Center for World University Rankings: CWUR World University Rankings 2025
Center for World University RankingsCWUR Global 2000 list 2025, world rank 6
Quote, CWUR Global 2000 list 2025, world rank 6
Top 0.1% Princeton University USA 4 5 15 8 87 92.7
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Dartmouth College (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Dartmouth College, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Dartmouth College, Lead section
Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock and Samson Occom to train Native American Christian missionaries, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
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Brown University (Wikipedia)
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