Principia College Business Programs

Located in Elsah, Illinois, Principia College is a private not-for-profit institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is Principia College?

Contact details for Principia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028-9799
Phone:	618-374-2131
Website:	www.principiacollege.edu
Facebook:	http://facebook.com/Principia.College
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/princollege

How Do I Get Into Principia?

You can apply to Principia online at: www.principiacollege.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Principia

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Principia?

Principia has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 51% of accepted students are men and 49% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% of students accepted to Principia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 528 and 603. Math scores were between 490 and 603.

Principia received ACT scores from 34% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 28. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford Principia College?

The overall average net price of Principia is $17,838. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Principia, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,657 a year. That adds up to $22,628 over four years for those students.

Principia College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 340 undergraduate students at Principia, with 316 being full-time and 24 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 316 full-time undergraduates at Principia, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Principia College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	195
International Students	68
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Principia College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Principia. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kenya, Canada, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Principia College

In 2019-2020, 321 students took at least one online class at the school.

Online Growth Rankings of Principia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Principia College was 2,475.0%. This is the #43 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Principia regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Principia College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	13	13
General Economics	8	8
Entrepreneurship	2	2
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	1	1
Finance	0	0
TOTAL	24	24

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stannate under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.